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Gullywash Gardens

June 29, 2012 By admin

Farm in the Valley Located two and a half miles from Belle Plaine, Minnesota, on a hill that slopes down to the Minnesota River Valley, Gullywash Gardens is named for the gully it borders. Barbara Pumper and Roy Peterson bought the seven acres of land making up Gullywash Gardens in 1999. They now grow a […]

Filed Under: Branding: Food Alliance Certified, Business - family, Buy Local, Consumption and Purchasing, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fruits, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Minnesota, Soils & Compost, Vegetables

Tillery Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Home Pickins McKee, Kentucky Growing tobacco was insurance for Beth and Doug Tillery on their 300 acre, 120-head dairy farm in eastern Kentucky. In years when milk prices sunk below the cost of production, the tobacco check would come in and balance the books. Fragile, but it worked for nearly two decades. Then one year […]

Filed Under: Antibiotic Free, Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Business Development - Ag specific, Business to Business: Other, Community Development and Design, Creating a More Localized Food System, Direct Marketing, Direct: farmers markets, Diversification for Farmers, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Kentucky, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Poultry, Vegetables

Riverbend Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Narrowing the Gap Greg Reynolds, partner and co-owner of Riverbend Farm in Delano, MN, has always wanted to have a farm “The idea really came together when I was in high school,” explains Greg. “It was a time of the back-to-the-land movement, the first oil price hikes, and people were thinking about alternative and sustainability.” […]

Filed Under: Business - small (<20 employees), Business Development - Ag specific, Business planning, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Developing new products, Direct: Congregational Supported Agriculture, Direct: farmers markets, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Horticultural crops, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Niche crops, Organic farming, Starting a business, Vegetables

Duhn Family Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Farming Holistically Marvin and Ruth Duhn raise both crops and sheep on their 117 acre farm near Alexandria, Minnesota. Driven by a longstanding interest in holistic health, their farming philosophy is intertwined with a commitment to the health of humans and the environment. Out of concern about the number of petroleum-based chemicals and plastic products […]

Filed Under: Business - family, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Grass farming/free range, Horticultural crops, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Organic farming, Sheep and goats, Small Grains, Vegetables

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