Posted by Maia on Aug 10th 2026
Escape! Garlic Scape Pesto - Made Locally
"I am passionate about bringing healthy nutritious foods to customers and teaching folks about how their food is grown. It all starts with the soil on our farms. I have always loved having a garden and growing food, even when I lived in the Twin Cities."
Tony Wells, Sogn Valley Garlic
Cannon Falls, MN
More about Tony of Sogn Valley Garlic
Tony grew up in the north Twin Cities metro suburbs and received his BS Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Minnesota in 2010. He later completed the mini-MBA program at St Thomas - Opus College of Business in Minneapolis in 2017.
He had a lifelong dream of starting an organic regenerative farm and growing all kinds of nutritious foods. He truly believes in the Hippocrates quote: “Let Food Be Thy Medicine and Medicine Be Thy Food.”
After nearly 10 years of searching for farmland, 2020 brought a unique opportunity that led to the purchase of 40 acres of farmland in beautiful Sogn Valley just south of Cannon Falls, MN. He has been growing Organic garlic and veggies for 6 years. He just finished harvesting nearly 4,000 pounds of garlic over the past couple of weeks.
He has been building a value added garlic business; making garlic scape pesto, garlic powder, garlic salt and selling seed stock and culinary garlic. In 2024-2025 he had a small CSA and expanded vegetable production on his farm and built his first high tunnel greenhouse last year.
