Raising goats a profitable, learning experience - Latinos doing it in Minnesota

Posted on: October 26th, 2007
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“All across Minnesota, farmers are learning how to sell directly to a growing immigrant population. In some places the market may be Hmong, while others could include Somali or Latino.

Steven Mejia, along with his father and grandmother, has a unique insight into the ethnic market — because they are the market.

Being part of the market they want to sell to gives them an inside perspective when they direct market goats, cattle, eggs, chickens and even a few vegetables to area Latinos.”*

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