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Nesenkeag Cooperative Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Fresh, Local and Organic Food For All Litchfield, New Hampshire On one 65 acre farm in Litchfield, New Hampshire, some of the richest and most fertile land in the United States supports the growth of diversified niche food crops — seventy in all, but especially the eagerly awaited pea tendrils and salad greens — that […]

Filed Under: Arts and Culture, Business - cooperative, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Children, Families and Learning, Community Development and Design, Conservation, Developing new products, Direct Marketing, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Direct: hospitals, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Educational Opportunities, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Horticultural crops, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New Hampshire, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Niche crops, Policy Tools, Public Policy, Vegetables

Tuscaloosa CSA

June 29, 2012 By admin

Coker, Alabama In the Deep South, folks are pretty independent-minded, according to Jean Mills of Coker, a town on the western edge of Alabama just outside of Tuscaloosa. So when she and partner Carol Eichelberger enlisted neighbors and friends to come together and be part of their farm community, it was something of a revolutionary […]

Filed Under: Alabama, Business - cooperative, Business Development - Ag specific, Community Cooperative, Community Development and Design, Community-Based Approach, Conservation, Cooperation with other organizations, Cover Crops, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Horticultural crops, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Marketing Research, Methods, Organic farming, Pest Management, Practices, Promoting Community Interaction on Common Goals, Rural Business Development, Soils & Compost, Vegetables

Marin Sun Farms

June 29, 2012 By admin

Inverness, California The cows behind David Evans’ house are not alone. Following them through the grass are 150 chickens, who spend their days pecking through what the cattle leave behind. They live in mobile coops, which look like covered wagons and roll to a new spot in the pasture every few days. To their left […]

Filed Under: Antibiotic Free, Beef and Dairy, Business - small (<20 employees), Business Development - Ag specific, California, Direct Marketing, Direct to Customer, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Hogs, Livestock, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Non-GMO, On-Farm Visits, Poultry, Rotational Grazing, Starting a business, Tourism and Recreation, Wildlife

Bossie’s Best

June 29, 2012 By admin

Home, Kansas Organic farming is a way of life that dates back 150 years in Nancy Vogelsberg-Busch’s family. Her great-grandfather homesteaded on the north central farm where Nancy was born. When Nancy’s father inherited the farm from her grandfather in the 1950s, it was on the condition of a promise never to use chemicals on […]

Filed Under: Antibiotic Free, Beef and Dairy, Branding, Branding: Certified Organic, Business - family, Business to Business: Natural Food Stores, Business to Business: Supermarkets, Buy Local, Consumption and Purchasing, Corn & Soybeans, Developing new products, Direct Marketing, Direct to Customer, Direct: farm stand, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Food related, Grass farming/free range, Green Products, Hay & Alfalfa, Healthful Products, Kansas, Livestock, Local foods systems, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-GMO, Organic, Organic farming, Packaging, Processing, Rotational Grazing, Value added

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