Signature Product Focus: Minnesota Grown

Our Signature U.S. Grade A honey is Minnesota Grown and produced by a small family of beekeepers in Little Falls, Minnesota. Bruce Marquette, a third-generation beekeeper, bottles single-source honey, the best quality you can buy. It is produced from mid-June through mid-August, when their bees get nectar from basswood and clover; this is the time of year when we get the best quality nectar in Minnesota, creating a light yellow, delicious, high-value honey. Enjoy pure or raw honey in 22 oz. jars, or avoid the mess with our pure honey in a squeezable 16 oz. bottle.

Experience the true joy of Minnesota Grown wild rice! Kowalski’s Wild Rice comes from the beautiful lakes and rivers in our state and has a wonderfully robust flavor and soft, pillowy texture. We have two cultivated varieties to choose from, Long Grain and Cracked, that are perfect in everything from soup to stuffing. All our wild rice is grown and processed locally to ensure the highest quality and an authentic taste of home.

Our Signature Maple Syrups are locally produced by a third-generation family owned and operated business that has been producing quality maple syrup for over 90 years. They source the maple sap from Minnesota and Wisconsin maple trees and, after boiling it long into the night, transform it into pure, sweet maple syrup. Unlike imitations made with corn syrup, caramel color and other additives, our syrups are made with real, 100% maple, and they are continually graded for flavor, color and density to ensure the highest quality standard.

A natural with hotcakes, waffles or even drizzled over your oatmeal or yogurt, Kowalski's Maple Syrup is also great in place of other sweeteners, especially in recipes for more liquid-like foods like smoothies, sauces and dressings. Look for our Pure Maple Syrup alongside Blueberry, Bourbon and Cinnamon-Infused maple syrups in the Breakfast Aisle.

Kowalski's Certified USDA Organic Eggs come to us from Larry Schultz Organic Farm in Owatonna, Minnesota. Schultz chickens are free to eat and exercise anywhere within an airy, sunlit barn or to roam comfortably outdoors in grassy fence-free fields that are carefully monitored and protected from predators. This stress-free environment allows hens to develop into healthy, happy birds that make delicious, nutritious eggs high in omega-3 fatty acids (from the addition of flax meal to their organic feed).

The small organic family farm is a way of life for Larry. The fourth-generation Schultz farm has never been farmed conventionally with herbicides, insecticides or artificial fertilizers. Not willing to compromise the small farm and its many benefits, Larry helps model and teach his farming practices to other small organic farmers. As demand for organic eggs continues to increase and his farm has grown, Larry's neighbors and friends have begun to raise organic crops to feed the birds.