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High Pointe Coverings

June 29, 2012 By admin

A 40-year Old Idea Entrepreneur Lloyd Peterson’s company, High Pointe Coverings crafts wool mattresses, an idea Lloyd has entertained for 40 years now. The idea began forming when Lloyd visited a neighbor’s auction where he met his fate. “She showed me this mattress made of wool, which was over 100 years old. ”I ended up […]

Filed Under: Business - small (<20 employees), Buy Local, Community Development and Design, Consumption and Purchasing, Developing new products, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-food ag-related, Small Business

La Mision de San Miguel

June 29, 2012 By admin

Blending Culture and Commerce Patagonia, Arizona Part musical venue, part museum, part restaurant and social gathering spot, La Mision de San Miguel adds a high octane dose of culture, conversation, and commerce to the small rural Arizona town of Patagonia. The iconographic manifestation of a vision of local entrepreneur Cecilia San Miguel, La Mision de […]

Filed Under: Arizona, Branding, Business - small (<20 employees), Business Development and Marketing, Developing new products, Food and Beverage, Food related, Kellogg (non-food & ag), New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Restaurant or Cafe, Starting a Business, Tourism and Recreation

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

Great River Gardens

June 29, 2012 By admin

Minimalist Approach Great River Gardens lies north of Aitkin along the Mississippi River as it winds its way from Lake Itasca through Minnesota. Plots of berries and vegetables are grown close to the farm’s homestead, along with aspen, hay and rye crops surrounding 17,000 square feet of greenhouses. The buildings are heated with hot water […]

Filed Under: Business - family, Business - small (<20 employees), Buy Local, Consumption and Purchasing, Direct: farmers markets, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Fruits, Hay & Alfalfa, Horticultural crops, Integrated Pest Management, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Vegetables

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