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Rainy River First Nation

June 29, 2012 By admin

Good Stewardship It is part of the culture for the Rainy River First Nation, a band of Ojibwe, to be good stewards of the environment. The band has spearheaded a monitoring project of the Rainy River; a waterway that borders Minnesota and Ontario, Canada. Joining forces with the band are students, Koochiching County, the Minnesota […]

Filed Under: Children, Families and Learning, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Minnesota, Program - government, Public Schools, Schooling, Water Quality

Primus Fresh-Air-Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Improving the Environment Just north of Sauk Centre, Minnesota, a few miles off Highway 27, you will find the lush green landscape of Marty and Georgiann’s 198-acre Primus Fresh-Air-Farm. Here they live with their four children, Meagan, Joshua, Benjamin and Abbeylyn where they are dedicated to the idea of improving the environment by keeping the […]

Filed Under: Air Quality, Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Consumption and Purchasing, Direct: farm stand, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Hogs, Livestock, Low Input, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Pest Management, Poultry, Practices, Responsible Purchasing, Rotational Grazing, Soil Quality

Prairie Restoration, Inc.

June 29, 2012 By admin

Urban Artistry Ron Bowen, Prairie Restoration‘s founder, restores native prairie in unusual places. Bowen’s artistry is evident in plantings he created for State Farm’s headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota. In the traditional corporate arrangement, more conventional landscaping and turf grass would be what casual visitors would see. At State Farm, employees and visitors are greeted […]

Filed Under: Biodiversity, Business - small (<20 employees), Business Development – Harvesting Nature specifi, Business to Business, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Developing new products, Harvesting Nature, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Niche crops, Practices, Prairie Grasses & Wildflowers, Prairie Restoration, Restoration Planting, Starting a business, Wetland or Waterway Reconstruction, Wetland Restoration, Wetland species

Prairie Farmers Cooperative

June 29, 2012 By admin

A Hot Dog Competes and is a Wiener When investing in ethanol was first proposed to state officials and bankers, many balked and questioned whether farmer-owned plants could compete with huge agribusiness processors. Despite the skepticism Prairie Farmers Cooperative built their own processing facility. Still, they wondered how could a family farmer hot dog compete […]

Filed Under: Business - cooperative, Business Development - Ag specific, Business planning, Business to Business, Business to Business: Other, Cooperation with other organizations, Developing new products, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Food related, Hogs, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Marketing Research, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Processing, Starting a business, Value added

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