Brenda Rudolph is a central Minnesota native. She received her bachelor’s degree from St. Cloud State University in elective studies with a minor in geography. Brenda and her husband, Nate, purchased his family farm in 2011. They transitioned their dairy farm to a direct market farm in the fall of 2019. They grow corn, soybeans, hay, small grains, pigs, sheep, poultry and beef. They sell products at farmers’ markets, food hubs, restaurants and schools.

Brenda created Raising a Farmer to share their life raising their two children as sixth generation farmers on their 130-year-old family farm. Shes serves as the Little Falls Farmers’ Market President, Morrison County Fair Secretary, founder of Raising a Farmer non-profit and a 4-H Volunteer. Brenda has participated in the FUEL program with her husband, the NFU Advocacy Training and has served on the MFU Credentials Committee.