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Thirteen Mile Lamb & Wool Company

June 29, 2012 By admin

New Ranching Pioneers Belgrad, MT Dave Tyler and Becky Weed epitomize modern day pioneers, blending historic roots with 21st Century business savvy. Drawing from the rich history and inspiration of the early settlers’ love for the fertile Montana landscape and combining it with today’s entrepreneurial world of Internet-based businesses and rural FedEx delivery, Dave and […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Business Development - Ag specific, Business Development and Marketing, Business Planning, Business planning, Direct Marketing, Direct to Customer, Diversification for Farmers, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Energy and Green Building, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Grass farming/free range, Hay & Alfalfa, Internet/Website, Livestock, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Montana, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-GMO, Organic farming, Processing, Renewable Energy, Sheep and goats, Solar, Starting a business, Starting a Business, Value added, Wildlife, Word-of-Mouth

Liberty, Land and Livestock

June 29, 2012 By admin

“On the Farm” Located in Hutchinson, Minnesota, The Lamb Shoppe is what owners Connie Karstens and Doug Rathke call their “on the farm” retail outlet for specialty meat from their farm Liberty, Land, and Livestock. Liberty, Land and Livestock is a 180-acre farm that allows Dorset sheep and Jersey cattle to graze freely on pasture […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Business Development, Business to Business: Minnesota State Fair, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Direct to Customer, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-GMO, Packaging, Poultry, Processing, Sheep and goats, Starting a business, Value added

Adams Family Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Romancing the Farm Wilmington, Vermont From the bucolic setting on 210 acres of the sixth generation Adams Family Farm in Wilmington, Vermont, one couldn’t imagine more diverse — and integrated — enterprises creatively woven together to sustain the land and the farmers who farm it. Jill and Carl Mancivalano own and manage one of Vermont’s […]

Filed Under: Alpacas, Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Business - mid-sized (>21 employees), Direct: u-pick, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Educational Opportunities, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Festivals, Festivals, Field Crops, Food and Beverage, Food Production Enterprise, Hay & Alfalfa, Heritage Tourism, Hogs, Internet/Website, Livestock, Llamas, Marketing - Ag specific, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), On-Farm Visits, On-farm Workshops, Packaging, Poultry, Processing, Sheep and goats, Textile Arts, Tourism and Recreation, Value added, Vermont

Gieske’s Produce

June 29, 2012 By admin

Gieske’s Produce Dan and Gilda Gieske grow vegetables and raise chickens with their three children, Miriam, Benjamin and Rebecca, on an 85-acre farm just north of Sauk Centre, Minnesota. The Gieskes moved to their farm in 1991 with their children’s health and safety in mind. They wanted a place where their children could eat vegetables […]

Filed Under: Antibiotic Free, Business - cooperative, Business - family, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Buy Local, Composting, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Consumption and Purchasing, Direct: consumer buying clubs, Direct: farm stand, Direct: farmers markets, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Horticultural crops, Human Health, Human Health, Livestock, Low Input, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Pest Management, Poultry, Practices, Sheep and goats, Soil Quality, Soils & Compost, Vegetables

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