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Crones’ Cradle Conserve

June 29, 2012 By admin

Combining farming, community and conservation Citra, Florida “I think right now we’re juggling about eight different businesses here at Crones’ Cradle Conserve,” Jeri Baldwin says with a smile. From workshops to market gardening, from retreat facilities to value-added products, Jeri’s vision as owner and manager of the Conserve is to be an on-going “demonstration project,” […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Biodiversity, Business - family, Children, Families and Learning, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Direct: farm stand, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Education, Enviromental Learning, Environmental Education Programs, Farmers Markets, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Florida, Folk Arts, Fruits, Gathering and Hunting, Guest House, Habitat Restoration, Harvesting Nature, Horticultural crops, Hospitality, Internet/Website, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), On-Farm Visits, On-farm Workshops, Practices, Processing, Retreat Center, Schooling, Sustainable Living, Textile Arts, Tourism and Recreation, Value added, Vegetables, Wetland or Waterway Reconstruction, Wetland Restoration, Wild fruit, Wildfoods

Mississippi Topsoils

June 29, 2012 By admin

High Tech Composting Last fall, Mathias Miller and Brad Matuska, founders of Mississippi Topsoils, opened a $500,000 high-tech compost facility next to the Gold’n Plump Poultry plant in Cold Spring. They meet the plant’s disposal need with an environmentally sound waste service while manufacturing premium horticultural products. Gold’n Plump Poultry is one of the largest […]

Filed Under: Business - small (<20 employees), Composting, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Developing new products, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-food ag-related, Practices, Soil Quality, Waste Reduction

Conservation Technologies

June 29, 2012 By admin

A Breath of Fresh Air Mike LeBeau was a private contractor in Duluth and Lake Superior’s North Shore area, specializing in energy efficient building, who was running into a big problem: he could not find the products he needed for his projects in the North Shore area. Mike figured that if he was having trouble […]

Filed Under: Business - small (<20 employees), Conservation, Conservation Aim, Consumption and Purchasing, Energy and Green Building, Green or Natural Building/architecture, Green Products, Minnesota, Northern Minnesota, Recycled Materials, Renewable Energy, Reused Materials, Sustainable Use, Waste Reduction

Lutsen SNA

June 29, 2012 By admin

Exploring Mysteries For most of his adult life, Lloyd Scherer has spent winter days, backpack slung over his shoulder, traveling through the Lake Superior Highlands in Cook County. Now 82 years of age, it is still a rare day that does not find him exploring the mysteries of the northern old growth forest. “Even the […]

Filed Under: Business - self, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Forest Preservation and Restoration, Habitat Restoration, Land Trusts, Minnesota, Policy Tools, Preserving Greenspace, Program - government, Program - non-profit, Wildlife Management

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