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Leunen Farms

June 29, 2012 By admin

Intensively Grazing Horses, Goats and Poultry Lancaster, Missouri Economically, ecologically and culturally integrated at the 23 acre Leunen Farms, farming comes naturally. Located about 20 miles from Kirksville, Missouri with a population of 18,000 residents, Leunen Farms’ owners, Debra and John Leunen, don’t need to leave their farm to sell their horses, Boer meat goats […]

Filed Under: Biodiversity, Branding: Certified Organic, Business - family, Direct Marketing, Direct to Customer, Direct: farm stand, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fruits, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Internet/Website, Livestock, Mail/Telephone Order, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Missouri, Pest Management, Poultry, Sheep and goats, Vegetables, Weed Control, Wildlife

Oberle Botanical

June 29, 2012 By admin

Botanical Paradise in Suburbia Fort Collins, CO Suburban sprawl may not jump to mind as a hotbed for new agriculture start-ups, but Oberle Botanical blooms strong and solid in the heart of Fort Collins, Colorado. Run by Matt and Sue Oberle, this diversified operation blends a variety of horticulture ventures with a commitment to keeping […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Business - family, Business Development, Business Development - Ag specific, Business Development and Marketing, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Colorado, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Farmers Markets, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Festivals, Greenhouse Production, Harvesting Nature, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Internet/Website, Marketing, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), On-farm Workshops, Packaging, Product Innovations, Tourism and Recreation, Value added

Angelic Organics

June 29, 2012 By admin

Over One Thousand Customer Accounts Caledonia, IL About 75 miles from the booming metropolis of Chicago, Angelic Organics grows a dizzying array of vegetables and herbs on about 25 acres of the entire 90-acre farm. Their fresh vegetables and herbs are sold directly to over 1,000 customers who buy Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) shares in […]

Filed Under: Arts and Culture, Branding: Certified Organic, Business - small (<20 employees), Business Development - Ag specific, Business planning, Conservation, Corn & Soybeans, Cover Crops, Crop Rotation & Intercropping, Direct to Customer, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Diversification for Farmers, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Festivals, Field Crops, Fruits, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Illinois, Local foods systems, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Non-GMO, Organic farming, Pesticide Reduction, Practices, Soils & Compost, Starting a business, Vegetables, Weed Control

The Mowry Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Staying Small to Keep Farming Lauden, Iowa “I’ve been farming for thirty-five years and I saw the writing on the wall when the hog market dropped in 1998 and prices for hogs fell to eight cents a pound,” explains Marlin Mowry , the fourth generation to farm his 350 acre family farm in Lowden, Iowa. […]

Filed Under: Animal Welfare, Antibiotic Free, Business - family, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Corn & Soybeans, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Grass farming/free range, Hogs, Iowa, Livestock, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods

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