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Ridenour Ranch: Two Businesses in One

June 29, 2012 By admin

Located in the heart of Wyoming farm and ranch county, the 1,280 acre Ridenour Ranch, owned by Cindy and Mike Ridenour, offers grass-fed beef, non-certified organic vegetables and “Love-Me-Tender” pork. To set their high-quality products apart, they sell their food products under the banner, Meadow Maid Foods, to reflect the care they take in growing […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Business Development and Marketing, Business Planning, Business to Business: Supermarkets, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Financing, Fruits, Grass farming/free range, Greenhouse Production, Herbs & flowers, Hogs, Horticultural crops, Human Health, Internet/Website, Livestock, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Organic farming, Processing, Product Innovations, Value added, Vegetables, Wyoming

The Masayesva Family

June 29, 2012 By admin

Water as Life Black Mesa, Arizona · By Gary Paul Nabhan Patuwaqatsi. When Hopi elders say “water is life” it is not a cliché but a fact of life. Anyone who doubts that the Hopi truly honor water as something that tangibly sustains their lives should visit a farm tucked back in the headwaters of […]

Filed Under: Arizona, Business - family, Corn & Soybeans, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Fruits, Horticultural crops, SW book, Vegetables

Shary’s Berries

June 29, 2012 By admin

It Takes a Strong Woman Although Shary’s Berries is small by conventional standards, there is more than enough work for Shary Zoff and her 10 year-old son, Sam. Located northeast of Duluth, in northern Minnesota on Homestead Road off of Highway 61, Shary’s Berries covers 40 acres. Roughly 10 of these acres are cleared with […]

Filed Under: Business - family, Business Development - Ag specific, Business to Business: Natural Food Stores, Business to Business: Other, Community Development and Design, Community Interdependence, Direct: farmers markets, Direct: u-pick, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fruits, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Northern Minnesota, Organic farming, Vegetables, Women-owned Enterprises

Paradise Prairie Products

June 29, 2012 By admin

Representing Plainview A thriving economy begins first with entrepreneurs. They, as it is said, are the yeast of the economy that spur business growth and economic development. Rural communities in southeast Minnesota – to maintain and nurture their vitality and sustain their local economies – must support entrepreneurs who build local businesses. They are essential […]

Filed Under: Arts and Culture, Branding, Business - family, Business to Business, Community Development and Design, Community-Based Approach, Cultural Preservation, Developing new products, Food related, Historic Preservation, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Processing, Program - research, Program - university, Promoting History & Culture, Rural Business Development, Sustainable Regional Economy, Value added

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