Events

Join Kaare Melby of Finnskogen Farm for a free day-long pig butchering workshop on Wednesday, December 4th! Pigs are a very useful animal to have on a homestead, but a lot of people are intimidated by the idea of butchering a pig. In hopes to reduce or remove this barrier...

Want to grow your own fresh vegetables this season from seed? Join North Shore AgroEcology Center farm manager Charlotte Hughes for a hands-on workshop on Saturday, April 12th at 10am to learn how to start your own organic garden seedlings at home. Learn what to look for in soil mixes,...

Join Laurie Kallinen of Kallico Goods as she shares her decades of experience on methods of waterbath and pressure canning for safe and healthy food preservation. This 1-hour class will teach you the science behind preservation as well as proper use of a pressure canner. Modern pressure canners are a...

Join local syruper Jenna Pollard for a hands-on maple syruping demonstration on Sunday, April 13th at 3pm. Unlike large-scale producers, Jenna makes just a few gallons of syrup each year for personal use, making her setup a great example for small-scale homesteaders. During this 2–3 hour event, she will lead...

The suckerfish have started running! Join us for one or both parts of this two part workshop, catching and cleaning the fish on Friday (TOMORROW) and smoking/processing them on Sunday. Catch, clean and brine! Friday, May 16th (TOMORROW) at 4pm Meet at the Clair Nelson Center to carpool together the...

Are you interested in learning about the wild plants that grow around us? There are many local plants that can provide us with food, medicine, and utility. Join this Sunday afternoon outing with Kaare Melby to learn when, where, and how to identify, harvest, and process many local plants. This...

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. The class is free,...

Robin Sunquiet will offer a slide show presentation detailing the benefits and challenges of raising meat rabbits in Finland, MN, followed by an optional hands on butchering lesson.  Stop by for a delicious sample of Honey Sesame Roasted Rabbit, or Northwoods Rabbit Stew and see if hutch to freezer hopper...

Are you interested in learning about the wild plants that grow around us? There are many local plants that can provide us with food, medicine, and utility. Join this second Sunday afternoon outing with Kaare Melby to learn when, where, and how to identify, harvest, and process many local plants....

Join us for an on-farm workshop by Jonathan Beauchane of Moose Goose Farm: "I started building my farm in 2020 when I got my first chickens.  Two years later I added pigs; then goats in 2023.  My goal is to bring cows onto the farm in the next few years. ...