Farm Tour Brochure v2 - Constant Contact
Visit . Enter . Win! The more farms, the more chances in Fluegel’s 90th Year Celebration Drawing! $200 Gift Certificate - Grand Prize Fluegels Farm, Garden & Pet
Custom Redwood Bird Feeder Station Fluegel's & Windswept Hill Farm
Goat Mild Soap Buscho Farms
Live Angora Doe Rabbit Destiny Meadow Rabbitry
Basket of Locally Grown Wines Alexis Bailly Vineyard
2 Skeins of Yarn and a Pair of Socks Sutton Ridge Farm
Alpaca Teddy Bear Fossum Family Farm, LLC
Yarn Rach-Al-Paca Farm
Dyed Locks and Roving The Berryhill Farm
Yak Yarn Skein Clear Spring Farm
Local Honey and Wild Barn Yarn Harvest Hill Acres
One entry per farm visited. Drop in each farm’s Entry Box Sept. 30 or Oct. 1. Drawing at Fluegel’s Oct 8th at Noon. Winners will be notified.
Join us for a fabulous Fall weekend, as twelve area farms invite you onto their property to give you a look at how all this fiber gets made, including meeting the animals who produce it! This is a great time to get your stash for the winter season, as well as finding unique gifts for those you love and even for yourself! Check out the demonstrations and pick up a few pointers. Get inspired by fiber and color combinations. Ask questions and find the perfect materials for your next project. Get your friends together and plan your route. You don’t want to miss this year’s North Star Farm Tour.
This is your entry form. Please print clearly. Name: ____________________________ Address ___________________________ __________________________________ Phone: ____________________________ Email: _____________________________
Thank you to our sponsors:
Connecting people, farms, and fiber
Open to the Public Sat, Sept 30 & Sun, Oct 1 10 am-5 pm
New this year-Let Us Drive! Let Community Education do the driving while you enjoy the ride and visit with friends. Tours available Saturday and Sunday. Register with any of these districts: Farmington www.farmingtonce.com Rosemount, Apple Valley, Eagan www.district196.org Lakeville www.isd194.org Northfield www.northfiledschools.org
Enjoy a weekend touring 12 fiber farms within an hour of the Twin Cities:
Meet modern-day shepherds, artists, authors. Learn about many different fiber & farm animals. Shop locally raised raw, processed & finished fibers. Shop artisan products, farm-raised meats & more! Enjoy demonstrations & hands-on activities. NEW! Knit with friends on a Community Education bus tour (see back for registration). Enter Fluegel’s Farm, Garden & Pet 90th Year Celebration Drawing!
Dresow Family Farm
Explore all 12 Fiber Farms! Create your own route to visit the 12 farms on our 2017 tour. Each farm offers a unique offering of activities, demonstrations, locallygrown fiber and food products & finished handcrafts. Some include other visiting farms, authors & artists. The latest details can be found at www.northstarfarmtour.com or each farm's website!
The Berryhill Farm 49885 County 11 Blvd, Pine Island Come see George Washington's favorite breed of sheep, the Leicester Longwool. Pet the animals, play with the fiber, and sample the meat as prepared by a local chef. www.TheBerryhillFarm.com
Black Cat Farmstead N3049 Nelson Lane, Stockholm, WI Black Cat Farmstead raises Icelandic, Shetland and Gotland cross sheep. We grow flax and hand process it for linen. www.blackcatfarmstead.com
Buscho Farms 18775 Gates Ave, Faribault Close to 100 colored angora goats (mohair), huacaya, and suri alpaca. www.buschofarms.com
10900 Garfield Ave, Lonsdale, Dresow Family Farm raises Cormo, CVM Corridale and cross bred sheep. We also raise cattle, pigs and chickens. facebook.com/DresowFamilyFarm
Fossum Family Farm, LLC 5445 320th St. W., Northfield Fossum Family Farm raises alpaca and yaks, and is home to The Alpaca Farm Store. www.FossumFamilyFarm.com
Harvest Hill Acres 7477 400th St , Dennison New farm to the tour this year. Sheep, Llamas, barn cats, rabbits and chickens. Learn about sheep wool, learn about honey bees. Taste honey, made at the farm. Bob for local apples, and see how sheep love graham crackers.
Rach-Al-Paca Farm
Sutton Ridge Farm
18495 Goodwin Avenue, Hastings
1500 West 200th Street, Jordan
Come meet our alpacas, Shetland sheep and goats! Purchase yarns and products made from their fiber and tour Minnesota’s only full-service custom fiber mill. Three Rivers Fibershed will be here to demonstrate fiber arts & talk about their endeavors. www.rachalpacafarm.com
Visit our family-run farm where we grow & raise high-quality food for your table, like 100% grass-fed beef, along with beautiful, natural fibers for textiles, crafting & art. Farm style lunch served on Saturday. www.suttonridgefarm.com
Running Dog Ranch N293 197th Street, Stockholm, WI Visit our ranch and Learning Center located on a historic Swedish farmstead built in the 1860’s near Laura Ingles Wilder’s birthsite. Learn about our folksy artistic classes that help students identify what brings them joy and provides opportunities that inspire them to create for life. www.runningdogranch.org
Windswept Hill Farm 20800 Ahern Boulevard, Farmington Visitors of all ages are welcome at this family farm, remodeled with salvaged materials into an inspirational place for living, learning & creating. Pet our Bluefaced Leicester sheep, then awaken your inner artist making a wool angel to take home. facebook.com/windswepthill
Celebrate, Tour & Win Prizes! Enter the 1st Time Sun, Sept 17th 10 am– 3pm North Star Farm Tour Shepherd's Festival Fluegel’s Farm, Garden & Pet 14700 South Robert Trail, Rosemount Shop for locally-raised products, meet fiber animals & their owners, learn from demonstrations & enjoy the Grand Opening of Fluegel’s new retail store.
PRINT contact information on the reverse side of this official entry. Tear this panel off & drop into the Drawing Box at Fluegel’s Must be 18 or older to enter.
Hidden River 2150 Highway 70 Mora Meet the goats, view antique tractors, take a wagon ride and walk our trails. Lots to see, Lots to do. facebook.com/hiddenrivergoats/
Clear Spring Farm
Legend:
31139 Co 7 Blvd, Welch We raise Royal and Trim Tibetan Yak for meat and fiber. Their hand combed fiber is soft and luxurious. Our herd is exceptionally docile so you will be able to get up close and personal with these beautiful animals. www.clearspringfarmyaks.com
Goods for Sale Demo Food Available
Don’t Forget! Fluegel’s 90th Year Celebration Drawing!
Fluegel’s Farm, Garden, and Pet 14700 South Robert Tr, Rosemount
Sun. Oct 8, at Noon
Need Not Be Present to Win!
Join the Tour & Earn More Chances At every farm you visit during North Star Farm Tour weekend Sept 30 or Oct 1, enter again! Entry forms will be available at each farm with a Drawing Box. Win one of the prizes on the reverse side. The drawing will be held on Sunday Oct 8 at noon. Need not be present to win!
Custom Redwood Bird Feeder Station Fluegel's & Windswept Hill Farm
Goat Mild Soap Buscho Farms
Live Angora Doe Rabbit Destiny Meadow Rabbitry
Basket of Locally Grown Wines Alexis Bailly Vineyard
2 Skeins of Yarn and a Pair of Socks Sutton Ridge Farm
Alpaca Teddy Bear Fossum Family Farm, LLC
Yarn Rach-Al-Paca Farm
Dyed Locks and Roving The Berryhill Farm
Yak Yarn Skein Clear Spring Farm
Local Honey and Wild Barn Yarn Harvest Hill Acres
One entry per farm visited. Drop in each farm’s Entry Box Sept. 30 or Oct. 1. Drawing at Fluegel’s Oct 8th at Noon. Winners will be notified.
Join us for a fabulous Fall weekend, as twelve area farms invite you onto their property to give you a look at how all this fiber gets made, including meeting the animals who produce it! This is a great time to get your stash for the winter season, as well as finding unique gifts for those you love and even for yourself! Check out the demonstrations and pick up a few pointers. Get inspired by fiber and color combinations. Ask questions and find the perfect materials for your next project. Get your friends together and plan your route. You don’t want to miss this year’s North Star Farm Tour.
This is your entry form. Please print clearly. Name: ____________________________ Address ___________________________ __________________________________ Phone: ____________________________ Email: _____________________________
Thank you to our sponsors:
Connecting people, farms, and fiber
Open to the Public Sat, Sept 30 & Sun, Oct 1 10 am-5 pm
New this year-Let Us Drive! Let Community Education do the driving while you enjoy the ride and visit with friends. Tours available Saturday and Sunday. Register with any of these districts: Farmington www.farmingtonce.com Rosemount, Apple Valley, Eagan www.district196.org Lakeville www.isd194.org Northfield www.northfiledschools.org
Enjoy a weekend touring 12 fiber farms within an hour of the Twin Cities:
Meet modern-day shepherds, artists, authors. Learn about many different fiber & farm animals. Shop locally raised raw, processed & finished fibers. Shop artisan products, farm-raised meats & more! Enjoy demonstrations & hands-on activities. NEW! Knit with friends on a Community Education bus tour (see back for registration). Enter Fluegel’s Farm, Garden & Pet 90th Year Celebration Drawing!
Dresow Family Farm
Explore all 12 Fiber Farms! Create your own route to visit the 12 farms on our 2017 tour. Each farm offers a unique offering of activities, demonstrations, locallygrown fiber and food products & finished handcrafts. Some include other visiting farms, authors & artists. The latest details can be found at www.northstarfarmtour.com or each farm's website!
The Berryhill Farm 49885 County 11 Blvd, Pine Island Come see George Washington's favorite breed of sheep, the Leicester Longwool. Pet the animals, play with the fiber, and sample the meat as prepared by a local chef. www.TheBerryhillFarm.com
Black Cat Farmstead N3049 Nelson Lane, Stockholm, WI Black Cat Farmstead raises Icelandic, Shetland and Gotland cross sheep. We grow flax and hand process it for linen. www.blackcatfarmstead.com
Buscho Farms 18775 Gates Ave, Faribault Close to 100 colored angora goats (mohair), huacaya, and suri alpaca. www.buschofarms.com
10900 Garfield Ave, Lonsdale, Dresow Family Farm raises Cormo, CVM Corridale and cross bred sheep. We also raise cattle, pigs and chickens. facebook.com/DresowFamilyFarm
Fossum Family Farm, LLC 5445 320th St. W., Northfield Fossum Family Farm raises alpaca and yaks, and is home to The Alpaca Farm Store. www.FossumFamilyFarm.com
Harvest Hill Acres 7477 400th St , Dennison New farm to the tour this year. Sheep, Llamas, barn cats, rabbits and chickens. Learn about sheep wool, learn about honey bees. Taste honey, made at the farm. Bob for local apples, and see how sheep love graham crackers.
Rach-Al-Paca Farm
Sutton Ridge Farm
18495 Goodwin Avenue, Hastings
1500 West 200th Street, Jordan
Come meet our alpacas, Shetland sheep and goats! Purchase yarns and products made from their fiber and tour Minnesota’s only full-service custom fiber mill. Three Rivers Fibershed will be here to demonstrate fiber arts & talk about their endeavors. www.rachalpacafarm.com
Visit our family-run farm where we grow & raise high-quality food for your table, like 100% grass-fed beef, along with beautiful, natural fibers for textiles, crafting & art. Farm style lunch served on Saturday. www.suttonridgefarm.com
Running Dog Ranch N293 197th Street, Stockholm, WI Visit our ranch and Learning Center located on a historic Swedish farmstead built in the 1860’s near Laura Ingles Wilder’s birthsite. Learn about our folksy artistic classes that help students identify what brings them joy and provides opportunities that inspire them to create for life. www.runningdogranch.org
Windswept Hill Farm 20800 Ahern Boulevard, Farmington Visitors of all ages are welcome at this family farm, remodeled with salvaged materials into an inspirational place for living, learning & creating. Pet our Bluefaced Leicester sheep, then awaken your inner artist making a wool angel to take home. facebook.com/windswepthill
Celebrate, Tour & Win Prizes! Enter the 1st Time Sun, Sept 17th 10 am– 3pm North Star Farm Tour Shepherd's Festival Fluegel’s Farm, Garden & Pet 14700 South Robert Trail, Rosemount Shop for locally-raised products, meet fiber animals & their owners, learn from demonstrations & enjoy the Grand Opening of Fluegel’s new retail store.
PRINT contact information on the reverse side of this official entry. Tear this panel off & drop into the Drawing Box at Fluegel’s Must be 18 or older to enter.
Hidden River 2150 Highway 70 Mora Meet the goats, view antique tractors, take a wagon ride and walk our trails. Lots to see, Lots to do. facebook.com/hiddenrivergoats/
Clear Spring Farm
Legend:
31139 Co 7 Blvd, Welch We raise Royal and Trim Tibetan Yak for meat and fiber. Their hand combed fiber is soft and luxurious. Our herd is exceptionally docile so you will be able to get up close and personal with these beautiful animals. www.clearspringfarmyaks.com
Goods for Sale Demo Food Available
Don’t Forget! Fluegel’s 90th Year Celebration Drawing!
Fluegel’s Farm, Garden, and Pet 14700 South Robert Tr, Rosemount
Sun. Oct 8, at Noon
Need Not Be Present to Win!
Join the Tour & Earn More Chances At every farm you visit during North Star Farm Tour weekend Sept 30 or Oct 1, enter again! Entry forms will be available at each farm with a Drawing Box. Win one of the prizes on the reverse side. The drawing will be held on Sunday Oct 8 at noon. Need not be present to win!
