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Hendricks Farms and Dairy

June 29, 2012 By admin

Making Profits the Old Fashioned Way Telford, Pennsylvania Attracting customers from seven states surrounding its Pennsylvania base, Hendricks Farms and Dairy, owned by Trent and Rachael Hendricks, leverage the power of diversification of both customers and the products they produce from all-pastured-livestock, growing a livelihood that yields healthy food for their family and customers while […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - small (<20 employees), Direct to Customer, Direct: farm stand, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Hogs, Internet/Website, Livestock, Mail/Telephone Order, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Pennsylvania, Poultry, Processing, Sheep and goats, Value added

Moonstone Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Long Range Vision Audrey Arner and Richard Handeen of Moonstone Farm raise cattle on 240 acres on a bluff above the Minnesota River in Montevideo, Minnesota. Since 1992, their cattle have been selected from a hardy, crossbred lineage and raised on diverse pastures. The intention is to provide their customers with a direct source for […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Corn & Soybeans, Cover Crops, Direct Marketing, Direct to Customer, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Energy and Green Building, Erosion Control and Redirection, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Grass farming/free range, Guest House, Hay & Alfalfa, Hospitality, Internet/Website, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, On-Farm Visits, Organic farming, Practices, Renewable Energy, Riparian Buffer, Rotational Grazing, Solar, Tourism and Recreation, Water Quality

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

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

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