The Evolution of Minnesota’s Own Gardens of Eagan

Linda Halley and I stand in the middle of a seemingly empty, sunny field under an impossibly clear sky. She bends over and touches her fingertips to the soil, raking them gently over the top, exposing slightly blacker, wetter soil underneath the grayish first layer. “I don’t see any – Oh! There’s one. Do you see that?” more
Posted in Farms & Gardens on 04/27/2010 -  Rhena Tantisunthorn -

Gardens of Eagan Photo Slide show, by Greg Thompson

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Wedge Co-op Begins Development of the Organic Field School at Gardens Of Eagan

By Atina Diffley, OFS@GOE
June/July 2009, Wedge Co-op Newsletter

These are exciting times for organic farming and natural food co-ops. After three and a half decades of consumer education and organic systems development, the general public is becoming aware of the connection between food, health, and farming.

The timing is perfect for the Organic Field School at Gardens of Eagan to provide practical instruction and demonstration for farmers and to educate the public about ecologically based, organic farming systems. Organic systems are logical, they are elegant, they protect our valuable natural resources, and they work. We can feed the planet and take care of the environment; we do not have to choose between the two. In fact, we must choose them both…..  read more