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Wow! Just when you thought the South Metro could not get any better, one prominent Dakota County city has put itself on the map–again–and this time it’s not only for hosting one of the most amazing county fairs the world has ever seen. You guessed it people, Farmington has the distinction of being the first town in Minnesota and only the third nationwide to have a festival in honor of the soybean!
In an article which appeared in a recent edition of the Star Tribune one Farmington business owner, who also happens to be the Minnesota Soybean Festival chairperson and co-owner of one of the most amazing business ideas ever known to man–Buds and Bytes (believe it or not this is not a cannabis coffee shop)–had this to say about this amazing event:
“Everybody does a corn festival, you know. We need to have festivals and events that are specific to things that are special about Farmington.”
Oh down hare in Farmengten we jus gots da only soybean fields in the state? Yah, we’re real proud of dem beans and all dat comes wit ‘em. Because witout dem govermedt subsidees we’d have to, ya know, grow and market real crops which would actually benefit our city, county and state. But den we wouldn’t get to give da mayor of Farmengten our versen of da golden showar doncha know.
The town was in a tizzy over the event listing which included: guessing the number of soybeans in a jar, numerous “undiscovered” bands and even a Prettiest Pod Pregnancy Photography Contest where amateur photographers were asked to submit pregnancy photos for a vote. Rumor has it that the winner of each category won a year’s supply of edamame and the opportunity to have a night out in downtown Farmington with the Minnesota Soybean Queen!
So, did you attend the Minnesota Soybean Festival festivities last weekend? If so what did you think? I couldn’t really get a feel for what happened based on their website or Facebook fan page as the photos provided showed very few people and very few events aside from two pictures of children throwing soybeans in the air. Do you think that Farmington really needs another festival when it has the Dakota County Fair and Scottish Highland Games? Whatever you have to say about the Minnesota Soybean Festival in Farmington go ahead and comment on as I’d love to hear what you think.
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May 25th, 2010 at 8:42 am
A step up from Mountain Dew Days?
May 25th, 2010 at 8:50 am
fehler, well Farmington residents can only hope that this one didn’t set the city back $30,000 like the Dew Days did.
May 25th, 2010 at 9:46 am
A co-worker of mine was talking about how her city (Farmington) was such a hub of activity last weekend and mentioned the soybean festival. I guess it appeals to a certain demographic but it sounds like something that would best be enjoyed under the influence of some strong beer. Not my thing.
May 25th, 2010 at 9:54 am
s,
the beer or the soybeanz:)
bb
May 25th, 2010 at 11:15 am
Dont see any harm in it. Hope people had a fun time.
May 25th, 2010 at 12:05 pm
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May 25th, 2010 at 1:12 pm
Well, with Bullhead Days down in Waterville in a couple weeks I’m saving my festival budget. I’ve been told there’s a community festival in Indiana somewhere that features porn stars. I’m sort of interested in that one too.
You know what we really need in this country, a tater tot festival.
May 25th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
Sank: Maybe you can crash this one: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=28507624704
May 25th, 2010 at 9:01 pm
I’d eat a soybean at a Soy Bean Festival sooner than I’d eat an eelpout at the Walker, MN Eelpout Festival (mark your calendars now for February 2011).
http://www.flickr.com/photos/serpentproject/4187620112/
May 26th, 2010 at 5:16 am
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May 26th, 2010 at 9:27 am
I was there. The weather was not cooperative, both sunny and hot, pouring rain and then windy sunny and hot. It looked a little like a ghost town around 2:30, no cars on the streets with main street blocked off, and very few people. Next year hopefully the weather will cooperate.
May 30th, 2010 at 1:34 am
I imagine soybeans are emblematic of all that’s wrong with modern agriculture — ingredient in fatty foods, feed for red meat cattle, a base for inefficient biofuels and a magnet for corporate-farm subsidies — but here in Minnesota, we’re stuck with ‘em.
Drive west, in the general direction of Redwood Falls and Morton and Wabasso and Marshall (cool towns all, at least in small doses), and it’s not unusual to see corn on one side of the highway and them beans on the other.
Not sure what makes Farmington such a capitol of soy.
Dew Days? I’ve heard it said that a Farmington constable once remarked that Mountain Dew Days is a tribute to a city with more stoners per capita than any in North America. Cottonmouth, y’know.
Someone mentioned Bullhead Days. In Franklin, out Morton way, they have Catfish Days. Apparently a skilled sportsman can land some big-ass channel cats along the Minnesota River.
July 23rd, 2010 at 11:07 am
I was there, too. In fact, I was in the parade. The weather was pretty bad. Next year it will be better.
May 5th, 2011 at 7:00 am
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