The largest hops farm in the upper Midwest is shutting down operations. Mighty Axe Hops of Foley has announced that they'll wrap up operations and close this fall.
The co-founders of a large hop farm near Foley are looking for a new investor after a late season storm wiped out a large part of their crop last year.
Five years ago a couple of college students decided to start their own business growing hops for craft beer. Today "Mighty Axe Hops" has grown to be the largest hops farm between Michigan and Idaho.
There's a new summer camp coming to Foley that's for grown-ups who love craft beer. It's called the "Camp Fair State" and it's being hosted at the new Mighty Axe Hops farm on July 8th and 9th.
With new breweries opening up almost daily in Minnesota, the hops to make the beer has to come from somewhere. And, as soon as next fall, a lot of those hops will be grown on a farm in Foley.