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Anna Bregier | annabregier.pfc@gmail.com Schlichting Farms Inc. Marlene Schlichting | marlene@schlichtingfarms.com | 320-293-6291 Jocelyn Schlichting | jocelyn@schlichtingfarms.com https://www.prairiefarmsmn.com/about daily 0.75 2022-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e503176436f2f79ffd96605/1585775093283-SNLWIP6APBGQZ11PN763/Screen+Shot+2020-04-01+at+4.04.14+PM.png About 1906: The First Generation Frank Wojtanowicz was an immigrant born in Austria, and after marrying Anna Bujarski in Poland in 1886, they emigrated to the United States. Frank and Anna bought their first parcel of land north of Rice, Minnesota, on December 6th, 1906, and began farming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e503176436f2f79ffd96605/1585775588477-L41W2F1K33ODDPTFNW5W/Screen+Shot+2020-04-01+at+4.12.39+PM.png About 1920s: The Second Generation The family farm changed hands to Frank’s sons Andrew and Frank Jr. after Frank Sr.’s death in 1922. His sons farmed in Rice their whole lives and raised their families there. Andrew Wojtanowicz is pictured here with his wife, Mary (Bocko) Wojtanowicz, who emigrated from Tarnow, Poland. Mary and her eight children continued farming after Andrew’s death in 1946. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e503176436f2f79ffd96605/1585776164166-HFLA5C39VWOK3UP15SBE/Wojtanowicz%2Bfarm.jpg About An early photo of the Wojtanowicz farm, possibly from the 1930s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e503176436f2f79ffd96605/1585776550157-Q8G6MEN1LBTYOY16T9UD/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-04-01%2Bat%2B4.24.46%2BPM.jpg About 1960s: The Third Generation 1960s: John Wojtanowicz (Andrew and Mary’s son) takes over the farm from his mother, Mary, with his wife, Diane, and his brother-in-law Jerry Schlichting, with his wife Lucille, started working the land with him. Jerry is pictured here on the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e503176436f2f79ffd96605/1585777726860-K255J3JEKWJ4H57DWMPB/IMG_0003.jpg About 1969: Irrigation Begins John and Jerry were granted an irrigation permit for Prairie Farms for the first time in 1969. John is pictured here in a summer corn field with some early irrigators in the background. (To read more about why irrigation is especially important in central Minnesota, click here.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e503176436f2f79ffd96605/1585777678784-590PRJF7NT1WJ4WDHGHB/spudcity86.jpg About 1980s: The Farm Grows Prairie Farms began raising potatoes in the early 1970s, and within a few years, their crop grew. The operation expanded with the construction of potato storage buildings just west of the farm, lovingly nicknamed Spud City. John is pictured here in the mid-1980s with his children at the site of one of the new sheds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e503176436f2f79ffd96605/1586528228269-ODKI4764M074ATW6TK1Q/DSC01047.jpg About John Wojtanowicz and Jerry Schlichting in 2000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e503176436f2f79ffd96605/1585777413373-278KSEZFIKQBLX0LWWI7/Screen+Shot+2020-04-01+at+4.43.08+PM.png About 2010s: The Fourth Generation Jocelyn Schlichting (Jerry’s granddaughter) and Anna Bregier (John’s daughter) and their families moved back to Rice to become the fourth generation of family farmers at Prairie Farms. They are pictured here with Jocelyn’s parents, Rick and Marlene (who are still farming with Jerry), on the left, and Anna’s mother, Diane Wojtanowicz, on the right. https://www.prairiefarmsmn.com/irrigation-checkbook daily 0.75 2021-08-03 https://www.prairiefarmsmn.com/contact-us daily 0.75 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e503176436f2f79ffd96605/d3f75939-71cf-451e-954b-2d677656c898/Prairie+Farm2+Summer21.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e503176436f2f79ffd96605/1583118404399-L4RCD705PD8ANERKZ291/Potato+Fields_54.jpg Contact Us - Contact us Shop: 3015 145th St NW | Rice, MN (320) 393-2848 Potato storage: 14095 35th Ave NW | Rice, MN Prairie Farm Co. Anna Bregier | annabregier.pfc@gmail.com Schlichting Farms Inc. Marlene Schlichting | marlene@schlichtingfarms.com | 320-293-6291 Jocelyn Schlichting | jocelyn@schlichtingfarms.com https://www.prairiefarmsmn.com/rsvp daily 0.75 2022-09-09