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Pepin Heights Orchard

June 29, 2012 By admin

Evolution In 1978, Dennis Courtier bought Pepin Heights Orchard, a small apple farm on the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River in Lake City Minnesota. More than 20 years later, using farming practices that call for less pesticide use and an intimate understanding of nature’s balance, the operation now produces 20% of all the apples grown […]

Filed Under: Business - family, Conservation, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fruits, Horticultural crops, Management Concerns, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Pest Management, Pesticide Reduction, Practices, Processing, Value added

Forestedge Winery

June 29, 2012 By admin

Port in LaPorte In LaPorte, Minnesota Paul and Sharon Shuster are fermenting a batch of rhubarb wine. This is the home of Forestedge Winery, tucked between Minnesota Highway 64 and the Paul Bunyan State Forest, where Paul and Sharon along with partner, John Wildmo are growing, fermenting and bottling fruit wines as varied as: * […]

Filed Under: Arts and Culture, Brewery or Vineyard, Business - family, Business - small (<20 employees), Buy Local, Consumption and Purchasing, Culinary Travel, Direct to customer/user, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Food and Beverage, Fruits, Heritage Tourism, Horticultural crops, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), On-Farm Visits, Packaging, Processing, Regional Arts, Tourism and Recreation, Value added

Mo’ Better Food and The Mandela Farmers Market

June 29, 2012 By admin

West Oakland, California In 1999, a class-action suit by America’s black farmers won what some called the biggest civil rights award in United States history. The U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., ruled that the USDA had systematically discriminated against black farmers in awarding loans and other government assistance. The judge estimated that $2 billion […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, California, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Food and Beverage, Fruits, Horticultural crops, Local foods systems, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Nuts, Program - non-profit, Tourism and Recreation

Arellano’s Fruit Market & Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Immigrant Farmers From Arellano’s Fresh Fruit Market stand, the 50 acres of apples, peaches, blueberries and a diverse selection of other fruits and vegetables entices even the most casual drive-by passengers, many en route to vacation homes or recreational activities on Lake Michigan just two miles from the 60 acre farm. The fruit stand is […]

Filed Under: Arts and Culture, Business to Business: Supermarkets, Direct Marketing, Direct to Customer, Direct to customer/user, Direct: farm stand, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Festivals, Fruits, Horticultural crops, Local foods systems, Mail/Telephone Order, Methods, Michigan, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), On-Farm Visits, Tourism and Recreation, Vegetables, Word-of-Mouth

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