Meet your farmers

  • Emilia

    Biz Partner, Dog Mama, Maker, Farmer

    Owner of Sister Food Business

  • Madeline

    Farmer, Dreamer

    Produce grower, student of the land, chicken-lover

  • Elliott

    Farmer, Lover of Good Food

    Helps work on all things electrical and irrigation. Loves growing plants.

About us

Earth Hands has long been brewing. We’ve had to learn and feel ready. Madeline and Emilia have been dreaming of a food and farm business for almost 10 years. They first met when they were in elementary school and have been best friends ever since. Elliott has been an awesome addition. Madeline and Elliott, along with their friend Max, ran a small CSA and whole-sale sold peppers and melons through The Pepper Partnership (B&H). B&H continues to work with local hot sauce makers to grow specialty hot peppers and chiles.

The goal is to be rooted in community, serving and growing for the community members we build relationship with. We want to know you and we want you to know your farmer. Know your food and what goes into it. We hope to help strengthen Minnesota’s already rich food web.

Emilia is developing value-added farm products. She is working on opening a sister business to Earth Hands Organics, where she plans to use farm-grown produce to make salsas, hot sauces and eventually tortillas… along with some other fun surprises Emilia and Madeline have in the works!

Are you interested in working with us or have a question or thought? Please share! We’d love to hear from you. If anything, please support local farmers and continue your interest in local foods! Cheers!

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Learning the history of the land we occupy and grow food on

It is the land we call home. The winters are tough and also gorgeous; the summers are intense, bountiful and sometimes brief. The lakes and waters hold spirit of the land and its ancestors.

We would like to extend deep gratitude to the people of the Seven Councils Fire, including the Dakota people, who steward this land in perpetuity. We thank the indigenous peoples for sharing their land care practices with us and for teaching us how to hold right relationship with the land.

We do not dismiss the long, arduous history of European colonization on Turtle Island. The long-lasting effects of colonization have and continue to harm societies and ecosystems.

As a farm, we support land and seed rematriation. We work to understand and implement food system practices that feed our community fresh, local and sustainably-grown produce, while working in right relationship with the land and its peoples. We are working to broaden our offerings to build food webs rooted in relationship and (bio)diversity. We are always learning.

Here are some resources we find helpful in understanding the legacy of the land we occupy