Renewing the Countryside

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MaryJanesFarm

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Putting a Face to Food Moscow, Idaho Tucked away amongst the contoured countryside about eight miles from Moscow, Idaho, MaryJanesFarm feeds the swelling national appetite for a sense of place and convenient wholesome foods with its 60 different kinds of organic specialty food products sold mostly by mail order, a website, and national magazine. The […]

Riverbend Farm

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Narrowing the Gap Greg Reynolds, partner and co-owner of Riverbend Farm in Delano, MN, has always wanted to have a farm “The idea really came together when I was in high school,” explains Greg. “It was a time of the back-to-the-land movement, the first oil price hikes, and people were thinking about alternative and sustainability.” […]

Environmental Dust Control

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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 […]

Hickoryworks

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Syrup seeped in distinction Trafalgar, Indiana At first glance, the story of Hickoryworks shagbark syrup in Trafalgar, Indiana, sounds like a business fairy tale: A chance meeting with a mysterious stranger leads to acquisition of a secret recipe that results in a national gourmet goldmine. But chat with owner Gordon Jones and his real recipe […]