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About Jared Jared Winmill is co-founder and head of production and sales at Seed & Spore. Jared grew up in Fargo. From the beginning, Jared knew Fargo was an amazing…

About Verna Verna Kragnes is founder of New Roots Farm Incubator Cooperative. She is also a Farmer at Prairie Rose Farm, and Research & Innovation Director at Prairie Rose Agricultural Institute for…

About Jérôme Jérôme Boissonneault-Laroche is co-founder and Vice President of Business Development at AYOS Diagnostic. Jérôme grew up in a small town in the province of Québec, Canada. The best…

About Paul Paul Gambill is co-founder and CEO of Nori. Paul grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. He calls himself a “child of the desert.” Growing up, he fantasized living by…

About Ramsey Ramsey Shaffer is co-founder of Babbl.dev. He grew up in Faribault, MN and attended college at the University of Minnesota, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in…

About Adam Adam Zach is co-founder of Home Equity Partner. He grew up in Dickinson, ND and graduated from UND with a civil engineering degree. Five years ago, Adam decided…

Emerging Prairie is excited to welcome Lisa to the team! Lisa joins us as the Grants Manager, where she will work to manage the overall grant process and seek out additional grant…

Emerging Prairie is excited to welcome Cameron to the team! Cameron joins us as the Partners Relations Intern for Grand Farm, where he will help assist with implementing and maintaining…

About Fred Frederick Edwards Jr. is the founder of Fred’s Dissonance. Fred received his undergraduate degree from North Dakota State University. He recently graduated with his master’s degree in Educational…

About Sharon Sharon Traylor is co-founder of Roots Hair & Soul. Sharon grew up in Chicago and moved to Fargo almost nine years ago. She explains that she moved her…