One family’s efforts to navigate tradition and innovation in American agriculture put them in the spotlight of a documentary.

We talk with Shawn Feikema, a cooperative owner and farmer near Luverne, Minn., about his family’s farm and the impact of his involvement in that film (“From the Heartland”).

Each month on It Takes a Co-op, we introduce you to people working in agriculture and energy, inside and outside CHS, whose ideas and insights will help you, and your cooperative, succeed. 

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Feikema Farms website

Feikema Farms YouTube channel

Article: The benefits of improving soil health

"From the Heartland" movie website

“From the Heartland" movie on YouTube 

"From the Heartland" Instagram account 

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