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Makers of Minnesota

The Makers of Minnesota podcast, hosted by Stephanie Hansen, features products and services uniquely made in Minnesota — and conversations with makers, entrepreneurs and innovators in Minnesota about how they conceive of their products and bring them to market.

Latest Episodes:

Ruth's Gourmet Meatballs (Season 3 Episode 25) Mar 31, 2021

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Bruce Bacon is a serial entrepreneur having moved back to his hometown of Two Harbors Minnesota to launch Ruth's Vegetarian Gourmet Meatballs
Ruth’s meatballs are filled with the cleanest ingredients not soy, fillers, dyes, nitrates, MSG, or corn syrup,. The meatballs are made in small batches from real ingredients you can find in your very own kitchen and Ruth's gives back 20% of the family's profits to charity. Buy Ruth's online here or find them at your local HyVee, Jerrys, The Co-ops, Cub, and Lunds Byerlys, or other stores here.

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Harmony Cricket Farm (Season 3 Episode 24) Mar 24, 2021

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I talked with Harmony Cricket Farm founder Tammy Mann as she works through her product line up on her quest to bring the goodness of cricket nutrition to the Twin Cities.
What’s the deal with all the excitement around crickets and cricket farming? It’s pretty simple. Crickets are a very complete protein. They mature quickly, can be farmed without a lot of natural resources, and can be ground into powders and flours, making them easy to add to baked goods and smoothies, thereby upping the protein content in whatever you are making. Athletes and people looking for ways to up their protein intake without upping their meat consumption can look to crickets as an effortless way to do this. Crickets have more protein than beef, and they are full of healthy fiber and Omega 3’s. When crickets are ground into flours and powders, you don’t have the unpleasant antennae stuck in the throat problem, and it makes people less squeamish about eating them when they are “hidden” in your food.
Shop for all of Tammy's products here including Tammys Cricket Flour for baking or Cricket Protein Powder for smoothies.

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Earl Gilles Distillery (Season 3 Episode 23) Mar 17, 2021

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Jesse Held has been a fixture on the Twin Cities craft cocktail scene heading up numerous cocktail programs around town at some of our most prestigious establishments. Now it's his turn to embarking on this next phase by opening the Earl Giles Distillery in North East Minneapolis.
The new space gives Earl Giles Distillery the opportunity to add spirits to their wildly successful cocktail mixers, elixirs, and syrups menu. from Earl Giles Bottling Company. Look for the Distillery to make everything in-house in their cocktails including the vodka, gin, and rum to start; eventually adding whiskey, brandy, and a full line of liqueurs.

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Recap: 19: Rob Bathe from Folly Coffee Roasters (Season 2 Episode 18) to talk about the new Folly Hot sauce Mar 12, 2021

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Rob Bathe has been killing it the last 5 years with Folly Coffee (Season 2 Episode 18) so imagine my surprise when I saw Folly Coffee Hot Sauce featured in my local Lunds and Byerlys magazine. We catch up with Rob and talk about his hot sauce, Folly Coffee, his podcast, and the imposter syndrome.

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Green Wagon Foods and SteamMates (Season 3 Episode 22) Mar 10, 2021

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Peter Erickson and George Abide are the founders of Green Wagon Foods. Their mission is to help consumers eat more whole plants including vegetables, fruits, nuts, and grains.
The first product from these former General Mills folks is Steam Mates vegetable seasonings.
SteamMates is designed to keep vegetables from being boring. SteamMates come with a paper bag and a bag of seasoning. All you have to do is open the paper bag, take the bag of seasoning and toss it in, add vegetables, add a tablespoon of olive oil, fold up the bag and shake it up, then toss it in the microwave for about three and a half minutes.
Hear how these guys are bringing a new grocery product to mark during the Pandemic.
Buy Online here or find in stores here

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Arctic Denim (Season 3 Episode 21) Mar 03, 2021

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We talk with Salvia Lani about her Arctic Denim.
Imagine a pair of cute, stylish, made in Minnesota jeans or jackets that have a bonded liner to keep you warm (not sweaty) outside in the Minnesota Winter. Hurry while we still have some Winter left and pick up a pair! Shop here.

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Paddle North (Season 3 Episode 20) Feb 24, 2021

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Do you live for paddling and enjoy being on the water? Then look for Paddle North Paddle Boards, Wake Board, and Floating Utility Docks and accessories made in Minnesota. We talked with Peter Mogck about their company and how they are expanding in the hopes of getting more Minnesotans out on the lakes.

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Crud Cloth (Season 3 Episode 19) Feb 17, 2021

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Crud Cloth is the shower in a bag invented by serial entrepreneur Tim White. The product is composed of water, soap, and essential oils and it is made locally in Hermantown Minnesota.
Crud Cloth is vacuum-sealed to keep the ingredients fresh and ensure it doesn’t dry out. There are no artificial chemicals, no artificial smelly fragrances, or thin wipes that fall apart or push the crud around. Crud Cloth can be recycled and re-used around the house.

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Recap 18: Gustola Granola with Angela Gustafson (Season 1 Episode 54) Feb 12, 2021

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We catch up with Angela Gustafson from Gustola Granola who was a @makersofmn guest on episode 54 of Season 1 (Listen here).
With 200 grocery stores in the Twin Cities Metro area and greater Minnesota as customers,
how is this granola company faring in the pandemic? What's next on the horizon for this tasty maker?

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Nordic Waffles (Season 3 Episode 18) Feb 10, 2021

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The Nordic Waffles concept was brought to America by the waffle queen, Stine Aasland. She launched in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2016. For the next two years, the freshly-made waffle concept expanded into coffee shops, convenience stores, and amusement parks. When the call came from Minnesota State Fair in 2018, they served over 42,000 Nordic Waffles in just 12 days.

November of 2019, Nordic Waffles opened a retail location at Potluck Food Hall. Just as they were preparing for their next phase of growth, the global pandemic shuttered their doors. Nordic Waffles would soon regroup and enter grocers' freezer doors with their most popular item: The All-Day Breakfast. Nordic Waffles now has two varieties sold in 160 grocery stores and rapidly expanding outside of Minnesota.

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