Hopkins School District #270

In 2009-2010, Hopkins purchased 22,000 pounds of produce—carrots, tomatoes, peppers, radishes, squash, potatoes, zucchini, cucumbers, melons, cornmeal, eggplant, and onions,—from Riverbend Farm and other local growers. Other items included apples from Homestead Orchard, Maple Plain; grass-fed beef hot dogs from Thousand Hills Cattle Company, Cannon Falls; cheese curds from Castle Rock Dairy, Osseo, Wisconsin; and brown rice and black barley from Indianhead Harvest, Bemidji—all 10,000 miles fresher.