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Getting Your Goat: Dairy Basics – Milk, Soap and Cheese
This is the second class in a two-part series. Erin Link of EB Ranch Farmstead and her San Clemente goats will demonstrate goat milk soap and cheese-making basics including hands-on milking, milk handling, and goat chevre making. The class will introduce you to best practices, milk and food safety, and the hands-on fun of goat…
Fantastic Ferments!
Course Description: Fermentation is one of the oldest and safest food preservation techniques. With some simple materials and knowledge, we can harness this natural transformative process to create something delicious, funky, and nourishing. Through the magic of brine and time, we can preserve what is important to us. Come learn the magic of microbes and begin…
Explore Your Fibershed
Course Description: Curious about where our clothing comes from and how it can be created locally with natural fibers, local labor, and plant-based dyes? Then come explore your local fibershed with Theresa Bentz, owner of Get Bent Farm and Woolen Mill, and Maddy Bartsch, owner of Salt of the North Dyes. First, Theresa will teach you…
Harvest Soiree
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 5TH Save the Date! You are invited to Lakes Center for Youth and Families’ annual fall gala on Thursday, September 5th! Join us for an evening full of fun & fundraising at Running Aces Casino, Hotel, & Racetrack! More information coming soon!
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International Women’s Month with Women’s Environmental Institute
Food, Farming and Justice: Women’s Environmental Institute Written by guest writer: Stacy Carlson The Amador Hill Farm & Orchard in North Branch is home to thirty acres of certified organic vegetable crops and an organic apple orchard. As a program of the Women’s Environmental Institute (WEI), a Chisago County charitable nonprofit, it also is much…
February Networking Luncheon
The February Networking Luncheon was amazing! Our survey showed attendees would love more time to network and socialize AND hear speakers without feeling rushed, so we had our first lengthened, 90-minute luncheon this month! There was chittering and there was chattering while we registered and then a quick ice-breaker/speed networking activity. We switched nametags and…
Business of The Month – Neighborhood National Bank
Neighborhood National Bank was Nationally Chartered in 1963 in Mora, MN as People’s National Bank of Mora. In the past 60 years, we have expanded to 6 branch locations in Mora (Downtown Mora & Coborn’s Location), Aitkin, Brainerd, North Branch & Alexandria. As a local community Bank, we focus on our customers and serve their…
Massage Benefits
Massage Benefits By Heather Strand / Heather’s Helping Hands – Triple H Massage Massage is more than just a luxury, it has a range of physical andmental health benefits, transforming it into an essential part of our self-care routines. Massage therapists help reduce muscle tension bymanipulating the muscle tissue to help relax the area. There…
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