 Member Renewals Are Due Dec. 31st
Thank you to the hundreds of Minnesota Grown members who have already renewed for 2022! If you are not among them, don’t forget to renew your Minnesota Grown membership by December 31, 2021 to ensure your logo license and directory listing continue uninterrupted.
All members should have received an email from mngrown.mda@state.mn.us on December 2 with their license number, link, and PIN to renew online. Second notices will be mailed this week to those who have not yet renewed, along with paperwork to renew by mail.
Remember, we offer two membership levels: $20 gives you license to use the Minnesota Grown logo to promote your products through 2022, as well as access to free marketing materials and the cost share program. An additional $40 (for a total of $60) gets you a 2022 listing in the Minnesota Grown online directory, visited by over 350,000 users per year.
You can contact mngrown.mda@state.mn.us or 651-201-6140 with questions or to renew by phone.
 Emerging Farmers Office and the Emerging Farmers Working Group - MDA
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is committed to making sure anyone who wants to farm can access the available resources and build a successful farm business. The MDA’s Emerging Farmers Office now has a full-time coordinator who will work to improve outreach and engagement with new and potential farmers from underrepresented communities in Minnesota.
We welcome everyone to join the Emerging Farmers Working Group (EFWG) open meetings to learn more and share their feedback – your voice is important!
Our next EFWG meeting is February 11, 2022 at 1PM Central. For more information on the EFWG members, future meetings, resources and to sign up for our newsletter, please visit the MDA Emerging Farmers page at the Emerging Farmers page on the MDA website.
For questions, please contact:
Lillian Otieno - Emerging Farmer Outreach & Engagement Coordinator | Commissioner’s Office Lillian.otieno@state.mn.us or call 651-301-0356
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Produce Safety Rule Grower Questionnaire and Program Report Now Available
Can you name the top fruit and vegetable crops grown in Minnesota? Or locate where produce farms are concentrated in the state? To help better answer these questions, produce farms are asked to fill out the newly available 2022 Grower Questionnaire. Anonymously presented data from the Grower Questionnaire helps accurately assess Minnesota’s expanding produce farming sector, in addition to confirming a farm’s individual requirements under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule. Fill out the Grower Questionnaire online and check out the Produce Safety Program report, which provides answers to the above questions and more!
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Minnesota Grown Tree at the Minnesota Capitol
A roughly 20-foot Fraser Fir grown at Minnesota Grown member Happy Land Tree Farms of Sandstone, MN, arrived at the Minnesota State Capitol to take its place in the rotunda for the holidays.
Ken Olson of Happy Land Tree Farms and MDA Commissioner Thom Petersen were on hand to view the installation by facilities management staff. Happy Land Tree Farms out of Sandstone was the 2021 Minnesota State Fair Christmas Tree Grand Champion! The Grand Champion wins the honor of having one of their trees featured in the Capitol rotunda during the holiday season.
Visit the capitol rotunda to view the tree through the holidays. Find Minnesota Grown Christmas trees near you in our online directory!
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