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Perish Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Making the Transition Lifelong farmers Roy and Theresa Perish and their five children raise livestock on their 280-acre dairy farm in Long Prairie, Minnesota. However, it was not until a dry summer left their grass too short to make hay in 1988 that they transitioned to rotationally grazing their cattle. That summer, Roy decided to […]

Filed Under: Animal Welfare, Antibiotic Free, Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Business planning, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Developing new products, Diversified, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Food related, Hogs, Livestock, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Poultry, Rotational Grazing

BC Gardens

June 29, 2012 By admin

Healthy Produce Avid gardeners since childhood, Kathy Botten and Ruth Capp founded BC Gardens, an organic vegetable, herb, and flower garden in 1998. The “BC” in BC Gardens stands for “before chemicals” and “Botten, Capp”. Kathy and Ruth plant and work nearly 3+ acres at their home near Belgrade, Minnesota for commercial sale. “Gardening organically […]

Filed Under: Branding: Certified Organic, Business - small (<20 employees), Business to Business: Cooperatives, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Buy Local, Certification Standards, Community Supported Agriculture, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Consumption and Purchasing, Cover Crops, Crop Rotation & Intercropping, Direct to Customer, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Green Products, Healthful Products, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Human Health, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Organic, Organic farming, Pesticide Reduction, Practices, Processing, Soil Quality, Sustainable Use, Value added, Vegetables

Lost Cabin Ranch

June 29, 2012 By admin

The Story of Our Intentions “I really believe,” Rebecca Routson says, “that every square foot of this earth requires its own particular attention.” The particular piece of earth Rebecca and her husband Don attend to is an organic farm in the Williamson Valley northwest of Prescott, Arizona. It is a place of unconventional beauty, set […]

Filed Under: Arizona, Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Horticultural crops, Livestock, Methods, Organic farming, Poultry, SW book, Vegetables

Pine Tree Apple Orchard

June 29, 2012 By admin

Increasing Grower Involvement Pine Tree Apple Orchard is on the shores of Pine Tree Lake near the town of White Bear Lake in Washington County. The orchard was originally planted in 1904. John Jacobson’s father came to work as a foreman for the orchard’s owners in 1950. In 1957, when the owner retired, John’s parents […]

Filed Under: Business - family, Conservation, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Fruits, Hay & Alfalfa, Horticultural crops, Integrated Pest Management, Management Concerns, Methods, Minnesota, Pest Management, Pesticide Reduction, Practices

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