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Zuni Furniture Enterprises

June 29, 2012 By admin

Where Tradition Meets Quality Zuni, New Mexico · By David Seibert Zuni Furniture Enterprises has a slightly different take on the bottom line than a typical business. For this company, while economic concerns are important, cultural principles also guide the work. Zuni Furniture Enterprises, located at Zuni Pueblo in northwest New Mexico, has been a […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Business - small (<20 employees), Conservation, Conservation Aim, Energy and Green Building, Energy Efficiency, Forest Preservation and Restoration, New Mexico, SW book

Cedar Creek Natural History Area

June 29, 2012 By admin

Article from the Star Tribune – Published July 27, 2002 by Tom Meersman A Natural Choice Chris Clark, a University of Minnesota researcher working with a dozen undergraduates in the fields recently, was swatting deerflies as he clipped and removed long, narrow strips of foliage from small plots in a grasslands experiment. The students, some […]

Filed Under: Biodiversity, Children, Families and Learning, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Education, Environmental Education Programs, Forest Preservation and Restoration, Habitat Restoration, Minnesota, Prairie Restoration, Program - university, Soil Quality, Wildlife Management

Ken’s Lean Beef

June 29, 2012 By admin

Whole Farm Planning Ken Peterson owns and operates a beef cow-calf operation in Tamarack, Minnesota, and directly markets his grass-fed, lean, chemical and hormone-free beef. The goal of this farm can be best summarized in the phrase “Whole Farm Planning (WFP) which, Ken says, “is a process of decision making that includes every aspect of […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - cooperative, Business - family, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Direct to Customer, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Erosion Control and Redirection, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Livestock, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Non-GMO, On-Farm Visits, Rotational Grazing, Soils & Compost, Tourism and Recreation

Pesta’s Vegetables

June 29, 2012 By admin

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 […]

Filed Under: Business - family, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Cover Crops, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Horticultural crops, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Organic farming, Pest Management, Practices, Soil Quality, Soils & Compost, Vegetables

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