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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

Community Responds to Calls for Communication and Collaboration

June 29, 2012 By admin

Community Responds to Calls for Communication and Collaboration The picturesque small town of Orofino, Idaho, recognizes that a balance must be maintained between community development with its focus on quality of life issues for residents, and economic development with a focus on standard of living and opportunities for businesses. “We have more people stepping forward […]

Filed Under: Children, Families and Learning, Community Development and Design, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Idaho, Innovative Teaching, Northwest Area Foundation Horizons Project, Program - community, Promoting Community Interaction on Common Goals, Youth, Youth Businesses, Youth Leadership

Root River Market

June 29, 2012 By admin

Community Owned Doris Henderson, and dozens of other enthusiastic members of the southeastern Minnesota community of Houston, have created a community-owned grocery store and pharmacy. The 7,000 square foot grocery, called the Root River Market is dedicated to community development and the citizens of Houston. “Business is pretty good. People really like the quality of […]

Filed Under: Business - mid-sized (>21 employees), Business Development, Community Cooperative, Community Development and Design, Developing new products, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Program - community, Starting a business

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