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Uniontown Youth in Agriculture

June 29, 2012 By admin

Jacob Waddy, now in his retirement years, could probably get by on just four acres of mixed vegetables. He grows watermelon, cantaloupe, okra, green beans, snap peas, squash, cucumber, peppers and tomatoes to sell at the farmers market in his rural Uniontown, Alabama, and in the neighboring towns of Alberta, Marion and Thomaston. But this […]

Filed Under: Alabama, Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Diversified, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fruits, Horticultural crops, Livestock, Methods, Sheep and goats, Vegetables

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

Stone Free Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

In the Shadow of the Mountains In winter, farmers sink into worn couches, sip tea, and tell stories about summers past. After a decade of farming the high desert outside of Cortez, Colorado, Chuck Barry and Rosie Carter have stories. This winter the story begins with water: for the first time in many years, their […]

Filed Under: Business - family, Colorado, Direct: farmers markets, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Horticultural crops, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Organic farming, SW book, Vegetables

Pilgrim’s Way Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

A Family Affair Scott and Anna Froemming of Pilgrim’s Way Farm live with their seven children, Ryan, Lydia, Joey, Mitchell, Ruth, Faith and Elsie, on a 160-acre farm in Browerville, Minnesota. Tired of the corporate scene in Iowa where Scott was a CPA, Froemmings decided to return to their native state, after being away for […]

Filed Under: Antibiotic Free, Business - family, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Horticultural crops, Livestock, Methods, Minnesota, Organic farming, Poultry, Rotational Grazing, Vegetables

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