Farm Horizons
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Aug. 8, 2016
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Photo by Brianna Mathias
A purple asparagus rises up from the ground. This vegetable comes from one of a Dassel farm’s 16,000 crowns of asparagus.
intended.
“I like growing asparagus because it feels like it’s part
of a natural environment, rather than something you’re
forcing nature to do,” Herdklotz said. “I don’t we