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Duhn Family Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Farming Holistically Marvin and Ruth Duhn raise both crops and sheep on their 117 acre farm near Alexandria, Minnesota. Driven by a longstanding interest in holistic health, their farming philosophy is intertwined with a commitment to the health of humans and the environment. Out of concern about the number of petroleum-based chemicals and plastic products […]

Filed Under: Business - family, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Grass farming/free range, Horticultural crops, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Organic farming, Sheep and goats, Small Grains, Vegetables

BC Gardens

June 29, 2012 By admin

Healthy Produce Avid gardeners since childhood, Kathy Botten and Ruth Capp founded BC Gardens, an organic vegetable, herb, and flower garden in 1998. The “BC” in BC Gardens stands for “before chemicals” and “Botten, Capp”. Kathy and Ruth plant and work nearly 3+ acres at their home near Belgrade, Minnesota for commercial sale. “Gardening organically […]

Filed Under: Branding: Certified Organic, Business - small (<20 employees), Business to Business: Cooperatives, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Buy Local, Certification Standards, Community Supported Agriculture, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Consumption and Purchasing, Cover Crops, Crop Rotation & Intercropping, Direct to Customer, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Green Products, Healthful Products, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Human Health, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Organic, Organic farming, Pesticide Reduction, Practices, Processing, Soil Quality, Sustainable Use, Value added, Vegetables

White Earth Land Recovery Project

June 29, 2012 By admin

Culturally Whole White Earth Land Recovery Project (WELRP), distributes traditional foods like maple syrup, hominy corn and wild rice through its retail arm, Native Harvest, working together to make a fractured culture whole. In an old farmhouse near Round Lake, 12 miles from the village of Ponsford on the White Earth Indian Reservation in northwestern […]

Filed Under: Arts and Culture, Children, Families and Learning, Cultural Preservation, Development of Website, Educational Opportunities, Energy and Green Building, Language and Cultural Heritage, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Processing, Program - community, Renewable Energy, Reservation, Schooling, Solar, Value added, Wind

Sibley County: Community-Driven

June 29, 2012 By admin

Sibley County has Something for Everyone The residents of Sibley County are on a roll. With the approval of their Blandin Community Investment Partnership (BCIP) grant proposal they are optimistically entering an implementation phase of the expressed goals for the community. Improved health care access to technology environmental protection These are three crucial goals that […]

Filed Under: Community Development and Design, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Healthcare, Internet and High-tech, Minnesota, Program - community, Water Quality, Wildlife Management

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