Earning a Living from the Land, and Water Winchester, Kentucky Amongst the gently rolling hills of Winchester, Kentucky, just 15 miles outside of Lexington, is the 556 acre Avalon Farm, with beef cattle in the pasture, a greenhouse set aside for raising quail, twenty acres devoted to vegetable crops, and about twenty acres planted in […]
Hickory Nut Gap Farm – Spring House Meats
Fairview, North Carolina In business class their senior year of college, a North Carolina boy and a Kentucky girl crafted a partnership around 200 chickens, 50 turkeys and 360 acres of family farmland in the Appalachian Mountains. Within four years, they were married with a baby on the way, and owned 1,000 chickens, 350 turkeys, […]
Windy Ridge Farm
Hendersonville, North Carolina “Everybody wants something different,” according to apple grower Anthony Owens. That’s why, in addition to 14 varieties of apples available in both organic and conventional, this small-scale North Carolina farmer produces apple wine, nectarines, and 20 certified organic acres of mixed vegetables. He is also looking into planting peach trees and expanding […]
Producers Find Strength in Numbers
Producers Find Strength in Numbers Grand Forks, North Dakota “Direct Line was born out of necessity,” says a confident Rod Holth, one of the founding partners of this innovative partnership composed of North Dakota food processors and private investors. He believes firmly in the future of his venture. “I see Direct Line as becoming one […]
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