You say, 'nuts.' They say, 'the future.'

twincities.com (Pioneer Press)
By Richard Chin
Updated: 03/05/2011 02:37:14 PM CST

Minnesota hazelnut growers gathering in West St. Paul say they have found the state's next major commercial crop.

If you asked Jeff Jensen if there was a heart-healthy, energy-efficient crop you could use to make coffee, pastries and pigs taste better and maybe even fuel your car, he would say: Nuts!

More precisely: Hazelnuts.

That's because Jensen is president of the Minnesota Hazelnut Foundation, one of the sponsors of the Second Annual Upper Midwest Hazelnut Growers Conference being held this weekend at Thompson County Park in West St. Paul.

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