Nate Watters

Nate Watters is a farmer, cidermaker, and janitor at Keepsake Cidery in the Cannon Valley of Minnesota. While living in upstate New York as a boy, his first successful business involved selling apples from a neighbor’s tree. He made over three dollars in one day, not bad for a farmer! Maybe it was this wild success that planted the orchard seed in his heart. As he grew older, he dreamed of starting an orchard and a farm brewery. After enjoying ciders from around the world, he decided to combine dreams of farming and fermenting by starting farm cidery in Minnesota. He co-owns and runs the farm/cidery with his wife, Tracy Jonkman.