Horse-powered Homesteaders Gouldsboro, Maine To some, gliding over new-fallen snow in a horse-drawn sleigh might seem like a wintertime fantasy — or a scene from a Courier & Ives print. To Darthia Farm, a 50 acre homestead and certified organic farm in Gouldsboro, Maine, it’s a way of life. Owned by Cindy and Bill Thayer, […]
Pastures A’ Plenty
In 1988 the VanDerPol family decided that they didn’t want to continue to farm in the way they had been. In retrospect, Jim VanDerPol feels that they made the right decision. “If we hadn’t changed our way of farming we likely would not be here now.” The VanDerPol’s raise 320 acres of diversified crops and […]
Experiment in Rural Cooperation
Livestock Farming in Southeast Minnesota The number of animal livestock farms in southeast Minnesota has been decreasing in recent years. A major reason has been troublesome marketplace economics. Farmers, in need of economically viable alternatives, have changed over to corn and soybean crops to avoid the dramatic market downturns. Unfortunately, the shift from livestock farming […]
MaryJanesFarm
Putting a Face to Food Moscow, Idaho Tucked away amongst the contoured countryside about eight miles from Moscow, Idaho, MaryJanesFarm feeds the swelling national appetite for a sense of place and convenient wholesome foods with its 60 different kinds of organic specialty food products sold mostly by mail order, a website, and national magazine. The […]