We make every effort to grow a wide variety of the best-quality, certified organic produce for today’s health-conscious consumer. The demand of our customers helps us decide many of the crops we will grow the following year. We also take pride in growing some of the most unusual produce items found in the state of North Dakota.

Fruit varieties available in 2012:
Hale's Best, Kiara and Sweet Granite cantaloupe; Arava honeydew, Anaheim, California Wonder, Di Toro, Hungarian Hot Wax, Jalapeno, Joe Parker, King Crimson, King of the North, Rainbow Bell and Sweet Carnival pepper; Howden Field and New England Pie pumpkin, Acorn, Arikara, Buttercup, Butternut, Gold Nugget, Green Patty Pan, Lakota, Spaghetti, Uncle Dave's Dakota Dessert and Yellow Patty Pan squash; All Sweet, Cherokee and Dakota Rose watermelon.

Vegetable varieties available in 2012:
Roquette Salad and Surrey arugula; Jersey Giant and UC 157 asparagus; Chioggia, Detroit Dark Red, Golden Detroit and sugar beet; Di Cicco broccoli; Blue Thunder and Famosa Savoy cabbage; Bolero, Danvers, Nectar, Negovia and Yaya carrot; Calyspo, Tall Utah and Tango celery; Bilko and China Choy Chinese cabbage; Early June, Evergreen, Luscious, Nueta, Sunshine and Yukon Chief corn; Garden Sweet, Green Finger, Lemon, Marketmore, Mideast Prolific, Muncher, Straight 8, Stonewall and Sumter, cucumber; Black Beauty, Falcon and Vittoria eggplant; Red Russian and Siberian kale; King Richard, Runner and Scotland leek; Gourmet, Red Salad Bowl, Romaine and Salad Bowl lettuce; High Mowing mesclum; Burgundy, Clemson Spineless, Windy Wood and Star of David okra; Pak Choi; Turga and Cobham parsnip; Greek and Italian pepperoncini; Blazer Russet, Colorado Rose, Kennebec, Purple Viking, Red Norland and Yukon Gold potato; Palla Rossa radicchio; Champion, Cherry Belle, German Giant, Pink Beauty, White Beauty radish; Helenor rutabaga; Bloomsdale and OSA 15 spinach; Salad Green strawberry spinach; Russian Mammoth sunflower; Purple and Toma Verde tomatillo; Purple Top turnip; Partenon zucchini.

Flower and Herb varieties available in 2012:
Sweet and Lemon basil; Mammoth dill; Jasmine nicotinia; spearmint; stevia; Giant Purple, Mix Pack and Red Scarlet zinnia.

Garlic varieties available in 2012:
We planted 5 hardneck varieties on Oct. 5, 2011 totaling 1,534 plants. We planted Siberian, Georgia Crystal, Georgia Fire, Belarus, and a new variety called Metechi. As many of you know, we lost our 2011 garlic crop because of persistent flooding (April 14, May 31 and June 17) on the Des Lacs River. A total of 3,700 plants were lost. The five varieties planted in October will bring our production back to our 2009 level. By the spring of 2013, we expect to have our garlic production back to full scale. 

Legume varieties available in 2012:
Jumbo Virginia and Tennessee Red Valencia peanut; Pioneer Shell, Progress No. 9 and Sugar Snap Peas; Arikara Shield, Blue Lake, Gold Rush, Hidatsa, Hutterite, Gold Rush, Mandan Yellow, Provider and Royal Burgundy bean.

Onion varieties available in 2012:
Alisa Craig, Copra, Dakota Tears, Evergreen Bunching, Red Wing, Rossa di Milano, Walla Walla, Yellow Rock.  

Tomato varieties available in 2012:
Amish Paste, Beaver Lodge, Black Cherry, Cosmonaut, Fargo Yellow Pear, Fruity Cherry, Heinz, Longkeeper, Manitoba, Organic Sweetie, Pea Currant, Principe Borghese, Pruden Purple, Roma, Rutgers, San Marzano, Scotia, Siberian, Striped German, Sub Arctic, Sweetie Cherry.

Unusual varieties available in 2012:
Burgundy amaranth; Imperial Star artichoke; Cascade hops; Rainbow quinoa; Beauregard sweet potato.

Thanks to you, our CSA shareholders and farmers' market customers in Minot, Bismarck and the Minot Air Force Base, for making 2011 another great growing season. We look forward to seeing you in the spring of 2012.