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Mississippi Topsoils

June 29, 2012 By admin

High Tech Composting Last fall, Mathias Miller and Brad Matuska, founders of Mississippi Topsoils, opened a $500,000 high-tech compost facility next to the Gold’n Plump Poultry plant in Cold Spring. They meet the plant’s disposal need with an environmentally sound waste service while manufacturing premium horticultural products. Gold’n Plump Poultry is one of the largest […]

Filed Under: Business - small (<20 employees), Composting, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Developing new products, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-food ag-related, Practices, Soil Quality, Waste Reduction

Gieske’s Produce

June 29, 2012 By admin

Gieske’s Produce Dan and Gilda Gieske grow vegetables and raise chickens with their three children, Miriam, Benjamin and Rebecca, on an 85-acre farm just north of Sauk Centre, Minnesota. The Gieskes moved to their farm in 1991 with their children’s health and safety in mind. They wanted a place where their children could eat vegetables […]

Filed Under: Antibiotic Free, Business - cooperative, Business - family, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Buy Local, Composting, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Consumption and Purchasing, Direct: consumer buying clubs, Direct: farm stand, Direct: farmers markets, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Horticultural crops, Human Health, Human Health, Livestock, Low Input, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Pest Management, Poultry, Practices, Sheep and goats, Soil Quality, Soils & Compost, Vegetables

Angry Trout Café

June 29, 2012 By admin

Out of this World At first, one might think it is the succulent plates of fresh salmon and Lake Superior trout that draw people to the Angry Trout Café’s door in droves, but it’s not just a satisfied stomach that people leave with. It’s true, the food is out of this world, but customers also […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Business - family, Business - small (<20 employees), Business Development and Marketing, Business Planning, Buy Local, Composting, Conservation, Consumption and Purchasing, Culinary Arts, Energy and Green Building, Energy Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Fish, Fishing, Food and Beverage, Green Products, Harvesting Nature, Local foods systems, Marketing, Minnesota, MN Book, Northern Minnesota, Organic, Regional Arts, Responsible Purchasing, Restaurant or Cafe, Rural/urban connection, Sourced from Cooperative Enterprises, Tourism and Recreation, Waste Reduction

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