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King Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Cultivating A Meaningful Life Vegetable producers Jan and Tim King harvest two acres of organic vegetables and fruit on their 36-acre farm in Todd County, Minnesota. Both natives to Long Prairie, Minnesota, they began gardening together in 1970, and, after spending a decade in the Twin Cities, moved back to Todd County to live what […]

Filed Under: Business - cooperative, Business - family, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Business to Business: Natural Food Stores, Business to Business: Other, Business to Business: Supermarkets, Direct: consumer buying clubs, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fruits, Horticultural crops, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Organic farming, Pest Management, Soils & Compost, Vegetables

Benrud Family Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Alternative Farming Roger and Michelle Benrud operate a 267-acre dairy and beef farm in Goodhue, Minnesota on land that has been owned by Roger’s father since the 1940’s. When Roger and Michelle started managing the land in 1992, the farm was mostly used for crop production; about five years ago, they made the switch to […]

Filed Under: Antibiotic Free, Beef and Dairy, Birds, Business - family, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Buy Local, Children, Families and Learning, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Consumption and Purchasing, Direct: farmers markets, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Erosion Control and Redirection, Farmer to Farmer/Business to Business, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Days, Grass farming/free range, Healthful Products, Human Health, Livestock, Mail/Telephone Order, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Non-GMO, On-Farm Visits, Rotational Grazing, Sourced from Cooperative Enterprises, Sustainable Use, Tourism and Recreation

Red Fire Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

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 […]

Filed Under: Branding: Certified Organic, Business - family, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Direct: farm stand, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fruits, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Mail/Telephone Order, Marketing - Ag specific, Massachussetts, Methods, Organic farming

Drake Family Farms LLC

June 29, 2012 By admin

Farming Kids West Jordan, Utah Situated in the Salt Lake Valley in West Jordan, Utah, about 10 miles from Salt Lake City to the north, Drake Family Farms milks profits from a herd of dairy goats, enduring the rapidly changing landscape of agriculture and land use. A Utah Century Farm owned by Jeanette and Ron […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Business - family, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Business to Business: Natural Food Stores, Developing new products, Direct: farm stand, Direct: farmers markets, Direct: u-pick, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Internet/Website, Livestock, Mail/Telephone Order, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-food ag-related, Poultry, Processing, Product Innovations, Sheep and goats, Utah, Value added

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