AG Week

Making the turn from pastured pigs to pork at Nettle Valley Farm

Editor's note: This is the second part in a series on Nettle Valley Farm. Click here to read the first part. SPRING GROVE, Minnesota ― Dayna Burtness said pig season at Nettle Valley farm is the ...
Yahoo

Bloomington's Mkono Farm produces pasture-raised pigs in a humane way

"Come on pig, pig, pig, pig, pigs," Amanda Hand called on a recent Wednesday morning. From across the grassy pasture, snorts and squeals from 21 Kunekune pigs erupted. They ran through the tall grass ...
inforum

Minnesota farm using sustainable grazing to raise grass-fed cattle and pastured pigs

MENAHGA, Minn. — You’d never guess there was a severe drought at Single Cedar Farm in Menahga, Minnesota, south of Wolf Lake. Robert and Sue Keranen operate a 100% perennial, pasture-based farm. They ...
AG Week

The pigs are back in town for young farmers in Houston County, Minn.

Editor's note: This is the first in a continuing series on Nettle Valley Farm. SPRING GROVE, Minn. ― Dayna Burtness and Nick Nguyen make up the minds and hands behind Nettle Valley Farm, where from ...
The Repository

4 things to know about Glenview Acres, a pasture-based farm in Tuscarawas Township

TUSCARAWAS TWP. − The honeymoon phase for Jen and Joe Lautzenheiser included starting a pasture-based farm. The couple married in 2018 and quickly got to work building and growing Glenview Acres. The ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Crate-free pork’s now the law at grocery stores in two states, not Illinois. Here’s what that means when you’re buying bacon.

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