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TendHer Fields Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Lifestyle Choices One of the newest Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) ventures in the Twin Cities is the result of a partnership between values and lifestyle choices. Andrea Richardson and Nikki Nau met two years ago through mutual friends. The two women immediately began discussing their interest in sustainable vegetable farming and soon their ideas had […]

Filed Under: Business - small (<20 employees), Community Development and Design, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Horticultural crops, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Organic farming, Vegetables, Wisconsin, Women-owned Enterprises

Elmwood Stock Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

If Elmwood Stock Farm were a song, and each family member improvised on a different instrument, then the weekends would sound like the chorus. Cecil Bell raises beef and tobacco, his son John raises vegetables, his son-in-law Mac Stone works off the farm and raises organic livestock with Cecil’s daughter Ann, who additionally markets the […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Branding: Certified Organic, Business - family, Business Development - Ag specific, Business planning, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Business to Business: Supermarkets, Cooperation with other organizations, Corn & Soybeans, Developing new products, Direct Marketing, Direct to Customer, Direct: consumer buying clubs, Direct: farmers markets, Diversification for Farmers, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Food related, Fruits, Grass farming/free range, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Kentucky, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-food ag-related, Non-GMO, Organic farming, Poultry, Processing, Sheep and goats, Starting a business, Value added, 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

Rosie’s Organic Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Gainsville, Florida Rose Koenig grew up in the Garden State back when an expansive patchwork of market gardens made New Jersey’s moniker ring true. Her dad and grandfather before him raised vegetables and layer hens, and trucked the goods into farmers’ markets, small grocery stores and restaurants in town and New York City. Now the […]

Filed Under: Business - family, Business to Business: Other, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Community Supported Agriculture, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Florida, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Value added, Vegetables

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