What began with a tent purchased from an anonymous $200 donation and Dawnna Berndt’s idea to grow a garden to bring in more income, turned into a family-based vegetable farm market business (Berndt Family Produce) that’s been serving their community of customers in eastern South Dakota and western Minnesota for 24 years.
At the time, she and her husband, David, had five young children and even though she admits she knew zilch about gardening (she told me she was the “inside girl” and her sister was the “outside girl” when they were growing up), she leaned on David’s knowledge as a lifelong farmer to start growing and harvesting veggies on less than two acres and selling the produce at their local farm stands and self-serve stands.
Since their start in 2000, they’ve grown to six children, eight grandkids, 30 acres of sweet corn and 25 acres of some of the best vegetables, CSAs and canning and salsa shares around! And Dawnna says that along with all that growth and change, faith and family have always been at the center of what they do and how they treat people.
Berndt Family Produce grows everything from broccoli, tomatoes, cabbage, garlic, tomatoes, peppers, onions, pumpkins, gourds, sweet corn, squash, cauliflower, potatoes radish, carrots, watermelon, cucumbers, beans, muskmelon, and more.
While you’re listening, learn more about Berndt Family Produce at Berndtproduce.com. I also posted photos and the recipe links from Dawnna for their favorite corn salsa, potato soup, copycat KFC coleslaw, roasted garlic parmesan potatoes, and 11 easy potato recipes on randomsweets.com.
Dawnna and David Berndt, Berndt Family Produce, White, SD
Email: berndtproduce@gmail.com
Mobile: 605-690-4522
Facebook: Berndt Family Produce
Instagram: @berndtproduce
Locations: https://www.berndtproduce.com/visit_us
Recipes Dawnna mentions in this episode:
11 Easy Potato Recipes
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/3588874692004262/
Roasted Garlic Butter Parmesan Potatoes
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/241787073737487016/
KFC Coleslaw Copycat
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/153403931048621958/
Best Ever Potato Soup
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/274086327313603706/
Easy Corn Salsa
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/187625/easy-corn-salsa/
Staci Mergenthal
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