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    FEAST                                         Welcome

                                                           FEAST! Local Foods Magazine.
                LOCAL FOODS MAGAZINE                                 to volume three of

                       Publisher:
                    FEAST                               What a rollercoaster 2020 has been! The ride is certainly not over, but one
                    LOCAL FOODS NETWORK
                                                      thing we learned early on is how essential local food is, from short supply
                         Editor:                      chains to knowing your farmer and serving your community. We saw how
                     Marlene Petersen                 food workers geared up, changed course and persevered to produce the food
                                                      on which we all rely.
                    Managing Editor:
                       Elena Byrne
                                                      The 7th Annual FEAST! Local Foods Marketplace is also adjusting. We’ll still be
                    Creative Director:                connecting you to local food makers and growers but in a hybrid format. Online
                       Brett Olson                    sales for drive-thru pickup will open in November, culminating at the limited-
                  Contributing Writers:               capacity event on Sunday, Dec. 6 at Graham Park, Olmsted County Fairgrounds,
                      Claudine Arndt                  Rochester, Minn. Flip to p.24 to learn more.
                       Patrice Bailey
                       Kelli Boylen                   Elsewhere in these pages, you’ll find stories demonstrating the ways local
                       Grace Brogan
                  Katie Godfrey Demmer                food connects us: from the dedication of essential food workers (p.18) to the
                       Beth Dooley                    first drive-thru farmers market in Minnesota (p.42) to food-and farm-based
                       Lisa Kivirist                  enrichment for children in early care settings (p.14). This issue also explores the
                       Brita Moore                    important efforts underway to address racial inequality in agriculture (p.6). There’s
                     Marlene Petersen                 great work being done, and we want to celebrate that, along with Soil Sisters (p.
                     Photographers:                   10), growing food businesses (p.30, 44) and chefs committed to working with
           Tiffany Alexandria of Choochoo-ca-Chew,    local farmers (p.35, 40).
            Ashley Aukes of Beruck Studios, Scott
            Boylen, John D. Ivanko, Katie Cannon,     We’re getting through unprecedented times—together. If you haven’t already,
                 Ashley Becerra, Brett Olson          take the Local Foods Pledge (p.46). Thanks for being a local foods fan!

          Cover: Chef  Mateo Mackbee (see profile, p.35)
          supports local food with his partner and co-  Warmly,
                                                      The FEAST! Local Foods Network
          owner, Erin Lucas, through their restaurant,
     c/o Renwing  the  Countryside, 2637 27th Ave. S., Suite 17, Minneapolis, MN 55406
          Krewe (St. Joseph, Minn.) and their nonprofit
                      www.local-feast.com
          Model Citizen Youth Farm (New London,
          Minn.), iammodelcitizen.org.
          Photo by Katie Cannon Photography.                 /localfeastnetwork      @Local_Feast         LocalFeast

            FEAST! Local Foods Marketplace Partners & Sponsors

                                                          Premier Partners

                                                          Additional Sponsors
                                                                  We treat our turkeys like they’re part of the family.
                                                                  Because since 1939, they have been.
                                                                  We proudly raise our turkeys in much the same way our family has for over
                                                                  80 years, since our founders – Fern and Dale Peterson – settled on our farm
                                                Silver Tablespoon:        Ferndale Market
                                                                  in Cannon Falls, Minnesota. Free-range. Antibiotic-free. Naturally processed.
                                                                  Reserve your fresh Thanksgiving turkey for pickup at our on-farm market in
                                                                  Cannon Falls or use our online locator to find our turkey near you.
                                                                  FerndaleMarket.com
                                                    Wooden Spoon: Compeer Financial
         4  FEAST! Local Foods Magazine        Friends of FEAST!: The Greensted, E-1 Collaborative

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