Loni Kemp

Loni Kemp

Loni Kemp worked for 40 years bringing organizations together to create sustainable agriculture, renewable energy and a healthy environment. She gardens and forages at her home near Canton, Minn.

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A painted church altar with lots of ornamentation.

Herbjørn Gausta: Norwegian Pioneer and Painter of Church Altars

Contributor Loni Kemp and photographer Sharen Haugerud Storhoff explore the life of church artist Herbjørn Gausta, raised near Harmony.

A full garden view and a testament to lots of hard work last fall emerge in Loni Kemp's garden.

Essay: Hope Springs Eternal with Hardy Flower Bulbs

Fall is the time to plant bulbs for beautiful spring blooms. Loni Kemp shares her advice and garden photos with us as we plan and plant.

<span style="font-size: 14px; color: #6c6b6b; ">The author’s favorite ephemeral is the Showy Orchis. This exquisite member of the orchid family has won acclaim from some Morel mushroom hunters as a reliable signal for when the Morels will appear. Unfortunately, it is also well known for being extremely hard to find anywhere. So if you find it, celebrate your good luck. (Photos by Loni Kemp) </span>

Ephemeral Wildflowers Blanket The Woods — Quick, Look Now!

Loni Kemp, an avid gardener and nature lover, explores the diversity and beauty of our short-lived spring ephemeral wildflowers.

The Wolf Moon is also called the Moon on the Frost of Tipis by the Dakota people. (Photo by Sharen Storhoff)

Essay: Winter Silence

January is a time of silence and the Wolf Moon. An essay by Loni Kemp.

Irene Fishburn, a native of Holland, pictured at her bakery in Newburg, north of Mabel. The one-day a week bakery specializes in French pastries. (Photo by Sharen Storhoff)

A tiny bakery thrives in Newburg

Loni Kemp visits a French bakery in rural Fillmore County.

Gardening teaches us life lessons about death and life. (All photos by Loni Kemp).

Essay: Harvest, Death and Life

The garden harvest is a metaphor for life and death

Members of the Harmony Garden Club attend their annual progressive dinner and garden tour. (Photo by Loni Kemp)

Essay: Gardens Offer Freedom of Expression

Loni Kemp takes us on a Harmony Garden Club garden tour.

This image is an artist rendering of what a manure digester plant planned for Benson, Minnesota may look like. (Graphic: Nature Energy)

Manure Digester Proposed in Lewiston

Julie Little and Loni Kemp explore the impact manure digesters may have on local communities.

Jack and Nancy Bratrud at their home in Preston. They are shown with their scrapbook documenting the media attention Mrs.B’s generated, which helped put Bluff Country on the map as a tourist destination. (Photo by John Torgrimson)

It All Started with Mrs. B’s

Loni Kemp interviews the founders of Mrs. B’s in Lanesboro, which kicked off tourism development in Bluff Country.

Joan Finnegan unloads apples on the loading dock. Five families collected a range of apple varieties, including Cortland, Haralson, and Fireside, making for a complex tasty cider. (Photo by Lori Slindee)

Essay: Cider—An Annual Tradition

A group of friends gather annually to harvest apples and make cider enjoyed throughout the year. This is their story.

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