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Peace Angel Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Garlic grows garden niche Morrow, Ohio Scratch the surface of Peace Angel Farm and grower Paul Zorn’s atypical approach to farming appears: Focus on one main specialty crop, garlic, that defies traditional planting cycles. Avoid the stress of needing to sell product immediately as garlic dries and stores readily. Keep things small and manageable. Throw […]

Filed Under: Business - self, Direct to Customer, Direct: farm stand, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fruits, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Human Health, Internet/Website, Mail/Telephone Order, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Ohio, Word-of-Mouth

Pahl’s Market

June 29, 2012 By admin

IPM for Premium Prices Gary Pahl, along with his brother Brian, operates Pahl’s Market, a fourth generation family operated vegetable farm, in Dakota County just south of the Twin Cities. The farm consists of 1,200 acres of vegetables which, during the 2001 season, included 515 acres of sweet corn, 125 acres of green beans, 50 […]

Filed Under: Business - family, Business to Business: Supermarkets, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Crop Rotation & Intercropping, Direct: farm stand, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Horticultural crops, Human Health, Integrated Pest Management, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Pest Management, Pesticide Reduction, Practices, Processing, Value added, Vegetables

Food Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Beautiful Living Just southwest of Duluth, the Fisher-Merritt farm, Food Farm, is a carefully plotted set of fields set around a collection of small greenhouses, chicken coops, and a climate-controlled vegetable storage building. John Fisher-Merritt and sons Janaki and Benjamin, work the farm along with long-time employee Dave Hanlon. Jane Fisher-Merritt has an art studio […]

Filed Under: Birds, Business - family, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Livestock, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Organic farming, Pest Management, Poultry, Soils & Compost

New Hope Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Value-added products bloom on the prairie Rapid City, South Dakota Zita Kwartek knows a good thing when she sees it. “When I first saw this farm, a double rainbow appeared, a sign to me that this special place would provide inspiration and a livelihood from the land. That’s when I gave it the name, ‘New […]

Filed Under: Business - self, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Greenhouse Production, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Organic farming, Product Innovations, Soils & Compost, South Dakota, Value added, Vegetables

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