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Alderspring Ranch

June 29, 2012 By admin

Artisanal beef the grass fed way Salmon, Idaho Grass fed beef may appear hip today, given all the current publicawareness and media attention on the livestock industry, heightened by Mad Cow disease scares.But garner an understanding of Glenn nand Caryl Elzinga’s lifestyle and approach to ranching at Alderspring Ranch and one realizes this isn’t a […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Biodiversity, Business - family, Children, Families and Learning, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Direct to Customer, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Homeschooling, Idaho, Internet/Website, Livestock, Local foods systems, Management Concerns, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-GMO, Pest Management, Processing, Rotational Grazing, Schooling, Value added, Water Quality, Water Quality

Sweet Meadow Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Leaving the City Behind Tucked away in a rural southern Minnesota town, a husband and wife have been transforming their way of life. Alice and Walter Field discovered Zumbrota, Minnesota in 1975, as they were driving along Highway 52 to visit a daughter in Shakopee. Shortly after, they happily purchased an 80-acre farm near Zumbrota […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Business - family, Direct: farmers markets, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Livestock, Mail/Telephone Order, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Non-GMO, Sheep and goats, Textile Arts

Sheep Sorrel Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Farming the Spirit In Welch, Minnesota, one woman finds a way to release physical energy that she cannot find in a classroom. Beth Slocum, a teacher at Mounds Park Academy, spends her summers on her farm and commutes to Welch to check on her flock several times a week during the school year. “As a […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Direct: farmers markets, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Non-food ag-related, Non-GMO, Rotational Grazing, Sheep and goats, Textile Arts

Elmwood Stock Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

If Elmwood Stock Farm were a song, and each family member improvised on a different instrument, then the weekends would sound like the chorus. Cecil Bell raises beef and tobacco, his son John raises vegetables, his son-in-law Mac Stone works off the farm and raises organic livestock with Cecil’s daughter Ann, who additionally markets the […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Branding: Certified Organic, Business - family, Business Development - Ag specific, Business planning, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Business to Business: Supermarkets, Cooperation with other organizations, Corn & Soybeans, Developing new products, Direct Marketing, Direct to Customer, Direct: consumer buying clubs, Direct: farmers markets, Diversification for Farmers, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Food related, Fruits, Grass farming/free range, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Kentucky, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-food ag-related, Non-GMO, Organic farming, Poultry, Processing, Sheep and goats, Starting a business, Value added, Vegetables

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