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Gullywash Gardens

June 29, 2012 By admin

Farm in the Valley Located two and a half miles from Belle Plaine, Minnesota, on a hill that slopes down to the Minnesota River Valley, Gullywash Gardens is named for the gully it borders. Barbara Pumper and Roy Peterson bought the seven acres of land making up Gullywash Gardens in 1999. They now grow a […]

Filed Under: Branding: Food Alliance Certified, Business - family, Buy Local, Consumption and Purchasing, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fruits, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Minnesota, Soils & Compost, Vegetables

Benrud Family Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Alternative Farming Roger and Michelle Benrud operate a 267-acre dairy and beef farm in Goodhue, Minnesota on land that has been owned by Roger’s father since the 1940’s. When Roger and Michelle started managing the land in 1992, the farm was mostly used for crop production; about five years ago, they made the switch to […]

Filed Under: Antibiotic Free, Beef and Dairy, Birds, Business - family, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Buy Local, Children, Families and Learning, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Consumption and Purchasing, Direct: farmers markets, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Erosion Control and Redirection, Farmer to Farmer/Business to Business, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Days, Grass farming/free range, Healthful Products, Human Health, Livestock, Mail/Telephone Order, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Non-GMO, On-Farm Visits, Rotational Grazing, Sourced from Cooperative Enterprises, Sustainable Use, Tourism and Recreation

Forest Concepts, LLC

June 29, 2012 By admin

Washington · Jim Dooley acknowledges that his product line, despite its careful engineering and serious purpose, has a rather playful association for most newcomers. “Everybody that comes in here calls it Tinker Toys for adults,” he laughs. But Forest Concepts’ toys are larger scale than Tinker Toys, made from the long skinny trees that now […]

Filed Under: Business - small (<20 employees), Conservation, Conservation Aim, Consumption and Purchasing, Environment, econ, culture, Forest Preservation and Restoration, Forestry, Green Products, Habitat Restoration, Harvesting Nature, Preserving landscapes, Sustainable Management, Sustainable Use, WA book, Washington, Wetland or Waterway Reconstruction

Showcase West virginia

June 29, 2012 By admin

Betty Rivard has been a photographer all her life, but she really began to get serious about her art after she retired from her job as a state social worker in West Virginia. “My goal is to show the beauty and individuality of the everyday scene in West Virginia,” Betty says of her work. As […]

Filed Under: Appalachia, Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Business - self, Business Development and Marketing, Buy Local, Community Development and Design, Consumption and Purchasing, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, West Virginia

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