Vegetable of the Year: Cucumber (2025)
Vegetable of the Year: Cucumber (2025)
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Crow Wing County
Crow Wing County
Welcome to OVOC!
Welcome to OVOC!
One Vegetable, One Community (OVOC) encourages everyone to grow, eat, and celebrate the same vegetable together. In 2025, we're all about cucumbers! From gardens to classrooms to food shelves, we’re putting the spotlight on this crisp, crunchy veggie.
What's OVOC all about?
Making healthy food fun and accessible
Connecting communities through growing and sharing
Inspiring people of all ages to try new veggies
Let’s Eat More Cucumbers in 2025!
Grow Your Own Cucumbers
Grow Your Own Cucumbers
It's easier than you think!
It's easier than you think!
Tips:
Start with seeds or small plants from your local garden center
Cucumbers love warm weather, sunshine, and space to grow!
Try growing them in a garden bed, pot, or 5-gallon bucket
→ Learn more about "How to Grow Cucumbers at Home!"
Cook + Eat with Cucumbers!
Cook + Eat with Cucumbers!
Where to Get Your Free Cucumber Seeds
Where to Get Your Free Cucumber Seeds
Pick up a packet and start growing!
Pick up a packet and start growing!
Thanks to our community partners, we’ve packed cucumber seeds and delivered them to locations all across the county. You can pick up your free seeds at any of the places listed below (while supplies last):
Baxter
Baxter
Cub Foods Baxter
14133 Edgewood Dr N
Brainerd
Brainerd
UMN County Extension Office
326 Laurel Street
Brainerd Public Library
416 S 5th Street
Brainerd Family YMCA
602 Oak St
Crow Wing County WIC
204 Laurel St #12
Cub Foods Brainerd
417 8th Ave NE
The Brainerd Center
803 Kingwood St
The Brainerd Welcome Center
7393 MN-371
Crosby
Crosby
Crosby Library
101 1st St SE
Super One Foods
22418 MN-6 Suite 100
Cuyuna Range Farmers Market
Cross Ave S
Real Life Wellness Studio
16 W Main St
Crosslake
Crosslake
Crosslake Chamber of Commerce
35446 Co Rd 3
Deerwood
Deerwood
Cuyuna Lakes Chamber of Commerce
21236 Archibald Rd
Nisswa
Nisswa
Nisswa Chamber of Commerce
25532 Main St
Pequot Lakes
Pequot Lakes
Pequot Lakes Chamber of Commerce
31095 Government Dr
Pequot Lakes Community Library
31117 Rasmussen Rd
Pequot Lakes SuperValu
30585 Patriot Ave
Share What You're Growing!
Share What You're Growing!
📸 Show Us Your Cucumbers!
📸 Show Us Your Cucumbers!
We want to see how you’re having cucumbers this year! Whether you planted a seed, picked a cucumber from the market, or made a tasty snack — we’d love to hear about it.
✅ Snap a photo
✅ Tell us what you grew or made
✅ Submit it below — and you might be featured on the Crow Wing Energized Facebook page!
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