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You've Been So Patient and I am Learning Too
Thank you to all of our customers, friends and family who have joined us on this rocky road! It has been quite the year. If you would...
Sarah Brenner
Jan 2, 20233 min read
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CLINKERS & WINTER MARKETS
When you enjoy the daily company of a wood stove you soon realize that the simple pleasure of a warming fire can be a challenging task to...
Sarah Brenner
Dec 29, 20222 min read
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Destination: Pierce and Pepin Counties Real Estate Tour
Here's a travel itinerary for those of you contemplating a life change, new chapter or big adventure! We've got buildings for sale out...
Sarah Brenner
Dec 12, 20223 min read
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And May We Present...
Lake View Organic Farm's SUNFLOWER OIL is back! This, our deliciously nutty heart healthy cold pressed 2022 vintage celebrated a good...
Sarah Brenner
Dec 8, 20221 min read
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A Foodie Frenzy - Hazelnuts!
If you're tuned into farming solutions for climate change and carbon sequestration, you might have heard recent rumblings about the...
Sarah Brenner
Dec 4, 20221 min read
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A Little-Known Flossy Fact
I'm not exactly sure when it all started, but at some point in my life I decided to NOT wear hats. Yes, they warm a body, but for me,...
Sarah Brenner
Nov 30, 20223 min read
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Is it School Lunch?
Lots of us in the United States understand the term "School Lunch" to imply a meal separated by a partitioned tray with warmed or...
Sarah Brenner
Nov 25, 20222 min read
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The Season of Light and Details
Winter has arrived flocking our trees and blanketing us in white. Darkness comes early, but in this season we start the fires, burn...
Sarah Brenner
Nov 16, 20223 min read
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When Two Worlds Collide, Dear Election Poll Worker
I've been writing for a few years now about my move from Minneapolis, Minnesota to a farm in rural Western Wisconsin. My Facebook page...
Sarah Brenner
Nov 9, 20227 min read
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Those Days Are Over
It's funny how during busy daytime hours, when my hands are completely occupied, chapters for stories, essays and narratives unfold. They...
Sarah Brenner
Nov 1, 20224 min read
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Have a GRAPE Day
You know how it is when a flavor or smell sends you time-traveling back to someone, some place or something in your earlier life? Well,...
Sarah Brenner
Oct 26, 20223 min read
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Cleansing Spirits and Cleaning Grain
Call me superstitious, but I've been noticing energy in my life lately. Energy as in spirits and an unexplainable connection to the past....
Sarah Brenner
Oct 20, 20224 min read
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Granting Permission to Take a Break
Is easier said than done - especially in the world of the self-employed! I've been set on "stuck" mode all week feeling no motivation...
Sarah Brenner
Oct 13, 20223 min read
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Milk Hay and Harvest
It's so dang tootin' pretty out here right now! We've been under a bit of cloud cover, but even so, the autumnal colors are truly...
Sarah Brenner
Oct 5, 20223 min read
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Popping Up Pop Ups
What's new at Lake View Organic Farm? William has been busy collecting eggs from all the secret nooks and crannies where our hens lay on...
Sarah Brenner
Sep 26, 20223 min read
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A Phoenix Rising
I've known a number of people in my life who warned me that I'd be crazy to want to open a restaurant. My ex-father-in-law was a chef and...
Sarah Brenner
Sep 11, 20225 min read
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The Symbolic Meaning of Food
This time of year the sun's abrupt angle starts to feel harsh conjuring Fall and its hazy hot yellows. The quiet blanketed greens give...
Sarah Brenner
Aug 30, 20224 min read
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Bringing the Mission Style Burrito to Western Wisconsin and a Couple of Questions
Western Wisconsin traffic jam on the way to get some burritos. Back in the 1960s, in the Mission district of San Francisco, the big silo...
Sarah Brenner
Aug 23, 20223 min read
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Sit Down to Eat and the Philosophy behind Farm-to-Table
Back in the day, if you will, when Grandma was at the helm of the farmhouse kitchen, you would be instructed to "Sit down and eat." Did...
Sarah Brenner
Aug 16, 20223 min read
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Finding the New Me and LOTS of I Don't Knows
A friend who brought me flowers said when I gushed over them, "We both like pretty things!" That is something I do know to be true. I...
Sarah Brenner
Aug 9, 20223 min read
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