Who We Are
“Trees are poems that the Earth writes upon the sky.” Khalil Gibran
Farmers, Nursery Owners, Homesteaders
The Farm & Forest Growers Cooperative is a group of small-scale farmers, nursery-people, homesteaders, and more. We are located throughout northern Minnesota, and are driven to help our woodlands and forests remain healthy and resilient in the face of climate induced pressures.
We also believe in the importance of new economic enterprises for rural Minnesotans. To that end we work collectively to support and build our tree growing businesses.
Our Commitment
We work closely with a broad network of seed collectors who gather native seed from tree populations across the state. We grow them out with love and integrity, with hope they can become the forests for future generations to enjoy.
Quality & Performance
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Customer Satisfaction
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Sustainability & Responsibility
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We Grow Trees – by David Abazs (Round River Farms)
We plant seeds
Seeds gathered south of the forest
To bring new life in the dying wood of time past
The changing climate, indiferent, carma be damned
To grow anew, the forests of tomorrow, today.
A forest for you
That will, with persistence and design,
be a head above the tall deer.
The dear deer envy as the forest slides by them
These “climate smart” trees will shade and protect us and the earth
They will not be harvested by me, and perhaps not even by my children
But the children of our children
Their trunks will gather the carbon
litter the soil with life
We water them, sing to them,
protect them like our lives depend on them, which they do…
We breathe out life to them
We breathe in life from them
We watch them grow, with conviction and hope
We grow trees…