New guide features local agricultural products and farmers markets
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) has released the 2017 Minnesota Grown Directory. With more than 1,000 listings, this year?Äôs guide features more local growers and farmers markets than ever before.
For more than 25 years, the MDA?Äôs Minnesota Grown program has been connecting consumers to locally grown fruits and vegetables, meats and poultry, wines, nurseries, d?©cor, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) operations, and other agricultural products. More than 1,000 Minnesota Grown members have registered this year, making the directory the largest direct-to-consumer agricultural publication in Minnesota.
?ÄúThe Minnesota Grown directory is the first place lots of consumers look for a local agricultural product, or a CSA or farmers?Äô market,?Äù said Agricultural Marketing and Development Director Paul Hugunin. ?ÄúOur farmer members love connecting with their consumers, and that?Äôs why it?Äôs so exciting to see that this year?Äôs directory features more farms and markets than ever.?Äù
Consumers can search the directory by region, product, or name of a farm or market. The online and mobile-compatible versions of the directory make searching on-the-go convenient. The 2017 directory also features recipes from five Minnesotan chefs, including a Doraisamy elk loin, roasted garlic cr?®me brulee, wild rice scones, and more.
Free, printed copies of the Minnesota Grown Directory are available at www.minnesotagrown.com/order-minesota-
grown-directory/, or by calling Explore Minnesota Tourism at 1-888-TOURISM.