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Creating Connection and Community

June 29, 2012 By admin

Creating Connection and Community On Washington State’s western coast, the Hoh River Reservation encompasses 443 acres of natural abundance. The Olympic rainforest, Pacific Ocean and the Hoh River have sustained generations of Hoh River people on their ancestral land. In the tribal village, 120 community members make their home in two neighborhoods, the upper and […]

Filed Under: Children, Families and Learning, Civic Literacy & Leadership, Community Development and Design, Family Entertainment and Activities, Fish, Fishing, Gathering and Hunting, Harvesting Nature, Lifelong Learning, Multi-Generational Recreation Center, Northwest Area Foundation Horizons Project, Program - community, Promoting Community Interaction on Common Goals, Shellfish, Washington, Youth, Youth Leadership

Harvesting Paddlefish Caviar to Support Conservation and Community

June 29, 2012 By admin

Glendive Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture Glendive, Montana The small town of Glendive, Montana – divided by the Yellowstone River, the largest free-flowing river in North America – has attracted thousands of anglers from across the country for the challenge of catching the fifty to hundred-pound paddlefish that the ply the waters. The thriving populations […]

Filed Under: Business Development - Ag specific, Community Development and Design, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Cooperation with other organizations, Developing Models of Partnership, Developing new products, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fish, Fishing, Fishing, Harvesting Nature, Montana, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Niche crops, Program - community, Sustainable Use, Tourism and Recreation

Viking Valley Hunt Club

June 29, 2012 By admin

From Harvesting to Hunting Les Bensch, a former computer company executive, and his wife, Bette, a technical writer, operate Viking Valley Hunt Club on 400 acres of pastureland in Ashby, located in central Minnesota. Les and Bette have turned a marginal farm into a hunting and shooting business they say earns five times the revenue […]

Filed Under: Business - family, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Fish, Fishing, Fishing, Gathering and Hunting, Harvesting Nature, Hunting, Hybrid Poplars, Minnesota, Native Prairie Grasses, Native Tree Species, Practices, Prairie Restoration, Tourism and Recreation, Wetland or Waterway Reconstruction, Wetland Restoration, Wildfoods, Wildlife Management

Angry Trout Café

June 29, 2012 By admin

Out of this World At first, one might think it is the succulent plates of fresh salmon and Lake Superior trout that draw people to the Angry Trout Café’s door in droves, but it’s not just a satisfied stomach that people leave with. It’s true, the food is out of this world, but customers also […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Business - family, Business - small (<20 employees), Business Development and Marketing, Business Planning, Buy Local, Composting, Conservation, Consumption and Purchasing, Culinary Arts, Energy and Green Building, Energy Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Fish, Fishing, Food and Beverage, Green Products, Harvesting Nature, Local foods systems, Marketing, Minnesota, MN Book, Northern Minnesota, Organic, Regional Arts, Responsible Purchasing, Restaurant or Cafe, Rural/urban connection, Sourced from Cooperative Enterprises, Tourism and Recreation, Waste Reduction

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