Farmer Jason Amundsen -- the egg producer from Wrenshall, Minn., featured in last week's Taste -- is headed to the Twin Cities area on Friday, for a pair of meet-and-greets at two natural foods co-ops.

From noon to 2 p.m., Amundsen (that's him, pictured above, at his farm in mid-June, during one of the farm's twice-daily feedings) will be talking pasture-raised eggs from his Locally Laid Egg Co. at the City Center Market in Cambridge. From 2:45 to 5 p.m., shoppers can get a face-to-face with Amundsen at the Linden Hills Co-op in southwest Minneapolis. Both events are free and open to the public.

By the way, the farm's eggs debut today at the Wedge Co-op, Seward Co-op and Eastside Food Co-op in Minneapolis.