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The Diablo Trust

June 29, 2012 By admin

It Takes a Village Coconino County, Arizona · By Sue and Tony Norris The Prosser and the Metzger families have been neighbors for more than eighty years. Their combined ranches, the Bar T Bar and the Flying M, consist of 426,000 acres of federal, state, and private lands spread across a broad swath of northern […]

Filed Under: Arizona, Beef and Dairy, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Forest Preservation and Restoration, Livestock, Program - community, Program - government, SW book, Wildlife Management

No More Treating Soil Like Dirt

June 29, 2012 By admin

No More Treating Soil Like Dirt Beach, North Dakota Zook were watching their precious farmland dry up and blow away. Constant wind erosion and an annual rainfall of only fourteen inches was making farming an unending, uphill struggle against nature. Mike realized his farming methods were going to have to change. While the colors of […]

Filed Under: Business - self, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Erosion Control and Redirection, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, North Dakota

Richard Bresnahan: Artist and Environmentalist

June 29, 2012 By admin

Master Potter Richard Bresnahan, a world-acclaimed potter and environmentalist, incorporates sustainable materials in his art, many of which are found in the nature that surrounds him and his family on their 120-acre homestead in Avon, Minnesota. It is here that Richard and his wife, Collete, teach their two daughters and young son about the importance […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Business - family, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Developing new products, Gathering and Hunting, Harvesting Nature, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-food ag-related, Pottery, Processing, Regional Arts, Sustainable Use, Value added, Visual Arts, Wood, clay and ash

Haubenschild Family Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

A Long-Time Dream Fulfilled Dennis and Marsha Haubenschild run their family dairy farm in Princeton, Minnesota. For years they toyed with the idea of turning manure waste into a useful energy source but, until recently, they rejected the idea because they associated it with high risks and costs. However, when their sons, Tom and Bryan, […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Biomass/biofuels, Business - family, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Developing new products, Energy and Green Building, Energy Efficiency, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Livestock, Management Concerns, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-food ag-related, Processing, Renewable Energy, Soils & Compost, Value added, Waste Treatment, Water Quality

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