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Oberle Botanical

June 29, 2012 By admin

Botanical Paradise in Suburbia Fort Collins, CO Suburban sprawl may not jump to mind as a hotbed for new agriculture start-ups, but Oberle Botanical blooms strong and solid in the heart of Fort Collins, Colorado. Run by Matt and Sue Oberle, this diversified operation blends a variety of horticulture ventures with a commitment to keeping […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Business - family, Business Development, Business Development - Ag specific, Business Development and Marketing, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Colorado, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Farmers Markets, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Festivals, Greenhouse Production, Harvesting Nature, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Internet/Website, Marketing, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), On-farm Workshops, Packaging, Product Innovations, Tourism and Recreation, Value added

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

Stickney Hill Dairy

June 29, 2012 By admin

An Unusual Twist Brad and Kevin Donnay are two goat-herding brothers who run one of only a handful of goat dairy operations in Minnesota. It started with Brad looking for a way to take over the family farm and make it profitable. Brother Kevin would be graduating from college soon and he, too, wanted to […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - small (<20 employees), Business Development, Developing new products, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Food related, Livestock, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Processing, Sheep and goats, Starting a business, Value added

Sno Pac Foods

June 29, 2012 By admin

World’s First Pete Gengler is happy that his family and its company, Sno Pac Foods, Inc., got into the organic food business early. Touting itself as the world’s first grower/processor of frozen organic vegetables, Sno Pac, located in Caledonia, Minnesota, is in its third generation of ownership. Pete Gengler’s mother, Darlene, is the last of […]

Filed Under: Business - mid-sized (>21 employees), Business Development, Business planning, Business to Business, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Business to Business: Natural Food Stores, Business to Business: Other, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Developing new products, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Food related, Fruits, Horticultural crops, Marketing - Ag specific, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Packaging, Starting a business, Value added, Vegetables

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