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Rosie’s Organic Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Gainsville, Florida Rose Koenig grew up in the Garden State back when an expansive patchwork of market gardens made New Jersey’s moniker ring true. Her dad and grandfather before him raised vegetables and layer hens, and trucked the goods into farmers’ markets, small grocery stores and restaurants in town and New York City. Now the […]

Filed Under: Business - family, Business to Business: Other, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Community Supported Agriculture, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Florida, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Value added, Vegetables

Heritage Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

A family-integrated agricultural operation Ridgeway, Pennsylvania Take a young couple firmly rooted in their dream of a rural lifestyle, raising their family on a small farm in the mountains. Add hard work, constant learning and innovation, a diversified approach to growing, five active kids, twenty years and a continued faithful love for the land and […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Children, Families and Learning, Corn & Soybeans, Direct to Customer, Direct: farm stand, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified, Education and Research, Energy and Green Building, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Food and Beverage, Food Production Enterprise, Fruits, Grass farming/free range, Green or Natural Building/architecture, Greenhouse Production, Herbs & flowers, Hogs, Horticultural crops, Internet/Website, Lifelong Learning, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Passive Solar Design, Pennsylvania, Poultry, Processing, Tourism and Recreation, Value added, Vegetables

Easy Bean Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Environmentally Positive Farming Easy Bean Farm is a 120 acre spread in the Chippewa River Valley near Montevideo. In addition to the 46 acres of grass pasture for rotational grazing of beef cattle, there are 12 acres of mixed and certified organic vegetables. Easy Bean markets most of its vegetable to 109 community supported agriculture […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Business to Business: Supermarkets, Direct Marketing, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Diversified, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Livestock, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Organic farming, Pest Management, Rotational Grazing, Vegetables

Java River Coffeehouse

June 29, 2012 By admin

Stirring Things Up Mary Moore holds up an offering of fresh-brewed gourmet coffee at Java River in downtown Montevideo, Minnesota. Along with husband Patrick, the Moore’s aim to do far more than introduce the heartland to the luxury of gourmet coffee. The coffeehouse also features a computer kiosk, linking customers directly to sustainable farms and […]

Filed Under: Business - family, Buy Local, Community Development and Design, Consumption and Purchasing, Direct to Customer, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Food and Beverage, Internet/Website, Marketing - Ag specific, Minnesota, Responsible Purchasing, Restaurant or Cafe, Rural Business Development, Social Marketing, Tourism and Recreation

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