Environmentally Responsible Forestry The Hiawatha Sustainable Woods Cooperative (HSWC) is a timber management, processing, and marketing cooperative of local forest owners. Its purpose is to maximize the long-term aesthetic, ecological, economic, and recreational benefits from area forest resources. The Cooperative stresses environmentally responsible forestry which includes: * education; * professionally-trained foresters and loggers; * locally […]
Wildwood Rustic Furnishings
North Woods Life Duane Shoup is a furniture-maker who lives north of Itasca State Park in Moose Creek Township in northern Minnesota. Duane, who moved to the North Woods from metropolitan northern Indiana, says, “I can have my boat in Lake Itasca in thirty minutes. It’s a beautiful place to live but a tough place […]
Titus Mill Farm
The Buzz of Bees and Blades Pennington, NJ Steve and Joyce George of Titus Mill Farm in Pennington, New Jersey, believe business plans should allow for — even encourage — a healthy dose of serendipity. By keeping open to opportunities and taking advantage of niche markets, the Georges’ business blends timber products and bee-keeping with […]
Viking Valley Hunt Club
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 […]
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