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Laughing Onion Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Maria Inés Catalلn Hollister, California “If you’re a farmworker until you’re sixty years old, either your back breaks, or your spirit does.” That’s what Patrick Troy sees around him in California’s Salinas Valley. People call the region “The Salad Bowl of the World,” but few mention that the area’s agricultural productivity relies on legions of […]

Filed Under: Branding: Certified Organic, Business - family, California, Direct to Customer, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Direct: farm stand, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fruits, Horticultural crops, Marketing - Ag specific, Vegetables

Hickoryworks

June 29, 2012 By admin

Syrup seeped in distinction Trafalgar, Indiana At first glance, the story of Hickoryworks shagbark syrup in Trafalgar, Indiana, sounds like a business fairy tale: A chance meeting with a mysterious stranger leads to acquisition of a secret recipe that results in a national gourmet goldmine. But chat with owner Gordon Jones and his real recipe […]

Filed Under: Branding, Business - family, Business to Business, Developing new products, Direct to customer/user, Direct to customer/user, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farmers Markets, Food related, Forest Saplings, Gathering and Hunting, Harvesting Nature, Indiana, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Processing, Value added

Jones Family Farms

June 29, 2012 By admin

Harnessing Customers to Bring in the Harvest Shelton, Connecticut Hailed as one of the outstanding reasons to visit New England by Yankee Magazine, you don’t need to be a farmer to appreciate what the Jones Family Farms — owned by Terry and Jean Jones along with their son, Jamie and his wife Christiana — has […]

Filed Under: Arts and Culture, Brewery or Vineyard, Business - family, Christmas Trees, Connecticut, Crop Rotation & Intercropping, Direct Marketing, Direct to Customer, Direct: farm stand, Direct: u-pick, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Educational Opportunities, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Festivals, Festivals, Field Crops, Food and Beverage, Fruits, Horticultural crops, Internet/Website, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Native Tree Species, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), On-Farm Visits, Processing, Seasonal producers, Tourism and Recreation, Value added, Vegetables

Tyler Farm: Flocks, Fiber and Family

June 29, 2012 By admin

“From the goats to the gardens, we consider all aspects of Tyler Farm as part of our own family,” explains Deborah Claffie when describing her family’s forty acre homestead in Limington, Maine, about 35 miles west of Portland. “Farming means more to us than the income it provides; it’s a lifestyle.” Such an inclusive, participatory […]

Filed Under: Animal Welfare, Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Business - family, Business Development - Ag specific, Diversification for Farmers, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Horticultural crops, Livestock, Maine, Management Concerns, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Organic farming, Poultry, Product Innovations, Sheep and goats, Textile Arts, Value added, Vegetables

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