A hometown newspaper with a local office, local owners & lots of local news
A hometown newspaper with a local office, local owners & lots of local news
Ted and Lynn Swenson are the third generation of Swensons to farm the land near Minnesota Highway 210 and University Road in Twin Lakes Township. Over the years, three generations have farmed and added buildings to the property.
Ted Swenson knew his farm had passed the 100-year mark, he just didn't know it happened in 2011. A trip to the Carlton County Courthouse led to that discovery last year. Now Swenson's Dairy will be honored as Carlton County's latest Century Farm in a program starting at noon Friday at the Carlton County Fair.
To qualify as a Century Farm, a farm must have been continuously run by a family for a century or more, be at least 50 acres in size and currently involved in farming. Now owned by Ted Swenson, the Swenson family farm began as 160 acres granted under the Homestead Act to his grandfather,...
