Renewing the Countryside

Story Clearinghouse

  • who we are
    • staff
    • board
    • latest news
  • resources
    • publications
    • technical assistance
    • books
    • story clearinghouse
  • projects
    • green routes
    • farm to school
    • grow a farmer
    • new organic stewards
    • farm transitions
  • events
    • MN State Fair
    • Feast! Festival and Tradeshow
    • event volunteer
  • support
    • donate
    • sign up

A Wild and Woolly Multifaceted Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

A Wild and Woolly Multifaceted Farm Wales, North Dakota Janet and Terry Jacobson are living, breathing proof that lives and livelihoods guided by the principles?of sustainability are viable in North Dakota. For almost 30 years, these farmers have been on a mission to move away from conventional agriculture, which relies heavily on pesticides and monocultures, […]

Filed Under: Animal Welfare, Beef and Dairy, Business - small (<20 employees), Conservation, Conservation Aim, Crop Rotation & Intercropping, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Grass farming/free range, Hay & Alfalfa, Livestock, Management Concerns, Methods, North Dakota, Organic farming, Sheep and goats, Small Grains, Sunflowers, Sustainable Use

Moonlight Meadow Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

New Horizons with Attractive Alpacas Chardon, Ohio “What business enables you to be around the cutest animals on earth all day and run a financially viable enterprise?” rhetorically asks Donna Christley, co-owner of Moonlight Meadow Farm in Chardon, Ohio. Her enthusiastic reply: alpacas. “Folks tend to get hooked on alpacas from the first time they […]

Filed Under: Alpacas, Business - small (<20 employees), Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Grass farming/free range, Hay & Alfalfa, Internet/Website, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Ohio, Processing, Value added

Keating Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Jim and Sue Keating are newcomers to the world of organic agriculture. Prior to moving to the town of Bennington in central Kansas, the couple raised a family in urban Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where Sue was a church secretary and Jim taught civil engineering at the university. When their kids moved out and the couple moved […]

Filed Under: Branding: Certified Organic, Business - family, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Community Cooperative, Community Development and Design, Corn & Soybeans, Creating a More Localized Food System, Direct Marketing, Direct: consumer buying clubs, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Hay & Alfalfa, Horticultural crops, Kansas, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Organic farming, Packaging, Processing, Product Innovations, Regionalized Cooperation, Small Grains, Soils & Compost, Value added, Vegetables

Bow View Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Family Farm Rooted in Diversity Crofton, Nebraska Nestled in the rolling countryside of northeast Nebraska, farmer Curt Arens along with his wife, Donna, continues earning his livelihood from the family land first purchased by his great grandfather in 1914, sprinkling sunflower seeds, Christmas trees and other diversification into the growing mix. Even though his young […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Corn & Soybeans, Direct: u-pick, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Hay & Alfalfa, Hogs, Internet/Website, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Native Tree Species, Nebraska, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Processing, Rotational Grazing, Sunflowers, Value added

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • Next Page »

Browse Stories by Category