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Leunen Farms

June 29, 2012 By admin

Intensively Grazing Horses, Goats and Poultry Lancaster, Missouri Economically, ecologically and culturally integrated at the 23 acre Leunen Farms, farming comes naturally. Located about 20 miles from Kirksville, Missouri with a population of 18,000 residents, Leunen Farms’ owners, Debra and John Leunen, don’t need to leave their farm to sell their horses, Boer meat goats […]

Filed Under: Biodiversity, Branding: Certified Organic, Business - family, Direct Marketing, Direct to Customer, Direct: farm stand, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fruits, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Internet/Website, Livestock, Mail/Telephone Order, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Missouri, Pest Management, Poultry, Sheep and goats, Vegetables, Weed Control, Wildlife

Nesenkeag Cooperative Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Fresh, Local and Organic Food For All Litchfield, New Hampshire On one 65 acre farm in Litchfield, New Hampshire, some of the richest and most fertile land in the United States supports the growth of diversified niche food crops — seventy in all, but especially the eagerly awaited pea tendrils and salad greens — that […]

Filed Under: Arts and Culture, Business - cooperative, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Children, Families and Learning, Community Development and Design, Conservation, Developing new products, Direct Marketing, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Direct: hospitals, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Educational Opportunities, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Horticultural crops, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New Hampshire, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Niche crops, Policy Tools, Public Policy, Vegetables

Apple Crisp Cooperative

June 29, 2012 By admin

A “Core” Effort Southeast Minnesota is a countryside dotted with picturesque apple orchards, a development led nearly a century ago by the University of Minnesota. Partly due to the Mississippi River and partly due to landscape conditions created in the last glacial age, climate and soil conditions are unique to the area and ideal for […]

Filed Under: Business - cooperative, Business Development, Business Development - Ag specific, Business planning, Business to Business: Other, Business to Business: Supermarkets, Buy Local, Consumption and Purchasing, Cooperation with other organizations, Developing new products, Diversification for Farmers, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Food related, Fruits, Horticultural crops, Local foods systems, Marketing - Ag specific, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Preserving landscapes, Processing, Rural/urban connection, Sourced from Cooperative Enterprises, Southeast Minnesota, Value added

Ekola family farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Close to Nature Diversity is the key to success on the Ekola family farm where they raise a variety of crops and livestock, including chickens, pigs, and dairy cows on 150 acres west of Garfield, Minnesota. Guy and Mary Ekola, along with their three children, are committed to raising their animals as humanely and close […]

Filed Under: Antibiotic Free, Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Buy Local, Consumption and Purchasing, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Hogs, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Poultry, Rotational Grazing, Sourced from Cooperative Enterprises

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