Glendive Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture Glendive, Montana The small town of Glendive, Montana – divided by the Yellowstone River, the largest free-flowing river in North America – has attracted thousands of anglers from across the country for the challenge of catching the fifty to hundred-pound paddlefish that the ply the waters. The thriving populations […]
Turkey Ridge Organic Apple Orchard
Gays Mills, Wisconsin From the livestock rotationally grazing between the apple trees to the canned apple pie filling on the shelves of the on-farm store, diversification refrains throughout Turkey Ridge Organic Apple Orchard’s business philosophy. Based in the rugged countryside outside Gays Mills, Wisconsin, and built on a core commitment to organic apple growing, Turkey […]
Tuscaloosa CSA
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 […]
Whole Farm Cooperative
Birth of a Cooperative Nation Whole Farm Cooperative (WFC) arose in response to the large corporate-run conglomerates that threaten the small farm way of life. Comprised of about fifty family farms throughout Central Minnesota, the Co-op draws from a strong history of livestock, dairy, and vegetable farmers marketing goods cooperatively. Begun in a basement, which […]