11th Annual Sustainable Sheep Farming Event Saturday Feb 15, 2025
Lammers Town Hall
Solway, MN 56678
Cost: $25/person, $40/couple, $20/SSFC members, $35/SSFC member couples
Pay at the door
Registration starts at 9:30 a.m., programs run from 10 to 2, lunch included. A great line-up of speakers and farm-fresh dishes for lunch!
Pre-registration by February 8 is required.
Contact sheepcommunity.com 218-657-2502
Thank you to our sponsors!
American Legion Post 16, Bagley, MN
Bemidji Woolen Mills, Bemidji, MN
Marsh Creek Crossing Farm, Twin Valley, MN
Kathy Belt, Park Rapids, MN
Solway, MN 56678
Cost: $25/person, $40/couple, $20/SSFC members, $35/SSFC member couples
Pay at the door
Registration starts at 9:30 a.m., programs run from 10 to 2, lunch included. A great line-up of speakers and farm-fresh dishes for lunch!
Pre-registration by February 8 is required.
Contact sheepcommunity.com 218-657-2502
Thank you to our sponsors!
American Legion Post 16, Bagley, MN
Bemidji Woolen Mills, Bemidji, MN
Marsh Creek Crossing Farm, Twin Valley, MN
Kathy Belt, Park Rapids, MN
Speakers and Bios
Chrissy Davenport of Hay Ewe Hill Farm and Re-Ewe'able, LLC: Chrissy will be presenting on her journey to making wool pelleted fertilizer from waste wool and creating wool felted items for sale at area farmers markets and now at her store in Fergus Falls. When an opportunity to purchase an established handmade bath & body products business presented itself, Chrissy took another leap and now makes almost all of her own products using natural and local ingredients. This business is also home to Otter Tail County's only refillery which is another way to reduce plastics in the landfill.
Gary and Shirley Klisch: Gary and Shirley Klischhave been farming south of Solway since 1970 at Jackpine Farm and will be speaking at the event as well. They have been using organic methods since then and are now certified organic through the State of Minnesota. Raising their 6 children on the farm was one of the driving forces for growing all their own foods, making cheese and selling their produce at the farmers market. They still farm organically and sell their products, even though their children are grown but still living in the area. They will be talking about how they got started on their farm and their organic methods and give tips on how you can save your own seeds, use the natural fertilizer produced on the farm to continue to produce organically grown foods, the process of becoming certified organic and where this will take them in the future.
Stephenie Anderson: Stephenie gives us a look at wool from a fiber art perspective in her presentation on "Nordic Knitting Heroes". Stephenie is a creative fiber and textile artist with a strong background in knitting, quilting, and hand sewing of Viking Age textiles. A frequent exhibitor, teacher, and knitting pattern writer, she has exhibits on display in several art galleries. She won a blue ribbon in knitting at the Minnesota State Fair. Stephenie was awarded the Viking Connection Grant and studied in Norway under Astri Byrd and Linnea Madsen. While there, she studied and recreated historically accurate Viking Age garments based on archaeological findings. She is associated with the Pine to Prairie Folk School, a school that strives to preserve heritage trades and foster community through experiential learning and the teaching of traditional crafts. She is also with the East Polk County Heritage Center, a destination where visitors experience the past through educational opportunities and interactive demonstrations, the Order Of The Mitten, a group of textile artist who research textile grave finds and recreate as historically accurate as possible and Birka Challenge, a group of Viking Age experimental archaeologists tasked with recreating Birka finding without prejudice or preconceived notions.
Andrea Schue: Andrea is a retail food inspector with the Minnesota Dept. of Ag. for the northwest corner of MN will be presenting on how people can sell their lamb meat off of their farm, at farmer’s markets or to stores. Most people realize that to sell retail (cuts off the farm or farmers markets) and to sell to stores (wholesale) that they’d need to have their meat processed under Equal To State Inspection or Federal Inspection but Andrea will help demystify what is involved in selling the meat once it's processed, particularly for retail sales.
Gary and Shirley Klisch: Gary and Shirley Klischhave been farming south of Solway since 1970 at Jackpine Farm and will be speaking at the event as well. They have been using organic methods since then and are now certified organic through the State of Minnesota. Raising their 6 children on the farm was one of the driving forces for growing all their own foods, making cheese and selling their produce at the farmers market. They still farm organically and sell their products, even though their children are grown but still living in the area. They will be talking about how they got started on their farm and their organic methods and give tips on how you can save your own seeds, use the natural fertilizer produced on the farm to continue to produce organically grown foods, the process of becoming certified organic and where this will take them in the future.
Stephenie Anderson: Stephenie gives us a look at wool from a fiber art perspective in her presentation on "Nordic Knitting Heroes". Stephenie is a creative fiber and textile artist with a strong background in knitting, quilting, and hand sewing of Viking Age textiles. A frequent exhibitor, teacher, and knitting pattern writer, she has exhibits on display in several art galleries. She won a blue ribbon in knitting at the Minnesota State Fair. Stephenie was awarded the Viking Connection Grant and studied in Norway under Astri Byrd and Linnea Madsen. While there, she studied and recreated historically accurate Viking Age garments based on archaeological findings. She is associated with the Pine to Prairie Folk School, a school that strives to preserve heritage trades and foster community through experiential learning and the teaching of traditional crafts. She is also with the East Polk County Heritage Center, a destination where visitors experience the past through educational opportunities and interactive demonstrations, the Order Of The Mitten, a group of textile artist who research textile grave finds and recreate as historically accurate as possible and Birka Challenge, a group of Viking Age experimental archaeologists tasked with recreating Birka finding without prejudice or preconceived notions.
Andrea Schue: Andrea is a retail food inspector with the Minnesota Dept. of Ag. for the northwest corner of MN will be presenting on how people can sell their lamb meat off of their farm, at farmer’s markets or to stores. Most people realize that to sell retail (cuts off the farm or farmers markets) and to sell to stores (wholesale) that they’d need to have their meat processed under Equal To State Inspection or Federal Inspection but Andrea will help demystify what is involved in selling the meat once it's processed, particularly for retail sales.