WhoAre

Easy Bean Farm is owned and managed by me, Michael Jacobs, my wife Malena Arner Handeen, our daughter Hazel, and our son Arlo. I began managing this farm in the fall of 1996 after working as a furniture maker in St. Paul. Our first two seasons we sold our produce mainly through farmers’ markets and then moved on to selling our produce to restaurants, food co-ops, and through our C.S.A. I spend most of my time working in the fields, cutting firewood and restoring this old house of ours. Sometimes, if you’re sneaky, you can catch me writing or baking bagels. Malena is an artist, having settled back into her homeland after a traveler’s education. She works in her studio on the farm and is west-central Minnesota’s premier rockin’ cowgirl accordionist