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Earthwise Foods

June 29, 2012 By admin

World Market for Organic Crops Robin Brekken of Crookston, Minnesota grows his farm by concepts rather than acres. Together with Lynn Brakke and other partners in Earthwise Foods and Earthwise Processors, Robin is placing his bet on the future of identity-preserved, non-GMO and organic crops. For now, a small retail package of roasted soy nuts […]

Filed Under: Branding, Business - mid-sized (>21 employees), Business to Business, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Methods, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-GMO, Organic farming, Packaging, Processing, Value added

Earthrise Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

A Healthy Beginning After 40 years at the Sisters of Notre Dame convent school, Annette and Kay Fernholz returned to their family home in Louisberg, Minnesota and with the help of the convent established Earthrise Farm in 1996. It was a risky, but hopeful start for the sisters and their first year they had only […]

Filed Under: Antibiotic Free, Arts and Culture, Business - family, Children, Families and Learning, Cultural Preservation, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Diversified, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Farm Stays, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Heritage Tourism, Horticultural crops, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Non-GMO, On-Farm Visits, On-farm Workshops, Organic farming, Spiritual Gatherings, Tourism and Recreation, Vegetables, Youth, Youth Workers

Earthen Path Organic Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

A Seasonal Dance On 14 acres in the hill and coulee country above the Mississippi River in southeastern Minnesota, a seasonal dance with the forces of nature takes place. Earthen Path Organic Farm weathers the storms, continues to flourish, and produces organic fruits and vegetables that connect the cycles of planting and harvesting with local […]

Filed Under: Arts and Culture, Business - cooperative, Business - family, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Buy Local, Consumption and Purchasing, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Direct: farmers markets, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Energy and Green Building, Energy Conservation, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fruits, Horticultural crops, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Music, On-farm Workshops, Performing Arts, Permaculture, Poultry, Renewable Energy, Sheep and goats, Solar, Sourced from Cooperative Enterprises, Theater, Tourism and Recreation, Vegetables, Wind

Earth-Be-Glad Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Farming Traditions In the bluff country of southeastern Minnesota, a family is carrying on a farming tradition. The Rupprecht’s, Mike, Jennifer and Johanna, own and operate Earth-Be-Glad farm. Their farm site is located at the head of “Rupprecht’s Valley” which was settled by Mike’s great-great grandfather in 1854. Because of erosion and the extensive flooding […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Buy Local, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Consumption and Purchasing, Direct to Customer, Direct: farmers markets, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Habitat Restoration, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Minnesota, Prairie Restoration, Rotational Grazing

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