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Empowering an Energy Revolution

June 29, 2012 By admin

A powerful new vision for a more sustainable world based upon energy effıciency, conservation, renewable energy and sustainable living is energizing the Midwest. The Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA) combines this vision of its forward-thinking founders with the swelling ranks of mostly rural landowners to create the world’s largest and longest-running Renewable Energy and Sustainable […]

Filed Under: Business Expo, Community Development and Design, Consumption and Purchasing, Energy and Green Building, Energy Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Green or Natural Building/architecture, Green Products, Program - non-profit, Renewable, Renewable Energy, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Book

Paddling, Pedaling and Publishing Sustainable Entrepreneurship

June 29, 2012 By admin

Pebble Publishing, Katy Trail Bed & Bikefest and Mighty Mo Canoe Rentals Rocheport, Missouri Drawn by the meandering and mighty Missouri River, the 225-mile-long Katy Trail – the longest in the United States – and the quirky and scenic river town of Rocheport, Missouri, located just fifteen minutes outside Columbia, Brett Dufur and his wife […]

Filed Under: Bed & Breakfast, Business - family, Business Retention and Development, Canoeing & Boating, Community Development and Design, Energy and Green Building, Energy Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Hospitality, Missouri, Right Livelihood, Rural Business Development, Small Business, Sustainable Regional Economy, Tourism and Recreation

Inn Serendipity Bed & Breakfast and Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Harvesting the Good Life Browntown, Wisconsin To co-owners, John Ivanko and Lisa Kivirist, their 5.5-acre hobby farm, ecotourism and agritourism enterprises, and a creative services marketing company all share something in common. The goal of their diversified operations is not about earning money, but rather, making a life. They believe their interconnected businesses have a […]

Filed Under: Bed & Breakfast, Business - family, Diversified, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Energy and Green Building, Energy Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fruits, Grass farming/free range, Green or Natural Building/architecture, Greenhouse Production, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Hospitality, Livestock, Local foods systems, Methods, Non-GMO, On-Farm Visits, Organic farming, Passive Solar Design, Poultry, Recycled Materials, Renewable Energy, Solar, Strawbale, Tourism and Recreation, Vegetables, Wind, Wisconsin

Three Sisters Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Bioshelter Farmers Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania Their 2,500 square foot bioshelter — a structure containing a mini-ecosystem that supports the growth of a plethora of ingredients that go into their popular salad blends — makes more money than a comparable field of hay or corn ever could. Located on the five acre Three Sisters Farm inSandy […]

Filed Under: Branding: Certified Organic, Business - family, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Community Supported Agriculture, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Education, Energy and Green Building, Energy Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Learning, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Green or Natural Building/architecture, Greenhouse Production, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Internet/Website, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), On-Farm Visits, Organic farming, Passive Solar Design, Pennsylvania, Permaculture, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainable Use, Tourism and Recreation, Value added, Vegetables

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