Latest Innovation
North Star Farms has been blessed with research opportunities and that will continue in 2012. The farm recently conduct its second SARE grant to determine how produce varieties from the 1940s and '50s compete against modern-day varieties. In addition, North Star Farms tested pea varieties developed in Alaska, Alberta and New Zealand. Finally, North Star Farms worked as a regional liaison with Cornell University in a nationwide ladybug project. Stay tuned for new research as spring approaches.

Private Sector Partners
In 2008, North Star Farms was named a private sector partner with the Entrepreneurial Center for Horticulture at Dakota College in Bottineau, N.D. It means the farm is now a small-scale demonstration site for the production of organic and locally grown produce in North Dakota. We look forward to working with ECH on cutting-edge research as this segment of North Dakota agriculture continues to rapidly expand. In 2009, the ECH presented a $20,000 grant to Marv and Ilene to fund the building of a passive solar greenhouse that will bring certified organic transplants to North Dakota consumers from the first-of-its-kind greenhouse in North Dakota.

Community Supported Agriculture
This season we are in our third year of community supported agriculture and are actually doubling the amount of shares we had last year to a maximum of 60. A CSA is a community of individuals who pledge support to the farm. In return, they receive fresh, organic prodcue every week throughout the growing season. For more information, turn to the CSA page on this Web site.