Rural Minnesota’s grocery stores are changing plans, hands

By: Cole Hanson

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: June 4, 2026

Words: 1,542

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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Ryan Pesch grew up in East Grand Forks, went to college in St. Peter, and spent five years in St. Paul in his 20s working at Mississippi Market, where he internalized the food co-op model. Then in 2004, when he and his wife Maree had the chance to move to Otter Tail County and take a job with University of Minnesota Extension, they went. They have not looked back.

“Other than my little stint in …

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