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Three Maples Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Finely Tuned to the Market Hebron, Maryland Erroll Mattox grew up in Maryland feeding chickens and working mules on his grandfather’s subsistence farm. He reviled it — got out of dodge as soon as he could. But after 15 years in the city, an epiphany on the virtue of organic farming called Erroll back to […]

Filed Under: Branding: Heirloom, Business - family, Business Development - Ag specific, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Direct to Customer, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Horticultural crops, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Marketing Research, Maryland, Methods, Organic farming, Sheep and goats, Small Grains, Starting a business, Vegetables

Stargate Valley Farms

June 29, 2012 By admin

Realizing Dreams under the Stars Holbrook, Arizona · By Roger Clark To many people in their sixties, retirement means days filled with hitting golf balls, playing bridge with friends, or traveling the world. But Carol Poore and Dennis Swayda had another dream: to own a farm and raise goats. The couple milk sixteen dairy goats […]

Filed Under: Arizona, Business - family, Direct: farmers markets, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Horticultural crops, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Organic farming, Processing, Sheep and goats, SW book, Value added, Vegetables

Twin Pine Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Greenhouse Growing “Our whole family is kind of rogue,” says Gary Hogle of Twin Pine Farm, “we do our own thing.” Gary’s family has harnessed their sense of innovation and adventure to develop and operate a hydroponic farm in Scandia, Minnesota. The Hogle family has a diverse background and extraordinary way of looking ahead. Gary […]

Filed Under: Business - family, Business Development - Ag specific, Business planning, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Business to Business: Supermarkets, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Greenhouse Production, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Hydroponic, Integrated Pest Management, Internet/Website, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Pest Management, Starting a business, Strict Purchasing Guidelines, Vegetables, Word-of-Mouth

Morning Has Broken Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Harmony, Diversity, Respect Harmony, diversity, and respect for the whole of creation are the guiding principles of Morning Has Broken Farm located in Granite Falls, Minnesota. Owners, Carolyn and Larry Olson raise chickens, hogs, and cattle on pasture “with homegrown grains and loving respect.” Carolyn and Larry raise chickens in a new chicken-raising system publicized […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Direct to Customer, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Hogs, Internet/Website, Iowa, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Poultry, Rotational Grazing

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