A regenerative agriculture project of the Organic Consumers Association located in Finland, MN
We are excited to welcome the public to the North Shore AgroEcology Center again this season for public farm tours! Join us for a walk around the land to learn about regenerative farming techniques and projects, as well as what we do here at the center. This tour is donation...
Get a taste of making your own venison sausage. This process can be used for other meats as well. This class will provide an overview of making venison sausage, a walk through of an active group’s annual process, and a demo of making Country sausage. Mature adolescent kiddo participation is...
Jumpstart Your Garden This Season! 🌱 Give your plants the best possible start and set your garden up for success. In this practical, hands-on session, you’ll learn simple strategies that help young plants grow stronger, faster, and more resilient. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to: Start vigorous, healthy seedlings that thrive...
Join us for an afternoon event featuring presentations from UMN Extension specialists on the basics of starting your own food business, including:- Basic Business Planning for Farm & Cottage Enterprises- Food Safety for Cottage Food & Direct Sales- Understanding Food Licensing & Cottage Food Law- Selling Farm-Raised Proteins (Meat, Eggs,...
The suckerfish have started running! Join us this Tuesday evening for a hands-on workshop at the creek. Tuesday, May 26th at 4:30pm Meet at the Clair Nelson Center to carpool together the creek (6866 Cramer Rd, Finland, MN 55603) Elaine Heine will demonstrate her method of catching, cleaning, and brining...
Join farm manager Charlotte Hughes to learn how to cultivate edible mushrooms on logs, from log selection to mushroom harvest. This workshop will include a tour of our laying yard in the forest, hands-on practice on inoculating logs with sawdust spawn, and handouts to take home. Those interested will have...
Whether for fun or for survival, knowing what wild things are edible is a great skill to have. Join us Saturday, June 6th, from 1-3pm at the Clair Nelson Center to learn about wild edibles with Kurt Mead, Tettegouche State Park Interpretive Naturalist. We'll cover a wide variety of wild...
This workshop will be both indoors and outdoors! Learn about the complexity of soil communities, soil health through cover cropping, crop rotation, nutrient management, the importance of carbon sequestration (organic matter), composting, tillage and explore new technologies like cold plasma for local "sustainable" fertilizer production. Learn how to read a soil...
This event has been postponed, please RSVP below for updates when it is rescheduled. Discover how simple it is to raise your own poultry for meat. Home-raised chicken offers excellent flavor and nutrition, without the hormones used in factory-farmed poultry. Laurie Kallinen will guide you through each step, from housing...