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Farm on Wheels

June 29, 2012 By admin

Self-Reliance Linda Noble has known since the age of 12 that she wanted to be a farmer. She married a farmer (Mike) in 1977, and together they started raising hogs, and dairy cows, and rotationally growing alfalfa, corn, and beans. When the farm crisis of the late 80’s hit, they were forced to rethink theirincome […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Buy Local, Consumption and Purchasing, Direct: farmers markets, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Hogs, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Organic farming, Poultry, Responsible Purchasing

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

Morning Has Broken Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Harmony, Diversity, Respect Harmony, diversity, and respect for the whole of creation are the guiding principles of Morning Has Broken Farm located in Granite Falls, Minnesota. Owners, Carolyn and Larry Olson raise chickens, hogs, and cattle on pasture “with homegrown grains and loving respect.” Carolyn and Larry raise chickens in a new chicken-raising system publicized […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Direct to Customer, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Hogs, Internet/Website, Iowa, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Poultry, Rotational Grazing

Shary’s Berries

June 29, 2012 By admin

It Takes a Strong Woman Although Shary’s Berries is small by conventional standards, there is more than enough work for Shary Zoff and her 10 year-old son, Sam. Located northeast of Duluth, in northern Minnesota on Homestead Road off of Highway 61, Shary’s Berries covers 40 acres. Roughly 10 of these acres are cleared with […]

Filed Under: Business - family, Business Development - Ag specific, Business to Business: Natural Food Stores, Business to Business: Other, Community Development and Design, Community Interdependence, Direct: farmers markets, Direct: u-pick, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fruits, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Northern Minnesota, Organic farming, Vegetables, Women-owned Enterprises

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