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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

Tiffany Family Farms

June 29, 2012 By admin

Diversifying the Farm Bruce and Ann Tiffany have designed a new new wildlife feed that they are producing and marketing through Tiffany Family Farms. Not content just to raise corn, wheat, peas, sweet corn, alfalfa, soybeans, sheep, cattle and hogs, Bruce also manages Quality Repair by Tiffany, a farm equipment repair shop. “Making feed for […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Business Development, Corn & Soybeans, Developing new products, Diversified, Diversified Funding, Education, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Hay & Alfalfa, Hogs, Livestock, Methods, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-food ag-related, Packaging, Processing, Sheep and goats, Small Grains, Starting a business, Value added

Rural America Arts Partnership

June 29, 2012 By admin

“That’s Our New Theater” Sometimes art begets art. On his drive home from a poetry festival in Marshall, Minnesota, in the spring of 1998, Ken Flies imagined the basic idea for the Rural America Arts Partnership. He had heard enough that week of abandoned barns and falling silos, and he knew there was a strong […]

Filed Under: Arts and Culture, Center for Collaboration in the Arts, Children, Families and Learning, Collaboration, Cycling, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Food and Beverage, Heritage Tourism, Historic Preservation, History Center, Minnesota, Performing Arts, Program - community, Restaurant or Cafe, Schooling, Theater, Tourism and Recreation

Pet Care Systems

June 29, 2012 By admin

Just What the Kitty Ordered In Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, Pet Care Systems‘ production floor produces 44,000 lbs. of “Swheat Scoop™” cat litter on every shift. Swheat Scoop is made from wheat, environmentally friendly and has no added chemicals, biodegradable, and supports local wheat farmers. The cat litter market in the U.S. is large, with one […]

Filed Under: Biodegradable Materials, Business - small (<20 employees), Business to Business, Business to Business: Natural Food Stores, Business to Business: Other, Business to Business: Pet Stores/Veterinarian, Conservation, Developing new products, Diversified Funding, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Marketing - Ag specific, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-food ag-related, Practices

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