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Ken’s Lean Beef

June 29, 2012 By admin

Whole Farm Planning Ken Peterson owns and operates a beef cow-calf operation in Tamarack, Minnesota, and directly markets his grass-fed, lean, chemical and hormone-free beef. The goal of this farm can be best summarized in the phrase “Whole Farm Planning (WFP) which, Ken says, “is a process of decision making that includes every aspect of […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - cooperative, Business - family, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Direct to Customer, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Erosion Control and Redirection, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Livestock, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Non-GMO, On-Farm Visits, Rotational Grazing, Soils & Compost, Tourism and Recreation

Food Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Beautiful Living Just southwest of Duluth, the Fisher-Merritt farm, Food Farm, is a carefully plotted set of fields set around a collection of small greenhouses, chicken coops, and a climate-controlled vegetable storage building. John Fisher-Merritt and sons Janaki and Benjamin, work the farm along with long-time employee Dave Hanlon. Jane Fisher-Merritt has an art studio […]

Filed Under: Birds, Business - family, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Livestock, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Organic farming, Pest Management, Poultry, Soils & Compost

Benrud Family Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Alternative Farming Roger and Michelle Benrud operate a 267-acre dairy and beef farm in Goodhue, Minnesota on land that has been owned by Roger’s father since the 1940’s. When Roger and Michelle started managing the land in 1992, the farm was mostly used for crop production; about five years ago, they made the switch to […]

Filed Under: Antibiotic Free, Beef and Dairy, Birds, Business - family, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Buy Local, Children, Families and Learning, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Consumption and Purchasing, Direct: farmers markets, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Erosion Control and Redirection, Farmer to Farmer/Business to Business, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Days, Grass farming/free range, Healthful Products, Human Health, Livestock, Mail/Telephone Order, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Non-GMO, On-Farm Visits, Rotational Grazing, Sourced from Cooperative Enterprises, Sustainable Use, Tourism and Recreation

Ruckman Mill Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Rugs and Roots on the Farm Augusta, West Virginia The Ruckman Mill Farm business recipe mixes traditional roots with contemporary times. Blending the historic American craft of rug hooking with wild plant harvesting and flower and herb gardens, this 29 acre farm in Augusta, West Virginia, provides a palette for the husband-wife team of Susan […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Business - family, Business to Business: Other, Direct Marketing, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Harvesting Nature, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Internet/Website, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Prairie Grasses & Wildflowers, Sunflowers, Textile Arts, West Virginia

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