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The Farm
Featherstone Fruits and Vegetables is an 80 acre family produce farm, certified organic since 1997. The farm is located in the scenic bluffs of southeast Minnesota, in Winona and Fillmore Counties.
FFV produces over 40 different vegetable crops for fresh delivery to food co-ops, natural foods stores and wholesalers from the Twin Cities to Chicago.
FFV has also operated a successful Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program for more than ten years, serving over 500 families in Houston, Rushford, Winona, Rochester and the Twin Cities.
Our basic
goals as farmers are:
* to produce the tastiest, most healthful organic fruits and vegetables
we can
* to build soil and care for all aspects of the farm environment, large
and small
* to serve local communities of consumers with the freshest produce available
Our philosophy is rooted in the belief that the freshest, best tasting, and most nutritious fruits and vegetables come from sustainable systems that consider the strength and value of all elements of those systems. We are delighted to offer an alternative to petrochemical- based industrial agriculture. Our farm is an attempt to create an organic, locally rooted alternative to this industry; a farm and farmers folks can get to know and trust.
These ideas guide us as we consider what to grow, how to grow it, and where and in what way to sell our produce. They also shape our long-term plans for the farm.