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Greentree Naturals

June 29, 2012 By admin

“My grandmother told me to never put all your eggs in one basket. This holds true for all aspects of marketing. For the small acreage farmer to succeed, we need to be diversified,” shares Diane Green, owner of Greentree Naturals, a small certified organic farm in rural northern Idaho she operates with her husband, Thom […]

Filed Under: Branding: Certified Organic, Business - family, Business Development and Marketing, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Business to Business: Natural Food Stores, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Children, Families and Learning, Community Development and Design, Direct Marketing, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Education and Research, Environmental Education Programs, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Idaho, Internet/Website, Marketing, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Organic farming, Rural Business Development, Social Marketing, Vegetables

Dream of Wild Health

June 29, 2012 By admin

Collective Effort Dream of Wild Health is a collective effort to grow ancient seeds saved for generations by Native Americans. Some of these seeds are 800 to 2000 years old, and they contain within them the key to a healthy future. Sally Auger, Executive Director, began this project when she realized that the decline of […]

Filed Under: Arts and Culture, Biodiversity, Biodiversity, Community Development and Design, Conservation, Cultural Preservation, Diversified, Education and Research, Educational Opportunities, Eldercare, Environment, econ, culture, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Healthcare, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Human Health, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Preserving Elder Knowledge, Program - university, Traditional Medicine and Nutrition, Vegetables

Heritage Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

A family-integrated agricultural operation Ridgeway, Pennsylvania Take a young couple firmly rooted in their dream of a rural lifestyle, raising their family on a small farm in the mountains. Add hard work, constant learning and innovation, a diversified approach to growing, five active kids, twenty years and a continued faithful love for the land and […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Children, Families and Learning, Corn & Soybeans, Direct to Customer, Direct: farm stand, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified, Education and Research, Energy and Green Building, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Food and Beverage, Food Production Enterprise, Fruits, Grass farming/free range, Green or Natural Building/architecture, Greenhouse Production, Herbs & flowers, Hogs, Horticultural crops, Internet/Website, Lifelong Learning, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Passive Solar Design, Pennsylvania, Poultry, Processing, Tourism and Recreation, Value added, Vegetables

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