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Sheep Sorrel Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Farming the Spirit In Welch, Minnesota, one woman finds a way to release physical energy that she cannot find in a classroom. Beth Slocum, a teacher at Mounds Park Academy, spends her summers on her farm and commutes to Welch to check on her flock several times a week during the school year. “As a […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Direct: farmers markets, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Non-food ag-related, Non-GMO, Rotational Grazing, Sheep and goats, Textile Arts

Thirteen Mile Lamb & Wool Company

June 29, 2012 By admin

New Ranching Pioneers Belgrad, MT Dave Tyler and Becky Weed epitomize modern day pioneers, blending historic roots with 21st Century business savvy. Drawing from the rich history and inspiration of the early settlers’ love for the fertile Montana landscape and combining it with today’s entrepreneurial world of Internet-based businesses and rural FedEx delivery, Dave and […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Business Development - Ag specific, Business Development and Marketing, Business planning, Business Planning, Direct Marketing, Direct to Customer, Diversification for Farmers, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Energy and Green Building, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Grass farming/free range, Hay & Alfalfa, Internet/Website, Livestock, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Montana, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-GMO, Organic farming, Processing, Renewable Energy, Sheep and goats, Solar, Starting a business, Starting a Business, Value added, Wildlife, Word-of-Mouth

Four Winds Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Land stewardship through grass fed meat River Falls, WI While Prescott Bergh and Juliet Tomkins may own and manage Four Winds Farm, they’re quick to give credit to their source of inspiration for ideas and diversification approaches to running their business: the soil, nature and the landscape of their 107 acre farm near River Falls, […]

Filed Under: Arts and Culture, Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Direct Marketing, Direct to Customer, Direct: farm stand, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Festivals, Grass farming/free range, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), On-Farm Visits, Processing, Rotational Grazing, Tourism and Recreation, Value added, Wisconsin, Word-of-Mouth

Petalland

June 29, 2012 By admin

Petalland: Blooms provide business opportunity Tullahoma, Tennessee “The name ‘Petalland’ came from a nickname a friend gave our farm because I would always have so many flowers, both growing in the garden and in vases all over the house,” explains owner and grower Karen Yasui with a smile. Petalland exemplifies how one person’s passionate hobby […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Business to Business: Other, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Greenhouse Production, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Organic farming, Processing, Tennessee, Value added

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