From the Wren's nest: It's a busy weekend in Wrenshall

This is the third year that Doreen and Duane Laveau have hosted folks on their farm for a celebration of Carlton County’s dairy industry. Breakfast on the Farm will run 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at 508 Cemetery Road in Wrenshall. There is free parking at the farm.

The $4 breakfast will include pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage, coffee and milk. The event is open to kids and adults and will include milking demonstrations and hayrides. Special guests in the pole barn include Rebekah Paskewitz — the reigning Princess Kay oaf the Milky Way — as well as the Pine County Dairy Princesses. Others from area farms will be onsite to talk about the region’s rich offerings of produce. Given the sometimes overwhelmingly depressing news about small farms, it is energizing to come together to celebrate what this area can grow and how many people we can feed.

It is also a weekend to celebrate what Wrenshall has to offer artistically — as well as agriculturally. The 16th annual Free Range Film Festival takes place Friday and Saturday in the big old barn on the corner of County Road 4 and County Road 1. The event showcases independent movies and focuses on documentaries and animation. Highlights include Wrenshall’s own Mike Scholtz’s movie on a small group of friends in Fargo who are obsessed with celebrities … and their deaths. Wrenshall resident Yvette Maijala will tie agriculture and arts together by providing fare from her Magnolia Café. In honor of the film “Salsus” she will be providing grilled meats as well as a veggie bowl for festival attendees who aren’t interested in carnivorous fare.

I’m looking forward to seeing everyone out and about in Wrenshall celebrating our little corner of paradise.

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