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Food Alliance Midwest

June 29, 2012 By admin

Working Together Food Alliance Midwest is a coalition of farmers, processors, distributors, grocers and consumers in the Midwest working together to promote sustainable farming. Funded by a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, with additional funding from The Bush Foundation, The McKnight Foundation , Otto Bremer Foundation, and The Carolyn Foundation, the program is a […]

Filed Under: Alley Cropping, Beef and Dairy, Branding, Buy Local, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Consumption and Purchasing, Contour, Erosion Control and Redirection, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fence Row Buffer Strips, Fruits, Green Products, Hogs, Horticultural crops, Human Health, Integrated Pest Management, Iowa, Livestock, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, North Dakota, Pest Management, Practices, Program - non-profit, Riparian Buffer, Silvopasture, Soil Quality, Soils & Compost, Sustainable Use, Vegetables, Water Quality, Water Quality, Wetland or Waterway Reconstruction, Windbreaks

Benrud Family Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Alternative Farming Roger and Michelle Benrud operate a 267-acre dairy and beef farm in Goodhue, Minnesota on land that has been owned by Roger’s father since the 1940’s. When Roger and Michelle started managing the land in 1992, the farm was mostly used for crop production; about five years ago, they made the switch to […]

Filed Under: Antibiotic Free, Beef and Dairy, Birds, Business - family, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Buy Local, Children, Families and Learning, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Consumption and Purchasing, Direct: farmers markets, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Erosion Control and Redirection, Farmer to Farmer/Business to Business, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Days, Grass farming/free range, Healthful Products, Human Health, Livestock, Mail/Telephone Order, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Non-GMO, On-Farm Visits, Rotational Grazing, Sourced from Cooperative Enterprises, Sustainable Use, Tourism and Recreation

Rumbleway Farm: Delivering a Taste of the Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

From farm to feast, Rumbleway Farm delivers a menu of diversified products and business strategies, with owners Robin and Mark Way continuing the legacy of their historic farmstead outside Conowingo in northeastern Maryland by reinventing itself for today’s marketplace. Mark grew up in a farming family, while Robin was a city girl from Philadelphia. Both […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Branding: Heirloom, Business - family, Business Development and Marketing, Direct Marketing, Direct to Customer, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Hogs, Livestock, Mail/Telephone Order, Marketing, Marketing - Ag specific, Maryland, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Organic farming, Poultry, Processing, Product Innovations, Sheep and goats, Social Marketing: Linking Consumers to Producers, Value added, Word-of-Mouth

Valley Angus Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Pasture Raised Grazing livestock has proved to be a great match for Dan and Cara Miller. After purchasing their 120-acre farm near Spring Valley, Minnesota seven years ago, they now custom graze heifers and raise their own herd of registered Angus beef cattle. Dan and Cara’s farm was originally marked as Conservation Reserve Program land, […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Business Development - Ag specific, Education and Research, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Marketing Research, Methods, Minnesota, Overhead Reduction, Rotational Grazing

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