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Paddling, Pedaling and Publishing Sustainable Entrepreneurship

June 29, 2012 By admin

Pebble Publishing, Katy Trail Bed & Bikefest and Mighty Mo Canoe Rentals Rocheport, Missouri Drawn by the meandering and mighty Missouri River, the 225-mile-long Katy Trail – the longest in the United States – and the quirky and scenic river town of Rocheport, Missouri, located just fifteen minutes outside Columbia, Brett Dufur and his wife […]

Filed Under: Bed & Breakfast, Business - family, Business Retention and Development, Canoeing & Boating, Community Development and Design, Energy and Green Building, Energy Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Hospitality, Missouri, Right Livelihood, Rural Business Development, Small Business, Sustainable Regional Economy, Tourism and Recreation

The Land Stewardship Project

June 29, 2012 By admin

Food Choices Many consumers are demanding sustainably-grown products produced in ways that are economically viable, ecologically sound, and socially responsible. In recent years, the fastest growing market segment in the grocery business has been organic and natural foods and foods produced in a healthful, friendly fashion. Traditional farmers and new specialty growers in southeast Minnesota […]

Filed Under: Branding, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Buy Local, Certification Standards, Community Development and Design, Consumption and Purchasing, Creating a More Localized Food System, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Marketing - Ag specific, Minnesota, Program - non-profit, Program - university, Regionalized Cooperation, Sourced from Cooperative Enterprises

Sibley County: Community-Driven

June 29, 2012 By admin

Sibley County has Something for Everyone The residents of Sibley County are on a roll. With the approval of their Blandin Community Investment Partnership (BCIP) grant proposal they are optimistically entering an implementation phase of the expressed goals for the community. Improved health care access to technology environmental protection These are three crucial goals that […]

Filed Under: Community Development and Design, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Healthcare, Internet and High-tech, Minnesota, Program - community, Water Quality, Wildlife Management

Entrepreneurial Spirit Drives Diverse Family Enterprises

June 29, 2012 By admin

Hell Creek Music & More, the Makoshika Dinosaur Museum and E-Tana Glendive, MT Most businesses can sum up their core focus in a sentence or two. For the creative Bury family in Glendive, Montana, you better pull up a chair and sit a spell. Originally from Seattle, Christie and Steve Bury, along with their teenage […]

Filed Under: Arts and Culture, Business - family, Business Development and Marketing, Business Retention and Development, Children, Families and Learning, Community Development and Design, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Marketing, Montana, Music, Natural and Cultural History, Performing Arts, Program - non-profit, Rural Business Development, Small Business, Social Marketing, Social Marketing: Linking Consumers to Producers, Starting a Business, Tourism and Recreation, Youth, Youth Businesses

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