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Dancing Winds Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

A Tale of Two Goats Mary Doerr did not intend to be a goat farmer. When she purchased Dancing Winds Farm, which lies on 20 acres in Kenyon, Minnesota, in 1985, her plan was to grow organic produce. She carried through with her organic produce, but only for a short while. Then, along came Ida […]

Filed Under: Bed & Breakfast, Business - family, Direct to customer/user, Direct: farmers markets, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Farm Stays, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Heritage Tourism, Hospitality, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), On-Farm Visits, Processing, Rotational Grazing, Sheep and goats, Tourism and Recreation, Value added

Turkey Ridge Organic Apple Orchard

June 29, 2012 By admin

Gays Mills, Wisconsin From the livestock rotationally grazing between the apple trees to the canned apple pie filling on the shelves of the on-farm store, diversification refrains throughout Turkey Ridge Organic Apple Orchard’s business philosophy. Based in the rugged countryside outside Gays Mills, Wisconsin, and built on a core commitment to organic apple growing, Turkey […]

Filed Under: Branding: Certified Organic, Business - cooperative, Business Development, Business Development - Ag specific, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Cooperation with other organizations, Direct to Customer, Direct: farm stand, Direct: u-pick, Diversification for Farmers, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Diversified Funding, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fruits, Gathering and Hunting, Grass farming/free range, Harvesting Nature, Hogs, Horticultural crops, Integrated Pest Management, Livestock, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Packaging, Pest Management, Poultry, Processing, Product Innovations, Sheep and goats, Value added, Vegetables, Wildfoods, Wisconsin

Stickney Hill Dairy

June 29, 2012 By admin

An Unusual Twist Brad and Kevin Donnay are two goat-herding brothers who run one of only a handful of goat dairy operations in Minnesota. It started with Brad looking for a way to take over the family farm and make it profitable. Brother Kevin would be graduating from college soon and he, too, wanted to […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - small (<20 employees), Business Development, Developing new products, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Food related, Livestock, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Processing, Sheep and goats, Starting a business, Value added

Dodge Nature Center

June 29, 2012 By admin

Nature in the City Dodge Nature Center is a non-profit organization that operates a 320-acre nature preserve and model farm, located in West St. Paul just off State Highway 110. Establish in 1967 by Olivia Dodge, DNC provides outdoor education and environmental experiences to thousands of people each year. “Our biggest asset is that we […]

Filed Under: Arts and Culture, Beef and Dairy, Biodiversity, Biodiversity, Children, Families and Learning, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Cultural Preservation, Diversified, Early Childhood, Enviromental Learning, Environmental Consciousness, Environmental Education Programs, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Habitat Restoration, Hiking & Cross-Country Skiing, Hogs, Lifelong Learning, Livestock, Management Concerns, Methods, Minnesota, On-Farm Visits, On-farm Workshops, Organic farming, Poultry, Prairie Restoration, Preserving Greenspace, Program - non-profit, Rural/urban connection, Schooling, Sheep and goats, Tourism and Recreation, Wildlife Management

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