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Pesta’s Vegetables

June 29, 2012 By admin

Food Quality and Health Jack Pesta’s interest in organic gardening began 25 years ago but a brush with cancer 14 years later made Jack realize the vital connection between food quality and overall health. Limited by the number of organic options available in the grocery store, Jack and his wife, Lucille, started to grow as […]

Filed Under: Business - family, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Cover Crops, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Horticultural crops, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Organic farming, Pest Management, Practices, Soil Quality, Soils & Compost, Vegetables

Earthwise Foods

June 29, 2012 By admin

World Market for Organic Crops Robin Brekken of Crookston, Minnesota grows his farm by concepts rather than acres. Together with Lynn Brakke and other partners in Earthwise Foods and Earthwise Processors, Robin is placing his bet on the future of identity-preserved, non-GMO and organic crops. For now, a small retail package of roasted soy nuts […]

Filed Under: Branding, Business - mid-sized (>21 employees), Business to Business, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Methods, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-GMO, Organic farming, Packaging, Processing, Value added

Certifiably Organic

June 29, 2012 By admin

Certifiably Organic Medina, North Dakota The Northern Plains, and North Dakota in particular, have been at the heart of both. Maintaining as much acreage in organic production as any other state in the country, North Dakota has also been home to visionaries in a movement that continues to inspire producers and consumers around the globe. […]

Filed Under: Business - mid-sized (>21 employees), Certification Standards, Consumption and Purchasing, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Green Products, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, North Dakota, Organic, Organic farming

Darthia Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Horse-powered Homesteaders Gouldsboro, Maine To some, gliding over new-fallen snow in a horse-drawn sleigh might seem like a wintertime fantasy — or a scene from a Courier & Ives print. To Darthia Farm, a 50 acre homestead and certified organic farm in Gouldsboro, Maine, it’s a way of life. Owned by Cindy and Bill Thayer, […]

Filed Under: Antibiotic Free, Arts and Culture, Beef and Dairy, Branding: Certified Organic, Business - family, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Children, Families and Learning, Direct Marketing, Direct to Customer, Direct: farm stand, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Education and Research, Educational Opportunities, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fruits, Greenhouse Production, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Internet/Website, Livestock, Maine, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-GMO, Organic farming, Packaging, Poultry, Processing, Schooling, Seasonal producers, Sheep and goats, Textile Arts, Tourism and Recreation, Value added, Vegetables

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