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Have you attended a farm dinner yet?  There are some pretty fancy ones that are also very expensive.  $200 per person?  Sorry, not here.  However, there are likely some in your area that are reasonable, and you’re sure to have a good time.  Meet your farmers, and learn where your food comes from!  One piece of advice?  Sign up immediately, they almost always fill up quickly.

In Minneapolis/St. Paul, Dinner on the Farm organizes farm dinners throughout the summer.  Farm dinners with a mission to educate.  Julie and I were able to attend a farm dinner down in Northfield.  The dinner gave us an introduction to several worthwhile organizations in the Twin Cities:

• Gardens of Eagan – a farm outgrowth of the Wedge Co-op, and host to several beginning farmers
• Organic Field School – organization that helps beginning farmers in their first several years of farming
• Fazenda Boa Terra – incubator farm
• Bossy Acres – incubator farm and our CSA farm.  We have been having a great experience with our farmers Karla and Elizabeth!
• Humble Pie Farm – incubator farm and a flowers and herbs CSA

Also, a couple of cool small businesses:

• Chowgirls Catering – small catering company in NE Minneapolis
• Boom Island Brewing – Belgian style microbrewery in Minneapolis

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A nice little walk, you’re not in the city any more.

Looks nice, however, this is the non-organic corn next door.

Our CSA veggies are from the field on the right!

Our dinner menu

Roasted Bruschetta!

Gazpacho

Chowgirls chefs – no secrets in this kitchen

Boatload of risotto

Boom Island Brewing – like a tasting menu, the brew choices varied with the courses

Sitting in the field, you might make a new friend.

Beautiful summer afternoon

Of course, there was live music.

Prosciutto wrapped purslane

Dinner on the Farm

Our Chowgirls catering crew

You might expect the Ball jars, but they’re still nice.

Chave Côtes du Rhône at a picnic

The tent was just in case it rained

They have dessert on the farm, too

Monica Walch, the organizer, and our farmers

Future farmers? Maybe

Veggies we’ll be eating soon

Farm tour with the Organic Farm School

John is the farmer at Fazenda Boa Terra, one of the other incubator farms on the property

Karla is one of our Bossy Acres CSA farmers

Simple, relaxing, fun.

You might still be able to squeeze in a farm dinner this year.  If you do, I’d love to hear about it.  If not, plan to attend one next summer!