Ohe’s Outpost offers a taste of summer in Minnesota

ERHARD, Minn. — Nestled within the coronary heart of Minnesota lakes nation, you’ll discover a subject of strawberries with a gentle stream of pickers all through the summer time months. From households taking a break from their water adventures to locals merely wanting some recent berries, Ohe’s Outpost is a melting pot for anybody who’s craving the style of summer time.

Positioned in Erhard, Minnesota, Ohe’s Outpost provides an array of merchandise for customers and clients to take pleasure in. Whereas their strawberries are extremely wanted, the outpost additionally provides direct to shopper beef and poultry as effectively. The household additionally will probably be promoting pork within the close to future, as Landon Ohe simply purchased a handful of hogs to begin the enterprise.

The Ohe’s bought off their household’s dairy herd in 1998, however nonetheless needed their kids to get their arms soiled and get the total farm expertise.

“They needed us children to have a piece ethic, in order that they selected planting a bunch of strawberries,” Landon Ohe mentioned.

Landon’s brother, Marshall Ohe, suspects the strawberries have been initially planted to assist maintain them out of their dad and mom’ hair.

“The strawberries we’ve all the time performed rising up. Our dad and mom, I feel they thought it will maintain us a bit busy. They have been proper,” Marshall Ohe mentioned.

The brothers each assist run the household farm and work off the farm as effectively. Together with their berry and direct advertising and marketing meat enterprise, they elevate soybeans, corn, wheat and alfalfa inside their acres. Their strawberries had a terrific yr, regardless of the shorter rising window in comparison with the common season. Ohe’s Outpost provides each you-pick strawberries in addition to pre-made orders.

Each brothers have seen firsthand the rising curiosity in customers desirous to know the place their meals comes from and the farmer who grew it.

“Extra individuals are desirous to know the place their meals comes from nowadays. You understand, right here, they may give us a name and simply come out and see what we obtained happening and see how issues are raised and the way we do it,” Marshall Ohe mentioned.

The household enjoys instructing their clients about their meals merchandise and appears at it as a manner to assist higher their group.

“There’s lots of deceptive info on the market and we wish to serve our group. They’re usually native clients,” Landon Ohe mentioned.

The unique dairy barn is at present being renovated on the farm. The household hopes that it might probably act as a storefront enterprise the place clients can cease in and buy farm recent produce and meat.