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A New Side of Flax

June 29, 2012 By admin

A New Side of Flax Goodrich, North Dakota Cosmetics. Shar Pei dogs. Goats, whose instinctive response to danger is to pretend to faint. Bison. A log cabin and bunkhouse for hunters and birders. No one can claim that John and Stephanie Stober are shy about trying new business ventures. Some have lasted: they still raise […]

Filed Under: Business - mid-sized (>21 employees), Business Development and Marketing, Community Development and Design, Community-Based Approach, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Internet/Website, Marketing, Marketing - Ag specific, North Dakota, North Dakota Book, Rural Business Development, Social Marketing: Linking Consumers to Producers

Viking Valley Hunt Club

June 29, 2012 By admin

From Harvesting to Hunting Les Bensch, a former computer company executive, and his wife, Bette, a technical writer, operate Viking Valley Hunt Club on 400 acres of pastureland in Ashby, located in central Minnesota. Les and Bette have turned a marginal farm into a hunting and shooting business they say earns five times the revenue […]

Filed Under: Business - family, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Fish, Fishing, Fishing, Gathering and Hunting, Harvesting Nature, Hunting, Hybrid Poplars, Minnesota, Native Prairie Grasses, Native Tree Species, Practices, Prairie Restoration, Tourism and Recreation, Wetland or Waterway Reconstruction, Wetland Restoration, Wildfoods, Wildlife Management

Circle G Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

A Place to Live and Work Paul and Ramona Garver’s farm lies on the South Dakota border, three miles from Hendricks, Minnesota. After years of leasing a ranch in Montana, the Garvers decided they wanted to own the land on which they live and work. In 1996, Paul and Ramona purchased the 80 acres of […]

Filed Under: Antibiotic Free, Beef and Dairy, Branding: Food Alliance Certified, Business - family, Buy Local, Consumption and Purchasing, Direct Marketing, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Diversified, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Grass farming/free range, Hogs, Horticultural crops, Livestock, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Poultry, Sheep and goats, Small Grains, Soils & Compost, Vegetables

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

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