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Rosie’s Organic Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Gainsville, Florida Rose Koenig grew up in the Garden State back when an expansive patchwork of market gardens made New Jersey’s moniker ring true. Her dad and grandfather before him raised vegetables and layer hens, and trucked the goods into farmers’ markets, small grocery stores and restaurants in town and New York City. Now the […]

Filed Under: Business - family, Business to Business: Other, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Community Supported Agriculture, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Florida, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Value added, Vegetables

Axdahl’s Garden Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

A Roadside Tradition Brian and Leslie Axdahl are famous for their sweet corn. Starting every year in mid to late July, folks from miles around make a sort of pilgrimage to Axdahl’s roadside vegetable stand on the outskirts of Stillwater, Minnesota for some of the sweetest, most tender “bi-color” corn they’ve ever tasted. Still warm […]

Filed Under: Business - family, Business - small (<20 employees), Business to Business: Supermarkets, Children, Families and Learning, Conservation, Corn & Soybeans, Direct: farm stand, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fence Row Buffer Strips, Field Crops, Horticultural crops, Local foods systems, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Minnesota, Pest Management, Pesticide Reduction, Practices, Vegetables, Wildlife, Youth, Youth Workers

Earthrise Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

A Healthy Beginning After 40 years at the Sisters of Notre Dame convent school, Annette and Kay Fernholz returned to their family home in Louisberg, Minnesota and with the help of the convent established Earthrise Farm in 1996. It was a risky, but hopeful start for the sisters and their first year they had only […]

Filed Under: Antibiotic Free, Arts and Culture, Business - family, Children, Families and Learning, Cultural Preservation, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Diversified, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Farm Stays, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Heritage Tourism, Horticultural crops, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Non-GMO, On-Farm Visits, On-farm Workshops, Organic farming, Spiritual Gatherings, Tourism and Recreation, Vegetables, Youth, Youth Workers

Great River Vineyard

June 29, 2012 By admin

Great River Vineyard Great Grapes John and Barb Marshall, owners and operators of Great River Vineyard, are proving that Minnesota is a great place to grow grapes. Their seven and a half acres of vineyards, across the road from Lake Pepin, near Lake City, Minnesota, produces around four or five tons of grapes a year. […]

Filed Under: Brewery or Vineyard, Business - family, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Business to Business: Natural Food Stores, Direct to Customer, Direct: farmers markets, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Food and Beverage, Fruits, Horticultural crops, Marketing - Ag specific, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), On-Farm Visits, Processing, Program - university, Tourism and Recreation, Value added

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