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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

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

Axdahl’s Garden Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

A Roadside Tradition Brian and Leslie Axdahl are famous for their sweet corn. Starting every year in mid to late July, folks from miles around make a sort of pilgrimage to Axdahl’s roadside vegetable stand on the outskirts of Stillwater, Minnesota for some of the sweetest, most tender “bi-color” corn they’ve ever tasted. Still warm […]

Filed Under: Business - family, Business - small (<20 employees), Business to Business: Supermarkets, Children, Families and Learning, Conservation, Corn & Soybeans, Direct: farm stand, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fence Row Buffer Strips, Field Crops, Horticultural crops, Local foods systems, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Minnesota, Pest Management, Pesticide Reduction, Practices, Vegetables, Wildlife, Youth, Youth Workers

Finke’s Berry Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Strawberry Fields Forever What is better than a ripe strawberry picked fresh in the field, or a handful of blueberries straight from the bush? ‘Nothing’ is the answer that Doug Finke and Diane Feld-Finke would give. The couple’s berry farm has come a long way since it began in 1986. Finke’s Berry Farm is a […]

Filed Under: Business - family, Business - small (<20 employees), Buy Local, Collaboration, Conservation, Consumption and Purchasing, Crop Rotation & Intercropping, Direct: u-pick, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fruits, Horticultural crops, Low Input, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, On-Farm Visits, Pest Management, Practices, Soils & Compost, Tourism and Recreation

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