Wang Ger Hang harvesting tomatoes at the Hmong American Farmers Association’s farm in Vermillion Township (Dakota County) ca. 2015. Photograph by Mike Hazard; used with the permission of Mike Hazard.
Farm in Dakota County cultivated by the Hmong Americans Farmers Association. Photograph by Mike Hazard, ca. 2015; used with the permission of Mike Hazard.
Xee Yang harvesting kale flowers at the Hmong Americans Farmers Association’s farm in Vermillion Township (Dakota County), 2015. Photograph by Mike Hazard; used with the permission of Mike Hazard.
The Hmong American Farmers Association (HAFA) was co-founded by siblings Janssen and Pakou Hang in November 2011. Since then, the St. Paul-based organization has helped Hmong American farmers develop profitable, sustainable businesses in Minnesota.
Description: The 2017 Harmony Agri Services grain processing and storage facility. It is located across the road from the historic 1879 McMichel Grain Elevator and along near where the railroad existed from 1879 to 1977. Photo taken in May 2018.
Photographer: Amy Jo Hahn