Easy Bean Farm

Easy Bean Farm is located 6 miles east of Milan in the Chippewa River Watershed of west-central Minnesota. The Chippewa, as it makes its way toward the Minnesota, passes through our 120 acres of prairie, woodland, pasture and cropland. Our farm, in addition to being our home and place of work, also is home to a myriad of "wild" plant and animal life. Songbirds nest in the groves, frogs assemble their choir at the edge of the pond, fish swim the river, Monarch butterflies rest on the milkweed, deer hide in the tall prairie grass, and the soil is crawling with worms, insects and microbes. As we manage this land we attempt to take all of its inhabitants into consideration. The profitability of our farm is measured as much by the quality of the water, the health of the soil, and the diversity of its ecosystem, as by the dollars it brings us. As we farm it is our goal to produce agricultural systems that are as stable and diverse as the natural ecosystem they replace. This has led us to plant over 20 acres of trees, restore native prairie species, farm all of our cropland organically, and incorporate passive solar design in restoring our 100 year old house.