Throughout April, Sue Balcom is taking a look at local food systems for Main Street Eats. Today she visits with Danielle Mickelson, a large-scale, small-grain farmer and farmer’s market vendor from Rolla.

Throughout April, Sue Balcom is taking a look at local food systems for Main Street Eats. Today she visits with Marv Baker or North Star Farms in Carpio, about 30 miles north west of Minot. He runs a 3-acre organic farm and is a vendor at the North Prairie Farmers Market in Minot.

Throughout April, Sue Balcom is taking a look at local food systems for Main Street Eats. Today she visits with Quinn Renfandt co-director of the Farmers Market Promotion Program at Dakota College at Bottineau. He’s also on the board of the Red River Harvest Cooperative.

Sue Balcom is here for Main Street Eats to talk about direct sow plants and vegetables.

Sue Balcom stresses the importance of spacing your garden.

For this week’s Main Street Eats, Sue Balcom helps us methodically plan out the gardening season.

It's never too soon to starting thinking about spring.

For this week’s Main Street Eats, Sue Balcom visits Diane Schmidt, longtime gardener and farmer’s market producer, and one of Sue’s mentors.

Sue Balcom is here to talk pancakes.

For Sue Balcom, it's never too soon to start planning for the growing season.