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Grow Alabama

June 29, 2012 By admin

Birmingham, Alabama Jerry Spencer is an entrepreneur. So it was with a sense of adventure that this chiropractor of 20 years–a man who had never in his life grown a single tomato plant much less a garden–dug up his front lawn one day and planted a vegetable plot far bigger than what would feed his […]

Filed Under: Alabama, Business - small (<20 employees), Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fruits, Horticultural crops, Livestock, Local foods systems, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Poultry, Program - non-profit, Vegetables

Bow View Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Family Farm Rooted in Diversity Crofton, Nebraska Nestled in the rolling countryside of northeast Nebraska, farmer Curt Arens along with his wife, Donna, continues earning his livelihood from the family land first purchased by his great grandfather in 1914, sprinkling sunflower seeds, Christmas trees and other diversification into the growing mix. Even though his young […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Corn & Soybeans, Direct: u-pick, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Hay & Alfalfa, Hogs, Internet/Website, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Native Tree Species, Nebraska, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Processing, Rotational Grazing, Sunflowers, Value added

Morning Has Broken Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Harmony, Diversity, Respect Harmony, diversity, and respect for the whole of creation are the guiding principles of Morning Has Broken Farm located in Granite Falls, Minnesota. Owners, Carolyn and Larry Olson raise chickens, hogs, and cattle on pasture “with homegrown grains and loving respect.” Carolyn and Larry raise chickens in a new chicken-raising system publicized […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Direct to Customer, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Hogs, Internet/Website, Iowa, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Poultry, Rotational Grazing

Easy Bean Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Environmentally Positive Farming Easy Bean Farm is a 120 acre spread in the Chippewa River Valley near Montevideo. In addition to the 46 acres of grass pasture for rotational grazing of beef cattle, there are 12 acres of mixed and certified organic vegetables. Easy Bean markets most of its vegetable to 109 community supported agriculture […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Business to Business: Supermarkets, Direct Marketing, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Diversified, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Livestock, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Organic farming, Pest Management, Rotational Grazing, Vegetables

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