Our 2026 Featured Garlic Growers
*Our farmers’ premium garlic is local, sustainable, and disease tested. All of these growers have completed the required disease testing on their garlic, and are members of Sustainable Farming Association. Learn more HERE.
Ambrosia Orchard, Withee WI
Schmidt Farm, Preston MN
Big Stone Garlic, Correll MN
Coffman Garlic & Apples, West Concord MN
Harvest Moon Garlic, LLC, Litchfield MN
Plum Creek Garlic, St. Cloud MN
North Circle Seeds, Vargas MN
Rustic Roots Farm, Alexandria MN
Prime Ave Farm, Watkins MN
Emily Rose Garlic, Hampton IA
Rotational Roots, Cannon Falls MN
Kingfisher Garden, Kimball MN
Swan-Bee Honey, Howard Lake MN
Menn's Organic Garlic, Norwalk WI
Papa's Pumpkin Patch, Blaine MN
Middle Fork Farm, Oronoco MN
Fix My Soil, Plato MN
What makes this garlic stand out?
“the sulfurous bulb that has permeated the history of mankind”
- Garlic, An Edible Biography (2014)
Nutrition & Flavor
Minnesota garlic growers will have the first of their fresh gourmet garlic crop at the festival, and it can keep in your kitchen, if stored properly, for months. More than 70 varieties of the country's finest garlic are grown here, all planted in October, harvested in July, and cured to perfection just in time for the festival. Other than the great taste, it is well documented that garlic is one of the healthiest foods you can eat!
Nutrient Density Tip: Garlic is among the oldest known horticultural crops and this allium continues to retain most of its wild nutrients.* For the maximum medicinal benefit of garlic, use a garlic press and then let the garlic rest for 10-15 minutes before adding to your dish.
When garlic is chopped or pressed, an amino acid called alliin and the alliinase have an opportunity to intermarry and produce allicin.
*Eating on the Wild Side by Jo Robbinson (2014)
Photo courtesy of Plum Creek Garlic
Quality Seed
The featured growers at the Minnesota Garlic Festival bring the very best of their fresh harvest, and gardeners from across the region jump at the opportunity for high quality seed that can be planted in their own gardens.
Garlic is propagated by planting the cloves - the same part of the plant that you eat. See a webinar for gardeners on growing great garlic in Minnesota HERE and a public television program on the topic HERE.
All the featured growers at the festival are required to test for Garlic Bloat Nematode (GBN), a devastating disease that can be brought in on infected seed stock.
Photo courtesy of Plum Creek Garlic
Local Sustainability
We all know that buying locally from farmers helps to support our rural communities, and there’s a second reason to get garlic for your garden locally: Garlic adapts over time to its environment, and if you get your seed from a local farmer, it’s already adapted to our conditions.
According to Barbara Kingsolver, if every U.S. citizen ate just one meal a week (any meal) composed of locally and organically raised meats and produce, we would reduce our country’s oil consumption by over 1.1 million barrels of oil every week. That’s not gallons, but barrels. Small changes in buying habits can make big differences. Becoming a less energy-dependent nation may just need to start with a good breakfast.
For our Minnesota garlic farmers, sustainability is an important topic – implemented and considered each day in the garlic growing process. And it’s a big part of our Garlic Festival too!
Photo courtesy of Big Stone Garlic
Learn more about our mission, ethics, and standards.
Environmental Stewardship.
The MN Garlic Festival is produced by the Crow River Chapter of Sustainable Farming Association. Our mission is to advance environmental stewardship, economic resilience and strong, diverse communities through farmer-to-farmer networking, education, demonstration and research. Our work helps to protect and enhance our food-producing resources – water, land, air and people – by advancing regenerative agriculture principles.
We believe that agriculture, done well, heals.
Economic Resilience.
Our food does not have to come from thousands of miles away. Local food systems minimize the distance food travels in order to get to our homes, strengthening local and regional economies; supporting our farmers contributes to the well-being of our communities.
Community-Oriented.
Garlic growers come from and participate in their local communities. It’s a reciprocal relationship in which our farmers are integral contributors to their regional economies.