The goal of Headwaters Beef Cooperative is to bring conservation to the marketplace and a healthy, affordable protein to consumers, while protecting water quality, improving wildlife habitat and addressing climate change. Read more about Headwaters Beef.

40 Acre Co-op aims to create access and opportunities for historically marginalized farmers in Minnesota and the surrounding region and build climate resilience through operational support for specialty crops, specifically hemp. 40 Acre Co-op is proud to be the first national Black farmer cooperative since the Reconstruction Era. Read more about 40 Acre Co-op.

Farm and Forest Growers Cooperative is a network of small farms and nurseries growing climate-adaptive tree seedlings which are sold to reforestation agencies and individuals with the goal of creating resilient forest resources. The cooperative is based in northeast Minnesota. Read more about Farm and Forest Growers.

Perennial Promise Growers Cooperative (PPGC) provides collective marketing and technical support to a network of farmers that grow Kernza, a climate-smart perennial grain that is harvested from intermediate wheatgrass. PPGC was created as a vehicle to commercialize Continuous Living Cover (CLC) crops resulting from the Forever Green program of the University of Minnesota, with an initial focus on Kernza. Kernza is now the first commercially available perennial grain. It is most often used as a blended ingredient in flour, tortillas, crackers, puffed snacks, cereals and beer. PPGC is dedicated to helping farmers generate income by cultivating CLC crops, through finding markets for Kernza grain and ecosystem services. Read more about PPGC.