Organics at Earthrise Farm

"The Fernholz farm has been off drugs for three years now.

All sunshine and sweat, the Fernholz farm uses no pesticides, herbicides or genetic engineering. And that’s precisely how School Sisters of Notre Dame Kay and Annette Fernholz like it.

“It’s a wonderful feeling that there are no chemicals on our 240 acres,” Kay Fernholz said.

While three Fernholz brothers take care of most of the all-organic farming on the family’s 240 acres situated near Madison, Minn., Kay and Annette have their own 11-acre plot called Earthrise Farm."

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