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Bow View Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Family Farm Rooted in Diversity Crofton, Nebraska Nestled in the rolling countryside of northeast Nebraska, farmer Curt Arens along with his wife, Donna, continues earning his livelihood from the family land first purchased by his great grandfather in 1914, sprinkling sunflower seeds, Christmas trees and other diversification into the growing mix. Even though his young […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Corn & Soybeans, Direct: u-pick, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Hay & Alfalfa, Hogs, Internet/Website, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Native Tree Species, Nebraska, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Processing, Rotational Grazing, Sunflowers, Value added

Hidden Stream Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

A Partnership Between Generations In Elgin, Minnesota a partnership has begun, a partnership of two generations. Everett Koenig, a winner of the Conservation Farmer of the Year in Wabasha County award, has been farming 180 acres near Elgin since 1961. In the 1970’s Everett made a conscious choice to move away from the use of […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Business to Business: Other, Buy Local, Consumption and Purchasing, Direct: farmers markets, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Hogs, Internet/Website, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Poultry, Rotational Grazing

Bossie’s Best

June 29, 2012 By admin

Home, Kansas Organic farming is a way of life that dates back 150 years in Nancy Vogelsberg-Busch’s family. Her great-grandfather homesteaded on the north central farm where Nancy was born. When Nancy’s father inherited the farm from her grandfather in the 1950s, it was on the condition of a promise never to use chemicals on […]

Filed Under: Antibiotic Free, Beef and Dairy, Branding, Branding: Certified Organic, Business - family, Business to Business: Natural Food Stores, Business to Business: Supermarkets, Buy Local, Consumption and Purchasing, Corn & Soybeans, Developing new products, Direct Marketing, Direct to Customer, Direct: farm stand, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Food related, Grass farming/free range, Green Products, Hay & Alfalfa, Healthful Products, Kansas, Livestock, Local foods systems, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-GMO, Organic, Organic farming, Packaging, Processing, Rotational Grazing, Value added

Ekola family farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Close to Nature Diversity is the key to success on the Ekola family farm where they raise a variety of crops and livestock, including chickens, pigs, and dairy cows on 150 acres west of Garfield, Minnesota. Guy and Mary Ekola, along with their three children, are committed to raising their animals as humanely and close […]

Filed Under: Antibiotic Free, Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Buy Local, Consumption and Purchasing, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Hogs, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Poultry, Rotational Grazing, Sourced from Cooperative Enterprises

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