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Ridenour Ranch: Two Businesses in One

June 29, 2012 By admin

Located in the heart of Wyoming farm and ranch county, the 1,280 acre Ridenour Ranch, owned by Cindy and Mike Ridenour, offers grass-fed beef, non-certified organic vegetables and “Love-Me-Tender” pork. To set their high-quality products apart, they sell their food products under the banner, Meadow Maid Foods, to reflect the care they take in growing […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Business Development and Marketing, Business Planning, Business to Business: Supermarkets, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Financing, Fruits, Grass farming/free range, Greenhouse Production, Herbs & flowers, Hogs, Horticultural crops, Human Health, Internet/Website, Livestock, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Organic farming, Processing, Product Innovations, Value added, Vegetables, Wyoming

Harmony Valley Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Growing as Vegetable Interpreters Viroqua, Wisconsin “When a member sends us a note at the end of the season saying that you changed my life through changing how I eat, that’s the real bottom line for us,” explains Richard de Wilde, co-owner of Harmony Valley Farm with his wife, Linda Halley. With the same tender […]

Filed Under: Branding: Certified Organic, Business - family, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Direct to Customer, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fruits, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Internet/Website, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Non-GMO, Organic farming, Vegetables, Wisconsin

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

Alderspring Ranch

June 29, 2012 By admin

Artisanal beef the grass fed way Salmon, Idaho Grass fed beef may appear hip today, given all the current publicawareness and media attention on the livestock industry, heightened by Mad Cow disease scares.But garner an understanding of Glenn nand Caryl Elzinga’s lifestyle and approach to ranching at Alderspring Ranch and one realizes this isn’t a […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Biodiversity, Business - family, Children, Families and Learning, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Direct to Customer, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Homeschooling, Idaho, Internet/Website, Livestock, Local foods systems, Management Concerns, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-GMO, Pest Management, Processing, Rotational Grazing, Schooling, Value added, Water Quality, Water Quality

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