TANGLETOWN HIGHLANDS apolis called Wise Acre Eatery as well as a nursery right across the street called Tangletown Gardens. Then there’s the farm in Plato, MN that supplies not As we were laying out plans for American only the beef and vegetables that support the resBeef Producer’s relaunch last summer, we were taurant, but also the plants that support the nursery. throwing around ideas and of course one of the They also wield both businesses to teach the locals items was business cards. The usual: name, title, logo, about where the food comes from, how to grow it yadda, yadda, yadda. But rather than sticking with better, the benefits of sustainable agriculture and the usual boring titles such as publisher, sales person, how to support your local producer. I wanted to have some fun with it. How about a play Scott Endres met Dean Engelmann at the on words? Derek Sample – Hereford, cuz it’s not a University of Minnesota in their horticulture class. It chevy. He does indeed, drive a Ford. So we laughed was there they decided they wanted to work togethabout that for a bit and it obviously stuck. Mine beer. Dean and his family reside in Plato, MN and take came Highlands – the best part of Scotland. Because, care of growing and supplying the restaurant, the well it is. The Highlands is where my ancestry comes garden center and of course the Highlands. Scott from. So…I now brake for Highlands. lives in Minneapolis and manages the day-to-day During the time between our Midwest trip operations of the garden center & restaurant. That, of in June (as seen in our August issue) and the Calicourse, is the condensed version. fornia/Oregon trip (in this issue, page xx), I had run I was looking forward to visiting Plato, to across a small herd of Scottish Highlands. I walked hear about some Scottish Highlands and learn how up to the farmhouse, introduced myself, and began this system worked for them. Scott explained to me asking some questions about their cattle and perhaps early on that they do things differently. As I pulled feature some Highlands in an upcoming issue. Linda up to Dean’s farm house, I noticed the trees and explained to me they weren’t really her cows, they shrubs that were in their nursery, as well as their belonged to her brother Scott and his partner Dean. landscape (the largest part of their business togethScott & Dean also run a restaurant in South Minneer.) I actually found myself paused for a minute to by Tim McCray Tim@ABPmag.com
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