“Just Participate!” Coconino County, Arizona · By Rose Houk If you ask Billy Cordasco what sustainability is, he takes his time answering. “It’s a hard concept,” he says, “because the environment is always changing.” The best explanation he’s ever heard is “living off interest, not principle.” Billy is president of the board of Babbitt Ranches, […]
Pesta’s Vegetables
Food Quality and Health Jack Pesta’s interest in organic gardening began 25 years ago but a brush with cancer 14 years later made Jack realize the vital connection between food quality and overall health. Limited by the number of organic options available in the grocery store, Jack and his wife, Lucille, started to grow as […]
Earth-Be-Glad Farm
Farming Traditions In the bluff country of southeastern Minnesota, a family is carrying on a farming tradition. The Rupprecht’s, Mike, Jennifer and Johanna, own and operate Earth-Be-Glad farm. Their farm site is located at the head of “Rupprecht’s Valley” which was settled by Mike’s great-great grandfather in 1854. Because of erosion and the extensive flooding […]
Scherping Family Dairy Farm
Blending Work and Life Rick and June Scherping are dairy farmers in Stearns County who see their way of life and business as inseparable. They have merged quality of life for their family, profitability of their farm and stewardship of the land into a complete whole. “We farm this way because of the quality of […]
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