The Greener Pastures 2023 Mother’s Day Regenerative Gift Guide

This Mother’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 Mom’s kitchen with ethically made ingredients and goodies.

Cosmic Wheel Creamery

Try: Cheese CSA

Make mom's night with a locally-sourced charcuterie board. Outside of Clear Lake, WI, Josh Bryceson and Rama Hoffpauir are raising 100% grass-fed cows to make delicious aged, fresh, and spreadable cheeses with raw milk.

 

Doughp Creations

Try: Bread of the Month Club

Show love to your mom again and again with Bread of the Month Club! Baker Michele Huggins mixes, ferments and bakes with high quality, organic stone-ground, Minnesota-grown grains delivered to your door.

Seven Songs Organic Farm

Try: Garlic Scape Pesto

Make Mother's Day Dinner a breeze with Escape! Garlic Scape Pesto. Farmer Melissa Driscoll specializes in growing organic garlic for her pesto. Available in the frozen section at Lakewinds & Valley Natural Co-ops.

 

Sourdough on the Farm

Try: Sourdough Classes

At the Levenhagen Homestead in northwestern Minnesota, farmer Jamie leads online classes on how to make the sourdough loaves of your dreams.

 
 

Indulge

Treat mom to culinary delights that elevate the everyday.

Brine’s Fine Honey

Try: Honey Sampler Box

Brine’s Fine Honeys are from the nectars of regionally specific flowers and plants, which gives each of them their own distinct color, aroma and taste. Brine's is a woman-owned, small business you can feel good about supporting this Mother's Day.

Rustic Roots Farm

Try: Foodie Lover Garlic Powder

Julie Olberding's small family farm located near Alexandria, Minnesota balances sustainability with a blend of innovative techniques and traditional methods- and their garlic powder packed with flavor delivers!

 
 

American Hazelnut Company

Try: Hazelnut Oil

Gift mom a sumptuous baking & finishing oil made from Midwest-grown hazelnuts. Grown by a collective of farmers, these nuts sequester carbon, need little water, provide habitat, and build soil health.

 
 
 

Pamper

Help mom relax and unwind with these soothing bath & body treats

Simple Harvest Farm Organics

Try: Goat’s Milk Soap Bars

Get creative with this fine selection of farm-fresh soaps for mom. Kathy Zeman makes her

soaps with an ounce of farm-fresh goat's milk in every bar, made with certified organic

ingredients.

Ole Lake Farm

Try: Lavender Goat’s Milk Lotion

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

 

Crunchy Soap + Home

Try: Whipped Hemp & Shea Body Butter

Celebrate mom with luxurious, sustainable, low-waste skin and home care products. Emilee Phillips believes in two things: living for people, for planet; and staying weird, wild, and wonderful!

Dr. Sarah’s Essentials

Try: Lavender Love Shower Steamers

Help mom de-stress and unwind. Dr. Sarah is a farmer, veterinarian, and mother with a deep desire to care for her animals and nurture her children with only the best.

 
 

Sip

Pour mom a glass of something celebratory

L'Etoile du Nord Farm Winery

Try: 2021 Frontenac Blanc

Spoil mom with a bottle of Minnesota-grown wine. Farmers Dave and Polly hand-harvest their grapes and use climate-smart perennial plants, acres of pollinators and are Minnesota Water Quality Certified.

Little Hill Berry Farm

Try: Gooseberry Vanilla Bean Shrub

Farmers Aaron Wills & Molly McGovern Wills have created delights straight from their berry farm. They use compostable containers, low-till methods and being pesticide & herbicide free.

 
 

Keepsake Cidery

Try: 2021 Wood Aged Dry

Head to Northfield's Keepsake Cidery's tasting room for their natural cider, cider cocktails and local food or order mom a bottle online. Nate & Tracy Watters' organic native yeast fermented ciders are a must try.

 
 
 

Relax

Give mom a special reason to enjoy the moment

Ames Farm

Try: Beeswax Candle and Honey Sampler

At Ames Farm's 500 hives across MN, beekeepers extract their Single Source Honey one hive at a time, never blended. Treat mom to a special honey or 100% beeswax candles.

Get Bentz Farm

Try: Badgerface Fiber yarn and roving CSA

Farmer Theresa Bentz operates a women-run wool mill right on her and Jake Bentz' regenerative farm in Northfield. A perfect gift for knitters, spinners, weavers and fiber artists seeking sustainable, local fiber.

Sacred Blossom Farm

Try: Energy Renewing Tulsi Tea

Farmer Tony DiMaggio uses hand-scale farming practices to sustainably grow delicious loose-leaf teas. All herbs are grown or wild harvested with no herbicides or pesticides.

Clover Valley Farms

Try: Dyeing and Felting Class

Dedicated to regenerative farming practices where food & art meet, farmers Cindy Hale and Jeff Hall offer a variety of farm-made treats and art experiences, including natural dyeing classes & wet felting classes taught at the Duluth Fiber Guild.

 

Bloom

Treat mom to the floral scents and colors of the season

Petal & Hank Natural Dye Studio

Try: Floral Bundle Dye Kit - Organic Cotton Bandana

Trinity Muller's small batch natural dye studio features yarns, spinning fiber, dye kits, and more in collaboration with regional fiber farmers, flower growers, and mills. Dye kits feature a variety of Minnesota-grown dye flowers.

Fairhaven Farm

Try: Flower CSA

Remind mom again and again how special she is with a flower CSA! Whether you pick-your-own or farmer Marnie Macgregor curates a bouquet for you, one thing is for sure, they will be magical.


Honeydew Fields

Try: Spring Bouquets

Show mom some love with beautiful blooms. Mama (Leah) and mini (Eve) love to handpick their no till, regenerative, homegrown flowers. Cover crops, grazing ducks and chickens help to keep their soil healthy!

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