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Food Alliance Midwest

June 29, 2012 By admin

Working Together Food Alliance Midwest is a coalition of farmers, processors, distributors, grocers and consumers in the Midwest working together to promote sustainable farming. Funded by a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, with additional funding from The Bush Foundation, The McKnight Foundation , Otto Bremer Foundation, and The Carolyn Foundation, the program is a […]

Filed Under: Alley Cropping, Beef and Dairy, Branding, Buy Local, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Consumption and Purchasing, Contour, Erosion Control and Redirection, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fence Row Buffer Strips, Fruits, Green Products, Hogs, Horticultural crops, Human Health, Integrated Pest Management, Iowa, Livestock, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, North Dakota, Pest Management, Practices, Program - non-profit, Riparian Buffer, Silvopasture, Soil Quality, Soils & Compost, Sustainable Use, Vegetables, Water Quality, Water Quality, Wetland or Waterway Reconstruction, Windbreaks

International Falls: A Peaceful Place

June 29, 2012 By admin

International Falls is Going Global On the historic main street of International Falls stands a beautiful building that may have a big future. Today it is a vacant school, known as the AB/Backus building, but the people of International Falls hope it will become a community center, buzzing with the sounds of people and computers […]

Filed Under: Children, Families and Learning, Community Center, Community Development and Design, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Family Entertainment and Activities, Internet and High-tech, Lifelong Learning, Minnesota, Northern Minnesota, Program - community, Program - government, Program - university, Public Planning

Forestedge Winery

June 29, 2012 By admin

Port in LaPorte In LaPorte, Minnesota Paul and Sharon Shuster are fermenting a batch of rhubarb wine. This is the home of Forestedge Winery, tucked between Minnesota Highway 64 and the Paul Bunyan State Forest, where Paul and Sharon along with partner, John Wildmo are growing, fermenting and bottling fruit wines as varied as: * […]

Filed Under: Arts and Culture, Brewery or Vineyard, Business - family, Business - small (<20 employees), Buy Local, Consumption and Purchasing, Culinary Travel, Direct to customer/user, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Food and Beverage, Fruits, Heritage Tourism, Horticultural crops, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), On-Farm Visits, Packaging, Processing, Regional Arts, Tourism and Recreation, Value added

Eagle View Family Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Time for a Change In Lake City, Minnesota, Dennis and Sue Rabe are taking an alternative approach to farming. After finding that they were working more hours on the farm and getting less for their input, it was time for a change. As Dennis said, “the idea of a family farm had been lost. We […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Buy Local, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Consumption and Purchasing, Direct: farmers markets, Erosion Control and Redirection, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Hogs, Livestock, Mail/Telephone Order, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Minnesota, Rotational Grazing, Soils & Compost

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