News About Gordon
FFA Degree

Honorary Chapter FFA Degree from the University of Minnesota Crookston Collegiate FFA for preserving Farm Heritage and promoting Agricultural Literacy through literature.

Article about Gordon in the Redwood Falls Gazette. Click HERE.

Review of A Farm Country Silo Filling
by Mary Ann Grossman in the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Sunday, December 20, 2015. Click HERE.

Article about Gordon in the
AgriNews. Click HERE.

Article about Gordon in the Pioneer Press. Click HERE.

Review  by Jeri L. Dobrowski in Cowboy Jam Session: Western Culture News & Reviews. Click HERE.

Article in St. Paul Pioneer Press, "A former farm kid shares his stories of growing up in Lakeville." Click HERE.
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Prologue to Farm 
Country Tales
Imagine an era
that’s diff’rent from now,
When times were not better,
but pleasing, somehow.
It’s the year 1950,
when farming was done
By Mother and Father
and Daughter and Son.

by Gordon W. Fredrickson

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Reader Views Literary Award Winners

If I Were a Farmer Awarded first place in the children – toddler to 5 category

Farm Country Halloween Awarded second place in the children – early reader (6 to 8)

Events Calendar, a complete list of scheduled events including Farm Heritage Programs & Farm Heritage Displays

Saturday, May  27, 2017, Presentation after noon lunch
              Farm Heritage presentation
              Sons of Norway
              Danish American Center
              3030 W. River Parkway
              Minneapolis, MN

Tuesday, June 13, 2017, 9:30 AM
             Ag Literacy/Farm heritage presentation with book performance
             Memories & Milestones Academy
             Belle Plaine, MN

Tuesday, June 13, 2017, 3:30 PM
             Ag Literacy/Farm heritage presentation with book performance
             Memories & Milestones Academy
             New Prague, MN

Thursday, June 15, 2017, 6:30 PM
             Ag Literacy/Farm heritage presentation with book performance
             Pajama Storytime
             Savage Library
             Savage, MN

Friday, July 7, 2017, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Saturday, July 8, 2017, 9:00 AM - Noon
            Book sales and autographing
            Pan-O-Prog Craft & Bake Sale
            Lakeville Heritage Center
            Lakeville, MN

Friday, Saturday, Sunday, July 14-16, 2017, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
            Farm Heritage Display & Book Sales
            Credit River Antique Tractor Club Show
            Cedar Lake Farm Park
            New Prague, MN

Friday, Saturday, Sunday, August 25-27, 2017,  8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
             Farm Heritage Photo Display & Book Sales
             Preuhs Building
             LeSueur County Pioneer Power Show
             LeSueur, MN

August 24 through September 4, 2017, 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
              Table top book project - If I Were a Farmer: Nancy's Adventure
              Setting of book built by the students of Hilltop Primary School, Mound, MN
              On Display in the
              Education Building
              Minnesota State Fair Grounds
              St. Paul, MN
   
Saturday, October 14, 2017, 2:00 PM
               Farm Heritage Presentations & book sales
               Harvest Festival
               Bloomington Historical Society
               Bloomington, MN
             
Saturday, November 11, 2017, tentative
             Farm Heritage Presentation & book sales
             Upper Midwest A-C Club 2017 Fall Banquet
             Location to be determined
             Hutchinson, MN

Sunday, December 3, 2017, 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
              Book Sales & Autographing
              Hometown Holidays; Celebrating European Traditions
              New Prague Park Ballroom
              New Prague, MN