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Moonstone Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Long Range Vision Audrey Arner and Richard Handeen of Moonstone Farm raise cattle on 240 acres on a bluff above the Minnesota River in Montevideo, Minnesota. Since 1992, their cattle have been selected from a hardy, crossbred lineage and raised on diverse pastures. The intention is to provide their customers with a direct source for […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Corn & Soybeans, Cover Crops, Direct Marketing, Direct to Customer, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Energy and Green Building, Erosion Control and Redirection, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Grass farming/free range, Guest House, Hay & Alfalfa, Hospitality, Internet/Website, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, On-Farm Visits, Organic farming, Practices, Renewable Energy, Riparian Buffer, Rotational Grazing, Solar, Tourism and Recreation, Water Quality

Kas Brothers

June 29, 2012 By admin

Winds of Change From one perspective, Richard and Roger Kas of Woodstock, Minnesota are typical Midwestern farmers who grew up farming the family land with their father, William. But this family has something unmistakably unique taking place on their farm: they are farming the wind. With over 17 modern wind turbines on their land, they […]

Filed Under: Business - family, Business Development – Harvesting Nature specifi, Business Development and Marketing, Community Development and Design, Diversified, Energy and Green Building, Energy Resources - Wind Power, Financing, Harvesting Nature, Legislative Renewable Energy Mandate, Minnesota, Program - government, Public Policy, Renewable Energy, Starting a business, Wind

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

Haubenschild Family Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

A Long-Time Dream Fulfilled Dennis and Marsha Haubenschild run their family dairy farm in Princeton, Minnesota. For years they toyed with the idea of turning manure waste into a useful energy source but, until recently, they rejected the idea because they associated it with high risks and costs. However, when their sons, Tom and Bryan, […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Biomass/biofuels, Business - family, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Developing new products, Energy and Green Building, Energy Efficiency, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Livestock, Management Concerns, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-food ag-related, Processing, Renewable Energy, Soils & Compost, Value added, Waste Treatment, Water Quality

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