The Good Life – July-August 2019
On the cover, Local Hero - Brady Oberg Legacy Foundation, Having a Beer with Program Director and Radio Show Host - Mike Kapel, Cass County Sheriff's Reserve Unit, Scuba Diving and more in Fargo Moorhead's only men's magazine.
On the cover, Local Hero - Brady Oberg Legacy Foundation, Having a Beer with Program Director and Radio Show Host - Mike Kapel, Cass County Sheriff's Reserve Unit, Scuba Diving and more in Fargo Moorhead's only men's magazine.
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WRITTEN BY: BRITTNEY GOODMAN • PHOTOS BY: URBAN TOAD MEDIA<br />
Driscoll Farms Keeps It Local<br />
Driscoll Farms, located near Glyndon,<br />
MN, has been providing fresh<br />
produce and flowers to the Red River<br />
Valley since the 1980s. <strong>The</strong> current<br />
owners, Jake and Krista Driscoll are<br />
keeping the family tradition alive.<br />
Driscoll Farms operates floral<br />
greenhouses at seven locations in the<br />
Fargo-Moorhead area including the<br />
farm on Highway 9, in rural Glyndon<br />
and also sells produce at <strong>The</strong> Market<br />
at West Acres from late June through<br />
October.<br />
<strong>The</strong> farm has been in their family<br />
since 1963 when Jake Driscoll’s<br />
grandfather purchased it. It started<br />
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out as more of a traditional farm,<br />
then in the 1980s the family started<br />
growing and selling produce: “It<br />
was a whole-family deal. My siblings<br />
and I would go door to door selling<br />
produce.” <strong>The</strong>y then started selling<br />
wholesale produce to grocery stores,<br />
then to the Dike East Farmers<br />
Market in Fargo in 1985 and have<br />
been at <strong>The</strong> Market at West Acres for<br />
five years.<br />
“Everything we offer is locally<br />
grown <strong>–</strong> you know exactly<br />
where your food is coming<br />
from.” <strong>–</strong> Jake Driscoll<br />
In 1987, Driscoll Farms dove into the<br />
flower business, selling locally grown<br />
flowers <strong>–</strong> bedding plants and hanging<br />
baskets. Driscoll emphasized, “Unlike<br />
other places you can buy flowers, all<br />
of ours are grown locally right on our<br />
farm.”<br />
Driscoll, now 31 years old, grew<br />
up on that same farm and has been<br />
working full time there since he<br />
graduated from Minnesota State<br />
University Moorhead (MSUM) in<br />
2012. He married Krista five years<br />
ago. <strong>The</strong>y recently had their first child<br />
together, Daxton (Dax). “Krista helps<br />
out during the flower season and on<br />
weekends,” Jake said, adding, “But
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