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Richard Bresnahan: Artist and Environmentalist

June 29, 2012 By admin

Master Potter Richard Bresnahan, a world-acclaimed potter and environmentalist, incorporates sustainable materials in his art, many of which are found in the nature that surrounds him and his family on their 120-acre homestead in Avon, Minnesota. It is here that Richard and his wife, Collete, teach their two daughters and young son about the importance […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Business - family, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Developing new products, Gathering and Hunting, Harvesting Nature, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-food ag-related, Pottery, Processing, Regional Arts, Sustainable Use, Value added, Visual Arts, Wood, clay and ash

Central Minnesota Ethanol Cooperative

June 29, 2012 By admin

Corn Power! Central Minnesota Ethanol Cooperative (CMEC) of Little Falls, Minnesota is a new generation cooperative formed specifically for the purpose of producing fuel grade ethanol and dried distillers drains with solubles from the processing of locally produced corn. The plant produces 20 milliongallons per year of 100% ethanol and 60,000 tons of DDGS, a […]

Filed Under: Air Quality, Biomass/biofuels, Business - cooperative, Buy Local, Community Development and Design, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Consumption and Purchasing, Developing new products, Energy and Green Building, Green Products, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-food ag-related, Renewable Energy, Rural Business Development

Fieldfarms

June 29, 2012 By admin

Where creative ideas bloom Dexter, MI More than plants germinate in Janna Field’s greenhouses: creative Fieldfarms business ideas grow as well. With a foundation in growing flowers since 1994, Janna keeps things fresh and her own enthusiasm level high by adding new products and income diversification to the Fieldfarms mix, always focusing on things she […]

Filed Under: Business - self, Business to Business: Other, Conservation, Developing new products, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fruits, Greenhouse Production, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Internet/Website, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Michigan, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-food ag-related, On-farm Workshops, Policy Tools, Processing, Product Innovations, Tourism and Recreation, Value added, Vegetables

RBJ Spreadable Fruit

June 29, 2012 By admin

Grandma’s Recipe Goes Global Kim Samuelson, owner and operator of RBJ Family Restaurant in Crookston, Minnesota, has worked in the restaurant industry since she was 9 years old. Kim has run the restaurant, named after her father, Roger Bernard Johnson, since 1987. In the early 1990’s, Kim created a single batch of her grandmother’s recipe […]

Filed Under: Branding, Business - family, Business - small (<20 employees), Community Development and Design, Developing new products, Direct to customer/user, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Food related, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Packaging, Processing, Value added

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