Make Your Next Picnic Sustainable
June 18th is an excellent opportunity to take time off of your busy schedules and round up your favorite people because next Friday is...
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Happy Dancing Blog
Jim Chamberlin
- May 21, 2021
- 5 min
Adaptive Grazing Management in the Region
Three years ago we started running cows and sheep on our large field at Island Lake Farm, using adaptive grazing management(AGM). AGM...
Colin Mclain
- Jan 8, 2021
- 4 min
5 Reasons to Drink More Water
Going to make some changes? 2020 is in the past now it's time for a new and improved you, right? The top five new years resolutions from...
HDT Team
- Dec 4, 2020
- 3 min
Celebrate World Soil Day with Our Favorite Documentary Recommendations
As our world continues to undergo wild climate change, there was a significant need to draw awareness of the importance of solutions that...
Jim Chamberlin
- Nov 27, 2020
- 5 min
How Agroecological Methods can Feed the World
There are a lot of opinions on how we should best feed the world, but one thing is clear right now. We’re not doing a very good job. The...
Colin Mclain
- Oct 15, 2020
- 4 min
Producer Spotlight - Rachel Cobb at Brambling Rows Farm
Farmers are ubiquitous to the Brainerd Lakes area and are doing great work that deserves to be recognized. It's simple, really. If we...
HDT Team
- Aug 27, 2020
- 4 min
Farming For the Future
Happy Dancing Turtle is taking on a new and exciting role in pursuit of a local, sustainable food system. We will be working directly...
HDT Team
- Jul 16, 2020
- 2 min
Meat CSA Program to Aid Both Local Farmers and Local Watersheds
Up the Creek Meats came from the simple idea that not all farming is the same, and to farm in a way that protects our soil and water...
HDT Team
- Jul 9, 2020
- 1 min
Welcome Home Little Chickens
Happy Dancing Turtle will be the home for fifty chickens for the summer. We plan on keeping these beauties on campus for around through...
HDT Team
- May 22, 2020
- 3 min
The New Farmers Market
Minnesota residents craving fresh produce won’t have to wait long, as farmers markets are beginning to open across the region — with some...
HDT Team
- May 15, 2020
- 4 min
Farm to Home During Stay at Home
Some bad news has arisen concerning food production. As the coronavirus pandemic has supply chains disrupted, farmers and producers are...
HDT Team
- May 8, 2020
- 3 min
Fighting Food Insecurity at the Local Level
Food insecurity is already more widespread in this country than most know. On a daily basis, one in seven households with children are...
HDT Team
- Apr 24, 2020
- 3 min
Arbor Day 101
Arbor Day is an international holiday that encourages celebrating participants to plant and care for their trees. Did you know that the...
HDT Team
- Mar 26, 2020
- 3 min
The Plant-Based Burger’s Soul
Plant based protein is all the rage. Given the state of our current agricultural system, one that delivers us unhealthy concentrated...
HDT Team
- Mar 25, 2020
- 2 min
Growing Indoors: A Revisit
Trying to stay safely distanced from everybody is the name of the game nowadays. But, don’t worry! We’ve got a few ideas to help you stay...
HDT Team
- Mar 11, 2020
- 3 min
Hydrogeological Data
What do isotopes in water have to do with soil? One of my go-to podcasts is Down to Earth hosted by The Quivira Coalition. The Quivira...
HDT Team
- Feb 28, 2020
- 4 min
Get a Head Start on the Growing Season with Soil Blocks
Don’t look now (and I would hate to jinx it), but it seems that winter is loosing its grasp over central Minnesota. The ravages of winter...
HDT Team
- Dec 31, 2019
- 3 min
HDT’s 2019 Top Ten
Who doesn’t love to occasionally look back and see from where they’ve come, and reflect on where they’re going? 2019 was a year we...
HDT Team
- Nov 6, 2019
- 2 min
We Are Water MN Summit Review
HDT was recently invited to attend the We Are Water Summit, part of a statewide traveling interactive exhibit led by the Minnesota Center...
HDT Team
- Nov 1, 2019
- 3 min
Favorite Fall Recipes
As the fields turn from gold to brown and the leaves shake off their final layer of foliage, now is the time to revisit the recipes that...
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