Pitchfork Sausage & Butcher Boys London Broil are mainstays at the fair, and Melissa Szala tells about the history of this partnership + all about their tasty food options at the Minnesota State Fair! If you're not hungry now, you will be after listening to this episode!

The Info Booth Ladies are back - with more laughter and learning about the best state fair in the country!

If you'd like to support the show & help us make more episodes of the Info Booth Ladies podcast, please click here to visit our Patreon page! Thank you!

You can find us on Instagram at: @infoboothladies

And Facebook at: @infoboothladies

We'd love to hear from you! Send us an email at: infoboothladies@gmail.com

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We hope this podcast helps get you excited for the 12 best days of the year! Thanks for listening!

Info Booth Ladies is an unofficial podcast - all views expressed are our own, and we do not speak on behalf of the Minnesota State Fair.

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Our theme song was written and performed by Sarah Morris! (Isn't it awesome?!)

Find her at www.sarahmorrismusic.com or on Instagram at @sarahmorrismusic

Annie & Molly join the Info Booth Ladies to share their stories of entering in Creative Activities and Crop Art - including our absolute new favorite category we didn't know existed: "Fruit or vegetable doll (not made from produce), must have head, arms and legs."

In the second part of the episode, Kristen & Mary interview Anne just moments after she dropped her baked goods in the Creative Activities building - and she even brought some samples for our us to try!

The Info Booth Ladies are back - with more laughter and learning about the best state fair in the country!

If you'd like to support the show & help us make more episodes of the Info Booth Ladies podcast, please click here to visit our Patreon page! Thank you!

You can find us on Instagram at: @infoboothladies

And Facebook at: @infoboothladies

We'd love to hear from you! Send us an email at: infoboothladies@gmail.com

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We hope this podcast helps get you excited for the 12 best days of the year! Thanks for listening!

Info Booth Ladies is an unofficial podcast - all views expressed are our own, and we do not speak on behalf of the Minnesota State Fair.

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Our theme song was written and performed by Sarah Morris! (Isn't it awesome?!)

Find her at www.sarahmorrismusic.com or on Instagram at @sarahmorrismusic

The Brewed in MN exhibit in the Agriculture Horticulture Building features 200 beers from 85+ craft breweries and brewpubs in Minnesota, with 7 flights of 4 beers on tap! They also feature an NA flight, and new this year: the Award Winners Flight featuring winning MN Brewers Cup craft beers! Jess Talley, Executive Director of the Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild joins us to chat about this uniquely Minnesotan booth at the fair!

The Info Booth Ladies are back - with more laughter and learning about the best state fair in the country!

If you'd like to support the show & help us make more episodes of the Info Booth Ladies podcast, please click here to visit our Patreon page! Thank you!

You can find us on Instagram at: @infoboothladies

And Facebook at: @infoboothladies

We'd love to hear from you! Send us an email at: infoboothladies@gmail.com

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We hope this podcast helps get you excited for the 12 best days of the year! Thanks for listening!

Info Booth Ladies is an unofficial podcast - all views expressed are our own, and we do not speak on behalf of the Minnesota State Fair.

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Our theme song was written and performed by Sarah Morris! (Isn't it awesome?!)

Find her at www.sarahmorrismusic.com or on Instagram at @sarahmorrismusic

There's only one deep fried pickle game at the Minnesota State Fair -- but there are two locations of The Perfect Pickle on the fairgrounds! Mother-daughter duo Jen and Vivian are representatives of the three family ownership team, and share the story of the booth plus their own love of the fair!

The Info Booth Ladies are back - with more laughter and learning about the best state fair in the country!

If you'd like to support the show & help us make more episodes of the Info Booth Ladies podcast, please click here to visit our Patreon page! Thank you!

You can find us on Instagram at: @infoboothladies

And Facebook at: @infoboothladies

We'd love to hear from you! Send us an email at: infoboothladies@gmail.com

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We hope this podcast helps get you excited for the 12 best days of the year! Thanks for listening!

Info Booth Ladies is an unofficial podcast - all views expressed are our own, and we do not speak on behalf of the Minnesota State Fair.

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Our theme song was written and performed by Sarah Morris! (Isn't it awesome?!)

Find her at www.sarahmorrismusic.com or on Instagram at @sarahmorrismusic

Sara Hayden and Dan O'Brien of Sara's Tipsy Pies share their story of bringing hand pies to the MN State Fair!

Sara's Tipsy Pies, brought to you by Sara Hayden and Sara's Bake Shop, can be found in the Food Building at the Minnesota State Fair! Don't miss out on their new food this year: Cinna-sugar Crust Tidbits!

The Info Booth Ladies are back - with more laughter and learning about the best state fair in the country!

If you'd like to support the show & help us make more episodes of the Info Booth Ladies podcast, please click here to visit our Patreon page! Thank you!

You can find us on Instagram at: @infoboothladies

And Facebook at: @infoboothladies

We'd love to hear from you! Send us an email at: infoboothladies@gmail.com

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We hope this podcast helps get you excited for the 12 best days of the year! Thanks for listening!

Info Booth Ladies is an unofficial podcast - all views expressed are our own, and we do not speak on behalf of the Minnesota State Fair.

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Our theme song was written and performed by Sarah Morris! (Isn't it awesome?!)

Find her at www.sarahmorrismusic.com or on Instagram at @sarahmorrismusic

Have you ever wanted to know more about Princess Kay of the Milky Way? Well, you're in luck! Rachel Visser was crowned Princess Kay of the Milky Way the evening before the 2024 Minnesota State Fair, and before she passes the crown to the next princess, she sat down with us to talk about this legendary role at the fair, what it's like to have your head carved in butter, and being a goodwill ambassador for the nearly 1,800 dairy farm families in Minnesota!

The Info Booth Ladies are back - with more laughter and learning about the best state fair in the country!

If you'd like to support the show & help us make more episodes of the Info Booth Ladies podcast, please click here to visit our Patreon page! Thank you!

You can find us on Instagram at: @infoboothladies

And Facebook at: @infoboothladies

We'd love to hear from you! Send us an email at: infoboothladies@gmail.com

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We hope this podcast helps get you excited for the 12 best days of the year! Thanks for listening!

Info Booth Ladies is an unofficial podcast - all views expressed are our own, and we do not speak on behalf of the Minnesota State Fair.

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Our theme song was written and performed by Sarah Morris! (Isn't it awesome?!)

Find her at www.sarahmorrismusic.com or on Instagram at @sarahmorrismusic

Jenny Warner is a beekeer, researcher and educator at University of Minnesota Bee Lab - and has the distinction of being the very first person to demonstrate a bee beard at the Minnesota State Fair! You can watch the bee beard demonstration during the only Wednesday of the fair at 1:00pm in the Agriculture Horticulture building!

The Info Booth Ladies are back - with more laughter and learning about the best state fair in the country!

If you'd like to support the show & help us make more episodes of the Info Booth Ladies podcast, please click here to visit our Patreon page! Thank you!

You can find us on Instagram at: @infoboothladies

And Facebook at: @infoboothladies

We'd love to hear from you! Send us an email at: infoboothladies@gmail.com

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We hope this podcast helps get you excited for the 12 best days of the year! Thanks for listening!

Info Booth Ladies is an unofficial podcast - all views expressed are our own, and we do not speak on behalf of the Minnesota State Fair.

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Our theme song was written and performed by Sarah Morris! (Isn't it awesome?!)

Find her at www.sarahmorrismusic.com or on Instagram at @sarahmorrismusic

The CHS Miracle of Birth Center is celebrating 25 years at the Minnesota State Fair, and veterinarian Dr. Mary Olson was instrumental in the creation of this ultra popular exhibit featuring birthing and newborn barn animals! Calves and piglets and lambs - oh my!

The Info Booth Ladies are back - with more laughter and learning about the best state fair in the country!

If you'd like to support the show & help us make more episodes of the Info Booth Ladies podcast, please click here to visit our Patreon page! Thank you!

You can find us on Instagram at: @infoboothladies

And Facebook at: @infoboothladies

We'd love to hear from you! Send us an email at: infoboothladies@gmail.com

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We hope this podcast helps get you excited for the 12 best days of the year! Thanks for listening!

Info Booth Ladies is an unofficial podcast - all views expressed are our own, and we do not speak on behalf of the Minnesota State Fair.

---------

Our theme song was written and performed by Sarah Morris! (Isn't it awesome?!)

Find her at www.sarahmorrismusic.com or on Instagram at @sarahmorrismusic