Rose Dunn

HeartSprings Community Healing Center in Fargo helps farmers -- and others -- holistically manage symptoms of Parkinson's Disease.

Lida Farm grows for Community Support Agriculture customers, farmers markets and food stands, with a little going to a local food co-op. Since 2004, the west central Minnesota farm has changed how it operates to keep up with the times and what they can handle.

It takes a lot of food to fed more than 150,000 people each year. And that makes the Great Plains Food Bank thankful for donations of fresh produce that come from farmers.

Chef Sara Watson grew up on a farm near Glyndon, Minn., so she’s happy to return to her rural roots and loves to use local ingredients.

Chris Armbrust and Teresa Perleberg combined their burgeoning fiber arts businesses into Shepherd Industries LLC and purchased the Nome Schoolhouse and the surrounding land for their Fiber Arts Retreat Center.

"This is a really subtle vodka that has this nice vanilla peppery finish when you sip it, and I think that's a credit to the sugarbeet, to this local Minnesota crop that we're using," says Ben Brueshoff of BĒT Vodka.

Farm in the Dell of the Red River Valley employs people with disabilities to plant, grow, pick and sell vegetables.

Meat and dairy companies in the Midwest are being rescued by funding for the Farmers to Families Food Box Program, which has the USDA partnering with meat distributors across the country whose workforce was significantly impacted by COVID-19 shutdowns.