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Farm Transfer and Estate Planning Attorneys

By Megan Roberts, Extension Educator If you have not already identified an attorney to help you through the legal aspects of the farm transfer and estate process, you may be wondering how to find a qualified attorney. One possibility is to utilize online search tools from professional associations. Attorneys self-select into these organizations for specialized professional development. The following suggestions are not intended as advertising for any attorney or organization nor meant to be a referral or recommendation of any attorney. One national professional organization associated with estate planning and elder law is the Wealth Counsel. To find members of the Wealth Council visit: www.estateplanning.com . Once on the site, go to the upper right of the page and click “Find a Planning Professional.” On the next page, you can enter the zip code of your mailing address and select the radius of the search up to 100 miles of your location. You may also search for attorneys by in

Women in Ag Network's November Feature

By Alatheia Stenvik, Program Coordinator This month, we continue our interview series featuring  a woman involved in Minnesotan agriculture.  Our November 2018 "Women in Ag Feature" is Laura Frerichs. Laura owns an organic vegetable farm with her husband. She operates a 200-member CSA program and supports other marketing channels as well. She explains her journey, struggles, and management techniques needed to become the 40-acre organic vegetable farm she operates today. WAGN: Tell us about your career/farm. Laura: I co-own and operate a 40-acre organic vegetable farm, Loon Organics, in Hutchinson, MN with my husband, Adam Cullip and our two boys, Eli (7) and William (2). I started working on organic vegetable farms after graduating from Grinnell College in Iowa with an anthropology degree. Initially I was attracted to farming to learn more about growing my own food and considered going to work in sustainable development abroad, but thought I should get some far