The Greener Pastures 2023 Father’s Day Regenerative Gift Guide

This Father’s Day, we're sharing our recommendations for humane, sustainable, regenerative gifts from the Upper Midwest so you can gift with your values in mind. Continue scrolling for our gift ideas!

Original Images by Sarah Carroll. Styling and Copywriting by Lou Wirtanen.

 
 
 
 
 
 

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What is Regenerative?

In contrast to conventional agriculture, regenerative agriculture rebuilds and replenishes the land. The main principles of regenerative agriculture are:

  • Maintains the soil structure and health.

  • Protects soil from heat and drought.

  • Prevents soil, air, and water pollution.

  • Feeds and locks nutrients in the soil.

  • Mimics nature and rebuilds habitat.

  • Imitates forest and grassland ecosystems.

Anchored in traditional and indigenous food systems, these practices protect the environment for current and future generations.

The gifts in this guide support regenerative agricultural production on small family-owned farms in the Upper Midwest.

Trust Comes First

None of the products included in this guide were gifts or paid promotions. We have no financial incentive to recommend these products.

Product Images provided by producers and farmers.

 
 

SAVOR

Fill dad’s kitchen with ethically made ingredients and goodies.

Simpls

Try: Farm-to-Freezer Meals

Fill your father's freezer with goodness. Send a deliciously nourishing meal with locally sourced prepared frozen foods. A St. Paul based company, they source from Midwest organic and regenerative farmers. 1% of sales go to local non-profits building a regenerative food system.

 

Warm Fields Farm

Try: Zesty Pepper Jelly Glaze

Gift dad the secret ingredient that adds flavor to just about anything! Farmer Lisa Mueller makes it her goal to promote land management practices that enhance the native biodiversity of her Western Wisconsin farm, while providing healthful, organic products.

Rustic Roots Farm

Try: Foodie Lover Gift Pack

Make Father's Day Dinner a breeze with the foodie lover gift pack. Farmer Julie Olberding uses innovative techniques and traditional methods to produce the highest quality products for their customers on their farm in Alexandria, MN.

 
 
 

Light Up The Grill

Treat dad to the finest meats in the Upper Midwest.

W.T. Farms

Try: 10lb Variety Pack

First generation farmers Wyatt and Tessa Parks run a direct-to-consumer beef farm. Their animals have access to Certified Organic pasture and are part of a larger land transition away from conventional commodity row crop farming to a resilient and regenerative farm landscape.

Riemer Family Farm

Try: Steak Lovers Box

From Brodhead, WI, farmers Jen and Bryce Riemer believe in raising better food. Their animals are ethically raised with the utmost care because they believe happy, healthy animals result in healthy, delicious meat.

 

Pettit Pastures

Try: Grass-fed Beef Small Sampler Package

Family owned and operated in Milaca, MN, the Pettit family makes sure their animals spend their whole lives rotating across open pastures, just like nature intended. They raise the highest quality grass-fed beef in an environmentally friendly way by focusing on the soil, the grass and the cows.

Grillin Meats

Try: Beef Subscription Box

In Avon, MN, farmer Christina Traegevr not only raises her rare breed, tasty grass-fed cattle, but also works tirelessly teaching and consulting on natural practices, regenerative methods, and ways to make land and animals happier, healthier, and productive to other farmers.

 
 

MPLS Meat Collective

Try: Whole-Animal Butchery Classes

Minneapolis butcher Cecka Parks teaches hands-on whole animal butchery classes for all backgrounds and experiences. Classes are intended to help people know where their meat comes from and to empower everyday meat-eaters to make delicious, wholesome food for themselves and the people they love.

 
 
 

Outdoor Essentials

Make sure dad is prepared for the great outdoors

Sweet Land Farm

Try: Father’s Day Gift Set

Ensure dad is well cared for with a customizable Minnesota-made gift set. From Cloquet, MN, farmers Nathan and Veronica prioritize local and organic ingredients in all of their high-quality personal care products.

Dr. Sarah’s Essentials

Try: Bug-a-Boo

For the outdoorsman, keep unwanted pests away, the natural way. Dr. Sarah is a farmer, veterinarian, who uses high quality, non-toxic, naturally derived ingredients to promote health and healing from farm to family.

 

Wellbeing

Give dad a moment of self-care

Crunchy Soap + Home

Try: Fire + Ice Sore Muscle and Joint Salve

Help dad relax with natural, sustainable, low-waste body care products. Minnesota maker Emilee Phillips believes in living for people, for planet; and staying weird, wild, and wonderful!

Ole Lake Farm

Try: Goat’s Milk Shaving Soap

Ole Lake Farm is home to farmers Kevin and Debby Flowers' free-range pampered Alpine dairy goats in Aitkin, MN. Treat dad to natural, humane and sustainably made body care products.

 
 
 

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