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Harmony Valley Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Growing as Vegetable Interpreters Viroqua, Wisconsin “When a member sends us a note at the end of the season saying that you changed my life through changing how I eat, that’s the real bottom line for us,” explains Richard de Wilde, co-owner of Harmony Valley Farm with his wife, Linda Halley. With the same tender […]

Filed Under: Branding: Certified Organic, Business - family, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Direct to Customer, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fruits, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Internet/Website, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Non-GMO, Organic farming, Vegetables, Wisconsin

Dream of Wild Health

June 29, 2012 By admin

Collective Effort Dream of Wild Health is a collective effort to grow ancient seeds saved for generations by Native Americans. Some of these seeds are 800 to 2000 years old, and they contain within them the key to a healthy future. Sally Auger, Executive Director, began this project when she realized that the decline of […]

Filed Under: Arts and Culture, Biodiversity, Biodiversity, Community Development and Design, Conservation, Cultural Preservation, Diversified, Education and Research, Educational Opportunities, Eldercare, Environment, econ, culture, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Healthcare, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Human Health, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Preserving Elder Knowledge, Program - university, Traditional Medicine and Nutrition, Vegetables

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

Fieldfarms

June 29, 2012 By admin

Where creative ideas bloom Dexter, MI More than plants germinate in Janna Field’s greenhouses: creative Fieldfarms business ideas grow as well. With a foundation in growing flowers since 1994, Janna keeps things fresh and her own enthusiasm level high by adding new products and income diversification to the Fieldfarms mix, always focusing on things she […]

Filed Under: Business - self, Business to Business: Other, Conservation, Developing new products, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fruits, Greenhouse Production, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Internet/Website, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Michigan, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-food ag-related, On-farm Workshops, Policy Tools, Processing, Product Innovations, Tourism and Recreation, Value added, Vegetables

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