Are you a vegetable farmer? Are you curious about what it would be like to grow between solar panels? Join us for a tour of our pilot project in agrivoltaics- combining solar and agriculture. Meet with farmers growing there, researchers learning there, and see if this could be a good fit for you! Please dress […] Read more
Big River Farms Tour
Tour Big River Farms in Marine on St Croix during harvesting season […] Read more
Agrivoltaics Open House & Tour
Big River Farms, a program of The Food Group, invites you to join us on August 15 at our solar farm location in Big Lake, MN to see our pilot project in agrivoltaics — growing food between and around solar panels. We are hopeful about the potential for agrivoltaics to be transformative in creating land […] Read more
19th Annual Emerging Farmers Conference
Join us for the 19th Annual Emerging Farmers Conference in November 2024 at the McNamara Alumni Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota! Friday we’ll host 4 half-day sessions and Saturday choose from 11 sessions throughout the day. Save the date and check out our website for more details coming soon […] Read more
Big River Farms: New Grower Open House
Interested in growing food or starting your own farm? Join us for a farm tour and learn about Big River Farms’ Grower Training and Incubator Farmer programs. For More Information, call or email Mar Horns, Farmer Support Specialist at (651) 529-1765 or [email protected] […] Read more
