August is Local Foods Month in South Central Minnesota
The 4th Annual Local Foods Month is August 1st – 31st. This year, 12 local restaurants will be featuring menu items with ingredients sourced from nine local fruit, vegetable, and livestock farmers. Local Foods Month aims to build strong partnerships between local farmers and restaurants, celebrating the stories behind the food grown and made in south central Minnesota.
This year’s restaurants are Wooden Spoon, Mom & Pops, Chankaska Creek Winery, Pleasant Grove Pizza Farm, Beans Coffee House, Sherburn Cup Truck, River Rock Coffee & Tea, Tandem Bagels, La Plaza Fiesta Madelia, Black Frost Distilling, Pub 500 and Sweet Haven Cocktail Lounge.
This year’s growers are Blue Dirt Farm, Cedar Crate Farm, Alternative Roots Farm, Leuer Gardens, Rebel Rooster, K&M Fischer Farm, Hannah’s Honey, and Under the Sun Herbs.
This event is hosted by Region Nine Development Commission (RNDC), South Central Minnesota Growers’ Network, and the Minnesota State University-Mankato’s Strategic Partnership Center.
Where: Wooden Spoon
515 N Riverfront Dr, Mankato, MN 56001
Pleasant Grove Pizza Farm
41142 160th St., Waseca, MN 56093
Mom & Pops
629 N Riverfront Dr, Mankato, MN 56001
Chankaska Creek Winery
1179 E Pearl St, Kasota, MN 56050
River Rock Coffee & Tea
607 S Front St, Mankato, MN 56001
Pub 500
500 S Front St, Mankato, MN 56001
Sherburn Cup Truck
The Food truck will be at various locations across the region
Black Frost Distilling
201 1st Street North New Ulm, MN 56073
Sweet Haven Cocktail Lounge
116 N Minnesota St, New Ulm, MN 56073
La Plaza Fiesta Madelia
15 W Main St, Madelia, MN 56062
Tandem Bagels
200 E Walnut St, Mankato, MN 56001
Beans Coffee House
229 Belgrade Ave, North Mankato, MN 56003
