dvoss@mnsoilhealth.org I am the third generation on our family farm where my wife Beth and I are raising our family of five boys. Our farm located by Paynesville, Mn historically operated as a dairy farm from when my grandparents started farming here during the depression. In 1999 we certified our farm for organic production with the desire to reduce our Read more...

rmaurer@mnsoilhealth.org My name is Rick Maurer, my wife Kim and I farm near Morgan in Redwood County. We own a wean to finish hog operation and work with the Pipestone System. We no-till 100% of our soybeans in ten inch rows. We are also experimenting with cover crops seeded into our corn. Read more...

gbreitkreutz@mnsoilhealth.org Grant & Dawn Breitkreutz run Stoney Creek Farm along the bluff of the Minnesota River near Redwood Falls, MN.  Over the past 20 years, they have converted a conventional crop and cow/calf operation into a multi-enterprise regenerative family business.  Their crops have changed from a corn and soybean rotation to at least a three-crop rotation, with covercrops incorporated whenever Read more...

jolene@mnsoilhealth.org Jolene brings a wealth of experience including eight years as a nutritionist, military Commander, master gardener, four terms as Secretary and President on the Nature Center Board, a member of leadership council for School Yard Garden Coalition and a Crow River SFA Board Member. Jolene spent 20 years as a science educator and has a Masters in Ed in Natural Read more...

estelling@mnsoilhealth.org I farm with my father and brother in and around Osakis, MN. We currently operate around 1500 acres consisting of corn, beans, alfalfa, and some small grains. Approximately 160 acres of our operation is certified organic. Three years ago we got out of dairy and now finish feeder cattle. We are in our second year of strip tilling and Read more...

tcotter@mnsoilhealth.org Tom is a fourth-generation farmer from southern Minnesota. In 1875 the land was first plowed and had continued in one way or another for the next 140 years. Tom grew up doing full tillage on all their acres. In the late 1990’s Tom’s Dad bought a tile pile and started trying Cover Crops. That is when Tom and his Read more...

bdwire@mnsoilhealth.org We farm in both Lincoln and Lyon counties, near Arco, MN.  My wife Kristi is a pharmacist, and I farm full time.  Kristi and I are both graduates of South Dakota State University.  We have two daughters, Sara and Madison, who are both in elementary school. We farm about 650 acres of cropland, and 150 acres of hay and Read more...

cschmidt@mnsoilhealth.org I farm in Murray county, near Garvin, MN.  I am a graduate of Pine Technical College.  I have four children: Brad, Jordan, Taylor and Lane, of which three are grown, pursuing or working in the agricultural field and the medical field with one of high school age. After 18 yrs of being in the construction industry and the “Green” Read more...

bpfarr@mnsoilhealth.org Brian was on the steering committee that helped shaped the Minnesota Soil Health Coalition and is also the Chair of the Board.  Brian grew up farming with his father in Redwood County and always knew he wanted to continue the family farm.  Brian and his father Bill, raise corn, soybeans, wheat, and rotationally graze cattle.  Brian started experimenting with Read more...