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Caledonia Farms

June 29, 2012 By admin

Blending produce, pasture and helping horses Barre, Massachussetts “We pride ourselves at living and doing things outside of the box,” explains David Petrovick of Caledonia Farm, outside Barre, Massachusetts. For David, this means blending historic farming traditions such as draft horses with hot agriculture marketing trends like the growth of grassfed meats, always keeping an […]

Filed Under: Antibiotic Free, Beef and Dairy, Branding: Certified Organic, Business - family, Business - small (<20 employees), Conservation, Conservation Aim, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Livestock, Local foods systems, Marketing - Ag specific, Massachussetts, Methods, Non-GMO, Organic farming, Sustainable Use, Vegetables

Moonstone Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Long Range Vision Audrey Arner and Richard Handeen of Moonstone Farm raise cattle on 240 acres on a bluff above the Minnesota River in Montevideo, Minnesota. Since 1992, their cattle have been selected from a hardy, crossbred lineage and raised on diverse pastures. The intention is to provide their customers with a direct source for […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Corn & Soybeans, Cover Crops, Direct Marketing, Direct to Customer, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Energy and Green Building, Erosion Control and Redirection, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Grass farming/free range, Guest House, Hay & Alfalfa, Hospitality, Internet/Website, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, On-Farm Visits, Organic farming, Practices, Renewable Energy, Riparian Buffer, Rotational Grazing, Solar, Tourism and Recreation, Water Quality

Clay County MATCH

June 29, 2012 By admin

Article in the Farmers’ Forum Friday, March 1, 2002 by Dave Olson Treasured Trash If one person’s trash is another’s treasure, then the Clay County landfill is Fort Knox. And if you’re looking for reusable resources, James Fick holds the key. Fick, Clay County’s resource recovery technician, can’t stand to see useful things go to […]

Filed Under: Anti-consumer Approaches, Conservation Aim, Consumption and Purchasing, Energy and Green Building, Green or Natural Building/architecture, Minnesota, Program - government, Recycled Materials, Reused Materials, Waste Reduction

Hiawatha Sustainable Woods Co-op

June 29, 2012 By admin

Environmentally Responsible Forestry The Hiawatha Sustainable Woods Cooperative (HSWC) is a timber management, processing, and marketing cooperative of local forest owners. Its purpose is to maximize the long-term aesthetic, ecological, economic, and recreational benefits from area forest resources. The Cooperative stresses environmentally responsible forestry which includes: * education; * professionally-trained foresters and loggers; * locally […]

Filed Under: Branding, Business - cooperative, Buy Local, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Consumption and Purchasing, Forest Preservation and Restoration, Forestry, Forestry Cooperatives, Green Products, Harvesting Nature, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Processing, Responsible Purchasing, Sourced from Cooperative Enterprises, Sustainable Management, Value added, Wildlife Management

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