OUR STORY

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Around 1900, J.P. Gengler started Gengler Lumber Company. They offered a variety of building materials and employed local carpenters that would build houses and barns in southeastern Minnesota.

In addition to the lumber business, ice was harvested off a nearby spring fed pond, stored in huge ice houses and shipped to the south by rail during the summer

Around the 1930's when mechanical refrigeration became available, Leonard Gengler built a locker plant where townspeople and local farmers could rent freezer space to store their food. Leonard also purchased a farm and started raising strawberries, gooseberries, and vegetables which he processed and froze at his plant. 

Demand grew for his fruits and vegetables. He supplied those regionally to consumers in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa. The Sno Pac brand was born.

Leonard always farmed organically, using natural products to sustain his land, compost, lime, and green sand along with good crop rotation and soil conservation practices.

In the 1970's, Ramon and Darlene Gengler, along with their children, Peter, Nick, and Joan continued the organic vegetable operation expanding the product line and market

 Before eating healthy became popular, people bought Sno Pac vegetables because they tasted great. People still come directly to our plant to pick up their annual supply of vegetables. Many of these are third or fourth generation Sno Pac customers.
 

Today, our family continues to bring our organic vegetables to your family in the same tradition.