Not Just About Profit In a small valley, leading into the Zumbro River, chickens, ducks, guinea fowl, goats and more than 100 lambs roam the fields. This is the home of Rising Moon Farm, operated by Melissa Peteler and Catherine Friend. For Melissa and Catherine, farming is more than just making a profit. “It is […]
Circle G Farm
A Place to Live and Work Paul and Ramona Garver’s farm lies on the South Dakota border, three miles from Hendricks, Minnesota. After years of leasing a ranch in Montana, the Garvers decided they wanted to own the land on which they live and work. In 1996, Paul and Ramona purchased the 80 acres of […]
Tyler Farm: Flocks, Fiber and Family
“From the goats to the gardens, we consider all aspects of Tyler Farm as part of our own family,” explains Deborah Claffie when describing her family’s forty acre homestead in Limington, Maine, about 35 miles west of Portland. “Farming means more to us than the income it provides; it’s a lifestyle.” Such an inclusive, participatory […]
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 […]
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