Tomatoes as Trump Cards Granby, Massachussetts While growing over forty vegetable crops each season, it’s their nearly year-round abundance of award-winning tomatoes that have made Red Fire Farm, of Granby, Massachusetts, the talk of the valley. Growing crops on about 45 acres, owner Ryan Voiland loves his work because of the diversity of the skills […]
Windy Ridge Farm
Hendersonville, North Carolina “Everybody wants something different,” according to apple grower Anthony Owens. That’s why, in addition to 14 varieties of apples available in both organic and conventional, this small-scale North Carolina farmer produces apple wine, nectarines, and 20 certified organic acres of mixed vegetables. He is also looking into planting peach trees and expanding […]
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 […]
Leunen Farms
Intensively Grazing Horses, Goats and Poultry Lancaster, Missouri Economically, ecologically and culturally integrated at the 23 acre Leunen Farms, farming comes naturally. Located about 20 miles from Kirksville, Missouri with a population of 18,000 residents, Leunen Farms’ owners, Debra and John Leunen, don’t need to leave their farm to sell their horses, Boer meat goats […]