Renewing the Countryside

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Embracing Opportunity

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Embracing Opportunity Topping the hill on the road leading into the coastal town of La Push — home of the Quileute people — you will be struck by the breathtaking vista stretching out before your eyes: cobalt blue water, white surf and emerald green forest. Surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and Olympic National Park, and […]

Nesenkeag Cooperative Farm

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Fresh, Local and Organic Food For All Litchfield, New Hampshire On one 65 acre farm in Litchfield, New Hampshire, some of the richest and most fertile land in the United States supports the growth of diversified niche food crops — seventy in all, but especially the eagerly awaited pea tendrils and salad greens — that […]

Greentree Naturals

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“My grandmother told me to never put all your eggs in one basket. This holds true for all aspects of marketing. For the small acreage farmer to succeed, we need to be diversified,” shares Diane Green, owner of Greentree Naturals, a small certified organic farm in rural northern Idaho she operates with her husband, Thom […]

Alderspring Ranch

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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 […]