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The Masayesva Family

June 29, 2012 By admin

Water as Life Black Mesa, Arizona · By Gary Paul Nabhan Patuwaqatsi. When Hopi elders say “water is life” it is not a cliché but a fact of life. Anyone who doubts that the Hopi truly honor water as something that tangibly sustains their lives should visit a farm tucked back in the headwaters of […]

Filed Under: Arizona, Business - family, Corn & Soybeans, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Fruits, Horticultural crops, SW book, Vegetables

Uniontown Youth in Agriculture

June 29, 2012 By admin

Jacob Waddy, now in his retirement years, could probably get by on just four acres of mixed vegetables. He grows watermelon, cantaloupe, okra, green beans, snap peas, squash, cucumber, peppers and tomatoes to sell at the farmers market in his rural Uniontown, Alabama, and in the neighboring towns of Alberta, Marion and Thomaston. But this […]

Filed Under: Alabama, Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Diversified, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fruits, Horticultural crops, Livestock, Methods, Sheep and goats, Vegetables

Aspelund Family Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Adding Value to the Farm In 1997, Nancy Aspelund of Aspelund Family Farm won a Sustainable Agriculture and Research Education (SARE) grant that she and her husband, Dean, called “Diversifying a Small Crop Farm with Hogs and Poultry on Pasture, Apple Trees and Plums.” Before the grant, the Aspelund’s dreamed about how to make their […]

Filed Under: Animal Welfare, Antibiotic Free, Business - family, Children, Families and Learning, Conservation, Direct Marketing, Direct to Customer, Farmer to Farmer/Business to Business, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Field Days, Fruits, Grass farming/free range, Hay & Alfalfa, Healing landscape, Hogs, Horticultural crops, Human Health, Kellogg (non-food & ag), Livestock, Local foods systems, Low Input, Methods, Minnesota, Organic farming, Poultry, Practices

Le Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Artisanal Complements: Mushrooms & Herbs Germantown, New York Small, slow and successful. Raising organic shiitake mushrooms and culinary herbs, sole proprietor Susan Lyne illustrates through her efforts on Le Farm how small acreage farms can be viable by focusing on complimentary, artisanal, niche market specialty crops. While the low impact on the environment of shiitake […]

Filed Under: Business - self, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Methods, Mushrooms, New York, Organic farming

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