Nov 18, 2011

Vegetable farms seen as economic opportunity

The produce grown on Living Land Farm, just a couple of miles outside St. Peter on the Ottawa Road, takes a short trip to store shelves and tables.

“I could bike it into town if I had to,” said Adam Ellefson. “We’re about as local as you can get.”

For the past two years, Ellefson and his wife, Lupita Marchan, have raised a variety of vegetables on five acres, selling it to the St. Peter Food Co-op, River Rock Coffee, Gustavus Adolphus College and individuals who pay an annual fee.

“There’s a great demand for local produce. We can’t grow enough for our local market,” Ellefson said. The Mankato Free Press

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