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Environmental Dust Control

June 29, 2012 By admin

Naturally Occurring In 1996, Howard Hamilton, Arland Moger, and Bob Nelson, all grain farmers from Currie, Minnesota, formed Environmental Dust Control, Inc. (EDC) which uses a soy-based product to suppress wild dust and gravel. EDC began in response to the Minnesota Legislative session of 1988, which banned the use of waste petroleum oil as a […]

Filed Under: Business - small (<20 employees), Business Development, Developing new products, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-food ag-related, Processing, Starting a business, Value added

Apple Crisp Cooperative

June 29, 2012 By admin

A “Core” Effort Southeast Minnesota is a countryside dotted with picturesque apple orchards, a development led nearly a century ago by the University of Minnesota. Partly due to the Mississippi River and partly due to landscape conditions created in the last glacial age, climate and soil conditions are unique to the area and ideal for […]

Filed Under: Business - cooperative, Business Development, Business Development - Ag specific, Business planning, Business to Business: Other, Business to Business: Supermarkets, Buy Local, Consumption and Purchasing, Cooperation with other organizations, Developing new products, Diversification for Farmers, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Food related, Fruits, Horticultural crops, Local foods systems, Marketing - Ag specific, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Preserving landscapes, Processing, Rural/urban connection, Sourced from Cooperative Enterprises, Southeast Minnesota, Value added

Turkey Ridge Organic Apple Orchard

June 29, 2012 By admin

Gays Mills, Wisconsin From the livestock rotationally grazing between the apple trees to the canned apple pie filling on the shelves of the on-farm store, diversification refrains throughout Turkey Ridge Organic Apple Orchard’s business philosophy. Based in the rugged countryside outside Gays Mills, Wisconsin, and built on a core commitment to organic apple growing, Turkey […]

Filed Under: Branding: Certified Organic, Business - cooperative, Business Development, Business Development - Ag specific, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Cooperation with other organizations, Direct to Customer, Direct: farm stand, Direct: u-pick, Diversification for Farmers, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Diversified Funding, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fruits, Gathering and Hunting, Grass farming/free range, Harvesting Nature, Hogs, Horticultural crops, Integrated Pest Management, Livestock, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Packaging, Pest Management, Poultry, Processing, Product Innovations, Sheep and goats, Value added, Vegetables, Wildfoods, Wisconsin

Source Food Technology

June 29, 2012 By admin

An Appetizing Idea Almost five years ago, Rick Kiley, president of Source Food Technology, Inc.of Minneapolis, Minnesota, developed an innovative cholesterol- free shortening called Appetize®. With the help of Max Norris, from the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute (AURI), Rick hoped to find a market for his healthy and nutritious creation. Rick worked closely with scientist […]

Filed Under: Business to Business, Food related, Processing, Starting a business

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