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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

Hendricks Farms and Dairy

June 29, 2012 By admin

Making Profits the Old Fashioned Way Telford, Pennsylvania Attracting customers from seven states surrounding its Pennsylvania base, Hendricks Farms and Dairy, owned by Trent and Rachael Hendricks, leverage the power of diversification of both customers and the products they produce from all-pastured-livestock, growing a livelihood that yields healthy food for their family and customers while […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - small (<20 employees), Direct to Customer, Direct: farm stand, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Hogs, Internet/Website, Livestock, Mail/Telephone Order, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Pennsylvania, Poultry, Processing, Sheep and goats, Value added

Earth Elements Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Micro-farm Adds Value In More Ways Than One Lexington, Oklahoma Sometimes personal adversity and limited funds foster an environment of innovation and creativity. For April Harrington, the sole proprietor-farmer of Earth Elements Farm in Lexington, Oklahoma, it’s led to an agricultural operation that is practically 100 percent value-added. On 3/4-acre of her five acre farm, […]

Filed Under: Business - self, Business to Business: Natural Food Stores, Consumption and Purchasing, Developing new products, Direct to customer/user, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Energy and Green Building, Energy Efficiency, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fruits, Green or Natural Building/architecture, Greenhouse Production, Healthful Products, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Mail/Telephone Order, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-food ag-related, Oklahoma, Processing, Product Innovations, Strawbale, Value added, Weed Control, Word-of-Mouth

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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