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  • What is Vital Ground Farm?

    In Saint Paul's Midway Neighborhood, a farm has been quietly growing since 2016.

    Renting our home in the city and plots of rural land to farm for market, we planned our rural homestead dream. Waiting was hard, but finding creative ways to grow food wherever we are is how this all started, so our city yard became more like a farm every year, slowly becoming an edible paradise.

    We'd sit on the front porch and chat up neighbors passing by, grow brussels sprouts to talk about with anyone interested, and giant sunflowers to hear the kids say "wow". Leftover produce on market day would come to the yard to share, and we'd host events every once in a while like fill-your-own honey.

    In 2020 our landlord decided to put the building up for sale, but we weren't ready to buy our farm yet - we took all we had saved and bought the house so we wouldn't have to leave our home during the pandemic. While we grieved our dream of owning a farm, we had no idea it was on the way to coming true.

    In 2025, thanks to the work of the Minnesota Farmers Union, we were able to register our Saint Paul home as a Family Farm with the USDA and Farm Service Agency. We are proud urban farmers, still growing on both urban and rural land, nurturing deep connections in between - right where we belong.

  • Small-Scale, Regenerative Farmers

    working together to make things work

    Laura Fredrickson-Gosewisch

    Learn more about Laura here

    Vital Ground Farm

    Saint Paul, MN

    Laura's career as a massage therapist and farmer has centered around alleviating suffering and honoring the interconnection of our bodies and the earth. She believes food is a human right, and wants to be part of the future of feeding people. That's what inspired her to create Vital Ground Farm - she works tirelessly to nourish the world around her through her farming and wellness work.

    Cathy Gosewisch

    Vital Ground Farm

    Saint Paul, MN

    Cathy's passion for animals and love for all living things is infectious. Flowers at the farm are all thanks to Cathy, and their unique container planting combinations are truly works of art. They hold the farm up in so many ways with relentless optimism, grit, and deep care.

    Leah & Evan Mathiason

    Rusty Patch Farm

    Ogilvie, MN

    Leah and Evan farm with reverence for the land and for the life it sustains. From organizing a free farmstand in their community to welcoming people into a network of community gardens they helped create, this family knows the power of food and community. They are now building their farm in Ogilvie MN and sharing land with us for growing in community.

    Tony & Sarah Grossman

    Earnest Acres

    Saint Paul, MN / El Paso, WI

    Tony, Sarah, and their three kids live in Saint Paul and own 14 acres in El Paso, WI where they work as a family. A passion for "bees and trees" drives their small, efficient farm that churns out berries and fruit, healthy young trees and golden honey thanks to this family's dedication to caring for the land. We share labor and harvest with these folks at every opportunity.

  • what does it mean,Vital Ground?

    our bodies,

    like the "soil" of our lives,

    hold it all together

    survival and thriving

    all depends on relationship

    Soil is a complex network of interconnectedness creating the foundation for living things to thrive

    It humbly holds everything together, nourishing all it holds, enduring even when depleted
    If we treat ourselves and our relationships like hallowed ground - what could happen next?

  • Just as depleted soil will not produce healthy crops,

    we don't do our best work when we are burned out

    Sustainability is about regeneration,

    allowing nature to replenish what we use

    Life requires resources from our body

    that must be replenished, too

     

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