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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

Hickory Nut Gap Farm – Spring House Meats

June 29, 2012 By admin

Fairview, North Carolina In business class their senior year of college, a North Carolina boy and a Kentucky girl crafted a partnership around 200 chickens, 50 turkeys and 360 acres of family farmland in the Appalachian Mountains. Within four years, they were married with a baby on the way, and owned 1,000 chickens, 350 turkeys, […]

Filed Under: Animal Welfare, Antibiotic Free, Beef and Dairy, Biodiversity, Business - family, Business to Business: Natural Food Stores, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Children, Families and Learning, Conservation, Direct to Customer, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Hogs, Human Health, Livestock, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Non-GMO, North Carolina, Poultry, Practices, Riparian Buffer, Sheep and goats, Water Quality, Youth, Youth Workers

Riverbend Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Narrowing the Gap Greg Reynolds, partner and co-owner of Riverbend Farm in Delano, MN, has always wanted to have a farm “The idea really came together when I was in high school,” explains Greg. “It was a time of the back-to-the-land movement, the first oil price hikes, and people were thinking about alternative and sustainability.” […]

Filed Under: Business - small (<20 employees), Business Development - Ag specific, Business planning, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Developing new products, Direct: Congregational Supported Agriculture, Direct: farmers markets, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Horticultural crops, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Niche crops, Organic farming, Starting a business, Vegetables

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