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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

Forest Mushrooms, Inc.

June 29, 2012 By admin

Building a Business Kevin Doyle has always been interested in botany and the natural world. He worked on a potato farm as a kid, studied biology and botany at St. John’s University, and studied the cultivation of peat bogs for fuel in Ireland. Then one day, while he was working on another bio-fuel project at […]

Filed Under: Biomass/biofuels, Business - family, Business - small (<20 employees), Business to Business: Other, Buy Local, Consumption and Purchasing, Direct: farmers markets, Energy and Green Building, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Horticultural crops, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Minnesota, Mushrooms, Renewable Energy, Soils & Compost

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

Earthen Path Organic Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

A Seasonal Dance On 14 acres in the hill and coulee country above the Mississippi River in southeastern Minnesota, a seasonal dance with the forces of nature takes place. Earthen Path Organic Farm weathers the storms, continues to flourish, and produces organic fruits and vegetables that connect the cycles of planting and harvesting with local […]

Filed Under: Arts and Culture, Business - cooperative, Business - family, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Buy Local, Consumption and Purchasing, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Direct: farmers markets, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Energy and Green Building, Energy Conservation, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fruits, Horticultural crops, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Music, On-farm Workshops, Performing Arts, Permaculture, Poultry, Renewable Energy, Sheep and goats, Solar, Sourced from Cooperative Enterprises, Theater, Tourism and Recreation, Vegetables, Wind

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