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Petalland

June 29, 2012 By admin

Petalland: Blooms provide business opportunity Tullahoma, Tennessee “The name ‘Petalland’ came from a nickname a friend gave our farm because I would always have so many flowers, both growing in the garden and in vases all over the house,” explains owner and grower Karen Yasui with a smile. Petalland exemplifies how one person’s passionate hobby […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Business to Business: Other, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Greenhouse Production, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Organic farming, Processing, Tennessee, Value added

Star Haven Farms

June 29, 2012 By admin

Growing a Business on Grass Iola, Texas The adage “Necessity is the mother of all invention” proved true for Ray and Karen Hadaway of Star Haven Farms in Iola, Texas. “When we started five years ago, we simply didn’t have the money to buy the quantities of grain feed needed to raise beef cattle to […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Human Health, Livestock, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Poultry, Sheep and goats, Texas, Word-of-Mouth

Benrud Family Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Alternative Farming Roger and Michelle Benrud operate a 267-acre dairy and beef farm in Goodhue, Minnesota on land that has been owned by Roger’s father since the 1940’s. When Roger and Michelle started managing the land in 1992, the farm was mostly used for crop production; about five years ago, they made the switch to […]

Filed Under: Antibiotic Free, Beef and Dairy, Birds, Business - family, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Buy Local, Children, Families and Learning, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Consumption and Purchasing, Direct: farmers markets, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Erosion Control and Redirection, Farmer to Farmer/Business to Business, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Days, Grass farming/free range, Healthful Products, Human Health, Livestock, Mail/Telephone Order, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Non-GMO, On-Farm Visits, Rotational Grazing, Sourced from Cooperative Enterprises, Sustainable Use, Tourism and Recreation

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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