We visited B&E’s Maple Syrup farm during the height of their short production season.

“We have high expectations,” says Tiffany Cade, owner of Deep Rooted Farm. “It’s one thing to grow food, it’s another thing to grow high-quality, super-nutritious, beautiful food.”

We’re romantic enough to think we’re doing this for the planet.

Dustin Ebert has been making wines at Rochester’s Salem Glen Winery since 2007. It’s a family business.

On Caledonia Street, on La Crosse’s North side, you’ll find PFC’s most local winemaker, DnA Vintners.

Early morning in Galesville, Wisconsin. It’s already well into the workday for Harmony Bork and Sally Reimer, the two sisters who own Renaissance Breads and Pastries.

“Twenty years ago, we were the weird hippies. Now you can go into Target and buy our coffee.”

“Upscaling’s not a healthy thing. What gets lost is sustainability.”

“Summer crops are gushing off the plants. Tomatoes and beans, peppers and eggplants.”

According to USDA figures, close to nine million birds died on Minnesota poultry farms during the avian flu outbreak in the spring of 2015—either of the virus or euthanization to prevent the spread of the disease.

Resourceful organic grain farmers go to great lengths to bring their product to market.

We’re growing. Next step is to continue having fun.”

Apples from the bluff.

Coffee blight has consequences far beyond your morning cup of joe.

There wasn’t a scrap of John Deere green in the whole place.

“Because of the CSA, we have a huge variety of vegetables in production. Some funny stuff: fennel, rutabagas, kohlrabi,”

Finding good, local sources for our food is a goal that People’s Food Co-op is rightly proud of, but the fact is, North America’s Upper Midwest grows disappointing bananas.

Apple season is upon us and varieties of apples for baking, bobbing, and just plain eating fill the co-op produce bins. Apples have always seemed to have a knack for taking advantage of the human craving for sweets, and humans have responded by planting apple trees all over the world.

Daniel and Hannah Miller farm 30 acres in the Zumbro River valley outside of Zumbro Falls, Minnesota.