Fiddlehead Knob

Fiddlehead Knob Fiddlehead K**b is a small family farm near LeRoy, MN that specializes in growing gourmet mushrooms

Fiddlehead K**b is a small, fourth-generation family farmstead in rural LeRoy, MN that emphasizes sustainable growing methods. We specialize in growing gourmet and medicinal mushrooms in addition to offering foraged mushrooms and other forest specialties as they are seasonally available. We plan to sell our mushrooms at both the Rochester Downtown Farmers Market as well as the LeRoy farmers market. Please feel free to contact us for more information about our products and vending locations.

Hey everyone! We haven't updated much since the spring - we've taken a nice little social media break.Thanks so much to ...
07/27/2026

Hey everyone! We haven't updated much since the spring - we've taken a nice little social media break.Thanks so much to the many number of you who have emailed, called, stopped us in the grocery store, etc. to share your support and sorrows as we transitioned out of mushroom farming this spring. We've really felt so loved and supported during this big life transition πŸ₯Ή

Summer has definitely felt different without mushrooms and the farmer's market as the center of our world, but we're also really loving being able to take full weekend adventures for the first time in years! πŸ’“

We've found ourselves making a very natural shift into the exciting world of wild food and foraging this summer - we've always foraged for more than just mushrooms over the years, but lately we've been much more intentional about trying new wild foods on a weekly and sometimes daily basis. It's been so fun, and we're learning so much! The kids have been loving it too - elderflower fritters have been their favorite so far!

There's so much potential for highly nutritious, free food and plant medicine growing abundantly all around us, and one of our big goals is to shift into more of an educational role to give more people the confidence to try foraging and wild food for themselves! More to come on this later. πŸ’š

Our last update for now is that we're collaborating with the MN Master Naturalist Program to teach a mushroom field day up in Cloquet, MN this September! It'll be a full day of learning, hiking, foraging, and more. We're so excited - the link to learn more and sign up is belowπŸ„πŸ‚

Happy summer, folks!! πŸŒžπŸ’šπŸŒ»

03/20/2026

Hi friends- after a lot of discussion, we've made the difficult decision to step away from mushroom production.

The simplest explanation we can offer is that we've had some very unexpected and sudden changes in our supply chain which have made it extremely difficult to source inputs that meet our farm's standards for sustainability, organic production, and financial viability as a small family farm. We had the best growing season to date last year as a farm, so this decision has not been easy and is really turning our world upside down to say the least.

2026 marks 9 years of growing for us: growing mushrooms, our family, our farm, and growing as humans πŸ’šπŸ„πŸŒ±

Over these 9 years we've:
-Built and rebuilt over 5 different grow rooms
-Converted our farm to being fully solar powered and certified organic
-Expanded our growing space and value-added products repeatedly to keep up with demand
-Met so many amazing other farmers, friends, and local food advocates
-Grown thousands of pounds of mushrooms
-Most importantly, this farm has allowed us to work from home while raising our 3 little ones πŸ’“

Absolutely none of this would have been possible without our family, friends, and each of your supporting us every step of the way πŸ₯²πŸ₯²

Now all of this to say, we certainly don't intend to leave agriculture completely - we have lots of ideas rolling around, and when the time is right, we definitely intend to share our plans with you all!

In the meantime keep supporting local food, local farms, and local businesses!! πŸ’“ And if you need some mushrooms to tide you over until foraging season begins, we still have a good stock of dried mushrooms and other goodies in our online store πŸ€—

Happy spring and mush love to you all! πŸ„πŸ’šπŸŒ±πŸŒžβœ¨πŸŒΌ
-Kalvin, Rachel, Eliza, Veda, and River

01/18/2026

We've been working hard to get ready for our big CSA drop to on Monday! The final task is getting 700+ bags stamped and prepped for the 300+ lbs. of lion's mane heading their way πŸ™Œ (And when you're running a farm with 3 littles 5 and under, that often means some of the work gets done in the evening hours when the kids are sleeping! πŸ˜„)

Better a little late than never, but we wanted to wish a very happy new year to everyone!! πŸ₯³βœ¨ 2025 was such a great year...
01/03/2026

Better a little late than never, but we wanted to wish a very happy new year to everyone!! πŸ₯³βœ¨ 2025 was such a great year for our farm & family, and we're so excited to keep the momentum moving into 2026!

πŸ„πŸ„A heads up that we will be taking a little break from winter markets for a couple months, so we won't be at on Saturdays until likely closer to March! We plan to use this time to scale back on production so we can do some really good deep cleaning in the grow room (which is hard to do when fans and humidification is running 24/7), take some R&R time for our family, and work on plans for the rest of 2026!

Thank you for continuing to support local food & farmers! πŸ«ΆπŸ„

We'll still have our online store up and running in the meantime if anyone is in need of some mushroom goodies!

Cheers to the new year! βœ¨πŸ’›
-Kalvin, Rachel, Eliza, Veda, and River

Sending out solstice love and light to all on this long night! πŸŒžβ„οΈπŸŒ€We had a beautiful bonfire together as the sun went d...
12/22/2025

Sending out solstice love and light to all on this long night! πŸŒžβ„οΈπŸŒ€We had a beautiful bonfire together as the sun went down this evening - happy holidays, folks! ✨

If anyone is in need of a unique, last minute gift idea, we're running a sale on our mushroom grow kits starting today t...
12/12/2025

If anyone is in need of a unique, last minute gift idea, we're running a sale on our mushroom grow kits starting today through the end of the year! Here's 3 ways you can get one:

πŸ„ Pick one up for $10 off at the Rochester Farmers Markets (tomorrow or 12/20!)

πŸ„Pre-order one for $10 off at the Roch Farmer's Market and we'll deliver it (locally) for free the week of Christmas πŸŽ„

πŸ„Order one in our online store (fiddleheadknob.com) and get free shipping using the discount code: HOLIDAYGROWKIT

Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday season and thanks for supporting small farms and businesses!! πŸ’šβ„οΈβœ¨

12/05/2025

What an absolutely fantastic year 2025 has been for our farm and family! We started the year welcoming our sweet River Dean and spent the rest of it growing lots of mushrooms, preparing new value-added goodies, traveling, and doing the majority of it all as a familyβ€”we are thankful for this journey every day!

A huge THANK YOU to our incredible customers and supporters: hearing how you cook our mushrooms, seeing your foraging pics, and knowing many of you consistently come to see us at market week after week truly brings tears to our eyes. Your support means the world, allowing us to support our family and do what we loveβ€”grow good food for our community!

Cheers to you and yours during this season of gratitude and happy holidays! βœ¨β„οΈ

Mush love πŸ’š Kalvin, Rachel, Eliza, Veda, and River

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Le Roy, MN
55951

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