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Farm Happenings at DragSmith Farms
Farm Happenings for October 11-12, 2023
Happy Fall Day. Hope you have the opportunity to get outside to enjoy the fall weather. What a switch in temperatures. Shorts on the clothesline from last weekend to getting out the long sleeves and sweatshirts this weekend. Dealing with frost coming spurs on the harvesting1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 4-5, 2023
Happy sunshine to you all. Hope this newsletter finds all of you well. We have one employee out with Covid. Please send out a prayer for Mike. He works here to keep his body moving and loves gardening. Kind of a broken man. Working here is his therapy and was doi1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 27-28, 2023
Hello to everyone from DragSmith Farms. Finally, a rain filled weekend. Can't remember rain for more than 20 minutes all summer and now that the crops are essentially done growing, we get rain. The ironic part is that we hoped for a nice gentle rain all summer and the first day of1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 20-21, 2023
Hello to everyone from DragSmith Farms. Greetings to your families and friends, neighbors and co-workers. It takes lots of us to make our lives whole, free and content. Content children in the eating of vegetables can be challenging for some. We can certainly give you a few1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 13-14, 2023
Greetings to all you folks. I hope you had a safe holiday. Now that school has started, all the fun Labor Day celebrations (Minn. State Fair, Ridgeland tractor pull, Port Wing fish boil etc.) are done, I guess it is back to work.
Speaking of work, we would like to give a moment to Mom a1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 6, 2023
Hi everyone. Hope all is well in this hot holiday weekend. I am attempting to send this email out from our tent in Duluth on a hot spot. We went to Forest Lake yesterday to discuss wedding plans for our Granddaughter Cara. Then off to visit her mother in the hospital in Dulu1 read more »
Farm Happenings August 30-31, 2023
What a beautiful summer Sunday. Course, here at DragSmith Farms we would think it would be more beautiful if we had a nice gentle summer rain all day. That would ruin all the fun fairs and festivals though. Although water puddle explorations do sound kind of fun right now. G1 read more »
Farm Happenings for week of August 20, 2023
Happy summer day to you all from the "Produce Squad" at DragSmith Farms. Looks like we have a hot dry week ahead.
Looking at the beautiful swallowtail butterfly in this photo brings up the subject of native plants. Three years ago, we started a native plant project. Sa1 read more »
Farm Happenings for the week of August 12, 2023
Hi people. Hope all is well. Greetings to your family and friends.
The summer days are already getting shorter. It is already dark about 9pm! We received a quick deluge of rain Friday night. Should help the green beans produce lots of beans. While pic1 read more »
About the farm
DragSmith Farms is a 104-acre Certified Organic Produce Farm located just north of Barron, WI along the pristine Yellow River. About 34 years ago Maurice and Gail bought the farm that has been in Gail's family 120 years. DragSmith comes from a blending of Gail's maiden name, Dragseth, and our shared last name, Smith. We did this to signify the new and old and to create a bit of mystery.
We grow approximately 30 acres of produce that we market along with honey maple syrup and other products from neighboring farms. We sell to some of the finest restaurants and food co-ops in Minnesota and Wisconsin. As a certified organic grower, we utilize all of the regulations required for organic certification and in fact go the extra mile to preserve our farm and our environment.
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We grow approximately 30 acres of produce that we market along with honey maple syrup and other products from neighboring farms. We sell to some of the finest restaurants and food co-ops in Minnesota and Wisconsin. As a certified organic grower, we utilize all of the regulations required for organic certification and in fact go the extra mile to preserve our farm and our environment.