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064: Laura Frerichs on Growing Quality Produce and a Quality Life
Laura Frerichs owns and
operates Loon Organics with her husband, Adam Cullip, in Hutchinson,
Minnesota. Loon Organics grosses $200,000 on 8 acres of produce and
10,000 square feet of high tunnels, providing for a CSA, local
retailers, farm-to-table restaurants, and the Mill City Farmers
Market in Minneapolis. Six employees keep the farm humming
and beautiful.
Laura and Adam started farming
at their current location in 2009, after several years incubating
at Gardens of Eagan in Farmington, Minnesota, and several years
before that of working on farms of different scales around the
country and the world. Laura shares her experience as an incubatee,
including the investment and business growth strategies Loon
Organics used to provide a running start once they landed on their
own place.
Laura also shares her experience
farming with children, and how that prompted her and Adam to invest
in improving their quality of life by improving their utilization
of employees. We dig into some of the practical aspects of employee
delegation at all levels. We also talk marketing, electric
tractors, post-harvest handling, and growing broccoli all
year.
The Farmer to Farmer Podcast is
generously supported by Vermont Compost Company.
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By Chris Blanchard
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Laura Frerichs owns and
operates Loon Organics with her husband, Adam Cullip, in Hutchinson,
Minnesota. Loon Organics grosses $200,000 on 8 acres of produce and
10,000 square feet of high tunnels, providing for a CSA, local
retailers, farm-to-table restaurants, and the Mill City Farmers
Market in Minneapolis. Six employees keep the farm humming
and beautiful.
Laura and Adam started farming
at their current location in 2009, after several years incubating
at Gardens of Eagan in Farmington, Minnesota, and several years
before that of working on farms of different scales around the
country and the world. Laura shares her experience as an incubatee,
including the investment and business growth strategies Loon
Organics used to provide a running start once they landed on their
own place.
Laura also shares her experience
farming with children, and how that prompted her and Adam to invest
in improving their quality of life by improving their utilization
of employees. We dig into some of the practical aspects of employee
delegation at all levels. We also talk marketing, electric
tractors, post-harvest handling, and growing broccoli all
year.
The Farmer to Farmer Podcast is
generously supported by Vermont Compost Company.
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