Meet & Greet—Wadena, MN
Tue, Sep 12
|Green Island Preserve
Join the Farmland Access Hub and partners for a day of networking with farmers, landowners and landseekers, and to learn about financial and technical resources available in northern Minnesota.
Time & Location
Sep 12, 2023, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Green Island Preserve, 850 Scheer Dr NE, Wadena, MN 56482, USA
About the event
About the venue:
Green Island Preserve is a 60 acre agro-forestry woodland inside the city of Wadena in northcentral Minnesota. The name comes from it’s situation as an island of green surrounded by homes and retail. Interspersed throughout the forest are three small apple orchards, a hill of crabapple trees, trails, a flower garden, home, meditation kuti, sculptures, a pond, and 1000 ft of creek. The grounds are offered as a community and visitor resource, with an open door policy, even while it is still a private residence. It’s larger purpose is the development of a legacy green-space rich with fruit, herbs, wildlife, and clean water for a positive area future. While the land is highly productive that fertility has not been marketed for income... yet.
In the long-term, owner Kent Sheer is interested in meeting emerging farmers or forester swith sustainable ideals and practices with a goal to eventually…