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Mid-Missouri’s Poultry Processing Plant

June 29, 2012 By admin

Karen Machetta fell in love with agriculture in college when she learned to milk a cow in a dairy production course. She was a city girl who had spent summers on her grandma’s farm and still lovingly remembers every detail of the arrangement of nesting boxes in the hen house. Karen started her own farm […]

Filed Under: Antibiotic Free, Beef and Dairy, Business - small (<20 employees), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Hogs, Livestock, Methods, Missouri, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Poultry, Processing, Sheep and goats, Value added

Bio Builder of Minnesota

June 29, 2012 By admin

Healthy Lakes Bio Builder of Alexandria designed a unique fertilizer to keep Minnesota lakes clean, while helping lakeshore owners grow healthy, green lawns. The fertilizer, Thrivin’ Natural™ and Organic Turfgrass, is made from corn distiller’s dried grain and rough fish. The environmentally friendly formula is phosphorous-free eliminating toxic run-off and protecting and maintaining lake water […]

Filed Under: Business - family, Business to Business, Children, Families and Learning, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Marketing to Government Agencies, Methods, Minnesota, Native Prairie Grasses, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Organic farming, Product Innovations, Soil Quality, Value added, Water Quality, Wetland Restoration, Youth, Youth Businesses

Prairie Restoration, Inc.

June 29, 2012 By admin

Urban Artistry Ron Bowen, Prairie Restoration‘s founder, restores native prairie in unusual places. Bowen’s artistry is evident in plantings he created for State Farm’s headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota. In the traditional corporate arrangement, more conventional landscaping and turf grass would be what casual visitors would see. At State Farm, employees and visitors are greeted […]

Filed Under: Biodiversity, Business - small (<20 employees), Business Development – Harvesting Nature specifi, Business to Business, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Developing new products, Harvesting Nature, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Niche crops, Practices, Prairie Grasses & Wildflowers, Prairie Restoration, Restoration Planting, Starting a business, Wetland or Waterway Reconstruction, Wetland Restoration, Wetland species

MaryJanesFarm

June 29, 2012 By admin

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 […]

Filed Under: Biomass/biofuels, Branding, Branding, Branding: Certified Organic, Branding: Label, Business - small (<20 employees), Business Development, Business to Business: Natural Food Stores, Business to Business: Other, Business to Business: Supermarkets, Buy Local, Consumption and Purchasing, Crop Rotation & Intercropping, Developing new products, Direct Marketing, Direct to Customer, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Education and Research, Energy and Green Building, Evaluating Consumer Interest, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Food related, Fruits, Green Products, Greenhouse Production, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Idaho, Internet/Website, Livestock, Mail/Telephone Order, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-food ag-related, Non-GMO, Organic, Organic farming, Poultry, Processing, Product Innovations, Renewable Energy, Starting a business, Value added, Vegetables

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