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Northern Vineyards Winery

June 29, 2012 By admin

Minnesota: Land of 10,000 Grapes To most people’s surprise and amazement, Minnesota supports a number of small vineyards and wineries. In order to get the word out and create a more stable and consistent market for Minnesota wines, a group of grape growers came together to start the Minnesota Winegrowers Cooperative about 18 years ago. […]

Filed Under: Business - cooperative, Business Development - Ag specific, Diversification for Farmers, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fruits, Horticultural crops, Management Concerns, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Pesticide Drift, Processing, Starting a business, Value added

Perish Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Making the Transition Lifelong farmers Roy and Theresa Perish and their five children raise livestock on their 280-acre dairy farm in Long Prairie, Minnesota. However, it was not until a dry summer left their grass too short to make hay in 1988 that they transitioned to rotationally grazing their cattle. That summer, Roy decided to […]

Filed Under: Animal Welfare, Antibiotic Free, Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Business planning, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Developing new products, Diversified, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Food related, Hogs, Livestock, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Poultry, Rotational Grazing

Three Maples Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Finely Tuned to the Market Hebron, Maryland Erroll Mattox grew up in Maryland feeding chickens and working mules on his grandfather’s subsistence farm. He reviled it — got out of dodge as soon as he could. But after 15 years in the city, an epiphany on the virtue of organic farming called Erroll back to […]

Filed Under: Branding: Heirloom, Business - family, Business Development - Ag specific, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Direct to Customer, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Horticultural crops, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Marketing Research, Maryland, Methods, Organic farming, Sheep and goats, Small Grains, Starting a business, Vegetables

Country Heritage Adventures

June 29, 2012 By admin

Family Fun on the Farm Tourism combined with a farm/agricultural experience – or agri-tourism as it has become known – has been growing in popularity throughout the United States and, more specifically, in Minnesota with its rich and highly-textured rural heritage. Farm tours, bed and breakfasts, farmers markets, and other tourism enterprises can help to […]

Filed Under: Arts and Culture, Bed & Breakfast, Beef and Dairy, Buy Local, Consumption and Purchasing, Cultural Preservation, Diversification for Farmers, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Emus, Farm Stays, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Herbs & flowers, Heritage Tourism, Horticultural crops, Hospitality, Livestock, Llamas, Minnesota, On-Farm Visits, Program - non-profit, Program - university, Sheep and goats, Tourism and Recreation

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