**Exhibit 31**

 

**NORTHERNGROWERS, LLC**

**CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE****OFFICER AND PRINCIPAL FINANCIALOFFICER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)**

 

I,Robert Narem, certify that:

 

**1.**     I havereviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of Northern Growers, LLC;

 

**2.**     Based onmy knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a materialfact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, inlight of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

**3.**     Based onmy knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial informationincluded in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, andfor, the periods presented in this report;

 

**4.****    **The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible forestablishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

 

**a)****    **Designed such disclosure controls andprocedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designedunder our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to theregistrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us byothers within those entities, particularly during the period in which thisreport is being prepared;

 

**b)****    **Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls andprocedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectivenessof the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period coveredby this report based on such evaluation; and

 

**c)**     Disclosedin this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financialreporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter thathas materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

**5.****    **The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed,based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financialreporting, to the registrant’s auditors and audit committee of the registrant’sboard of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions).

 

**a)****    **All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design oroperation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonablylikely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process,summarize and report financial information; and

 

**b)****    **Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or otheremployees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control overfinancial reporting.

 
| **March 30, 2004** |                                                                                                               |
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|                    | By                                                                                                                 | /s/  Robert Narem |   |
|                    | Robert Narem                                                                                                       |
|                    | Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (Principal  Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer) |
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