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Red Fire Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Tomatoes as Trump Cards Granby, Massachussetts While growing over forty vegetable crops each season, it’s their nearly year-round abundance of award-winning tomatoes that have made Red Fire Farm, of Granby, Massachusetts, the talk of the valley. Growing crops on about 45 acres, owner Ryan Voiland loves his work because of the diversity of the skills […]

Filed Under: Branding: Certified Organic, Business - family, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Direct: farm stand, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fruits, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Mail/Telephone Order, Marketing - Ag specific, Massachussetts, Methods, Organic farming

Agua Linda

June 29, 2012 By admin

A Seasonal Menu of Farm Experiences Amado, AZ Harvest spring lettuce, wander a corn maze, pick pumpkins, flock with the sheep in the petting zoo. Whatever the season, Agua Linda Farm in Amado, Arizona, offers a buffet of reasons to keep coming back to the farm throughout the year. And that’s just how owner Stewart […]

Filed Under: Arizona, Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Business - small (<20 employees), Children, Families and Learning, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Corn Mazes, Direct: farm stand, Direct: u-pick, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Environmental Learning, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Festivals, Food and Beverage, Fruits, Grass farming/free range, Heritage Tourism, Horticultural crops, Hospitality, Internet/Website, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), On-Farm Visits, Processing, Restaurant or Cafe, Tourism and Recreation, Value added, Vegetables, Water Quality

Alderspring Ranch

June 29, 2012 By admin

Artisanal beef the grass fed way Salmon, Idaho Grass fed beef may appear hip today, given all the current publicawareness and media attention on the livestock industry, heightened by Mad Cow disease scares.But garner an understanding of Glenn nand Caryl Elzinga’s lifestyle and approach to ranching at Alderspring Ranch and one realizes this isn’t a […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Biodiversity, Business - family, Children, Families and Learning, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Direct to Customer, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Homeschooling, Idaho, Internet/Website, Livestock, Local foods systems, Management Concerns, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-GMO, Pest Management, Processing, Rotational Grazing, Schooling, Value added, Water Quality, 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

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