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Circle G Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

A Place to Live and Work Paul and Ramona Garver’s farm lies on the South Dakota border, three miles from Hendricks, Minnesota. After years of leasing a ranch in Montana, the Garvers decided they wanted to own the land on which they live and work. In 1996, Paul and Ramona purchased the 80 acres of […]

Filed Under: Antibiotic Free, Beef and Dairy, Branding: Food Alliance Certified, Business - family, Buy Local, Consumption and Purchasing, Direct Marketing, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Diversified, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Grass farming/free range, Hogs, Horticultural crops, Livestock, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Poultry, Sheep and goats, Small Grains, Soils & Compost, Vegetables

Chiselled Edge

June 29, 2012 By admin

The Art of Chiseled-Sculpted Furniture Mike Schluender taught himself the fine art of producing chiseled-sculpted, 19th-century style hardwood furniture and then found the career of his dreams when he opened Chiseled Edge, a quality custom furniture shop, in Browerville, Minnesota, in 1991. Mike began building furniture as a child. He made little chairs out of […]

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Chickens in the City

June 29, 2012 By admin

Doing the Funky Chicken In the backyard of her South Minneapolis home, Louise Hotka, is retaining a small bit of her farming past. Through her urban farming experience, she is also providing for her household and changing the way people think about the possibilities of their own city backyards. Louise raises chickens and finds that […]

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Centro Campesino

June 29, 2012 By admin

Phrases of Hope Centro Campesino, located in downtown Owatonna, Minnesota, is a non-profit, membership organization formed by migrant farmworkers in response to problems they face in their working and living conditions. A conversation with Centro Campesino organizers is sprinkled with poetic phrases, phrases of hope — Hasta la Victoria — until the victory. Through: * […]

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