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Zimmerman’s Berry Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Black raspberries ripen first at Zimmerman’s Berry Farm. Then blackberries, followed by blueberries, golden raspberries and wineberries (an extra juicy red raspberry), and finally red raspberries in August. People come from as far as Atlanta , Georgia , to pick fruit at this 50-acre, mostly wooded western North Carolina mountain farm. With her husband Billy, […]

Filed Under: Business - family, Direct: u-pick, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fruits, Horticultural crops, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, North Carolina, Soils & Compost, Vegetables

A Wild and Woolly Multifaceted Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

A Wild and Woolly Multifaceted Farm Wales, North Dakota Janet and Terry Jacobson are living, breathing proof that lives and livelihoods guided by the principles?of sustainability are viable in North Dakota. For almost 30 years, these farmers have been on a mission to move away from conventional agriculture, which relies heavily on pesticides and monocultures, […]

Filed Under: Animal Welfare, Beef and Dairy, Business - small (<20 employees), Conservation, Conservation Aim, Crop Rotation & Intercropping, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Grass farming/free range, Hay & Alfalfa, Livestock, Management Concerns, Methods, North Dakota, Organic farming, Sheep and goats, Small Grains, Sunflowers, Sustainable Use

Valley Creek Community Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

A Dream Come True In Prairie Creek, local citizens are realizing their dreams of growing their own produce and their ideals of education and community. Valley Creek Community Farm is a Community Supported Agricultural (CSA) endeavor that materialized out of the partnership between several local residents. CSA members, Todd Lein and Anne Klawiter, rent land […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, Children, Families and Learning, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Education and Research, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Horticultural crops, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Organic farming, Program - community, Schooling, Vegetables

PastureLand Cooperative

June 29, 2012 By admin

Their Own Brand PastureLand Cooperative in southeast Minnesota is marketing cheese, butter, milk and ice cream made from the milk of grass-fed cows. Together with six Rochester area producers, the co-op aremarketing their own brand of cheese and milk. It wasn’t just low milk prices that prompted members of a Rochester-area cooperative to create their […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Branding, Branding: Label, Business - cooperative, Business Development, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Direct: farmers markets, Evaluating Consumer Interest, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Food related, Grass farming/free range, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Processing, Rotational Grazing, Starting a business, Value added

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