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La Mision de San Miguel

June 29, 2012 By admin

Blending Culture and Commerce Patagonia, Arizona Part musical venue, part museum, part restaurant and social gathering spot, La Mision de San Miguel adds a high octane dose of culture, conversation, and commerce to the small rural Arizona town of Patagonia. The iconographic manifestation of a vision of local entrepreneur Cecilia San Miguel, La Mision de […]

Filed Under: Arizona, Branding, Business - small (<20 employees), Business Development and Marketing, Developing new products, Food and Beverage, Food related, Kellogg (non-food & ag), New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Restaurant or Cafe, Starting a Business, Tourism and Recreation

Kay’s Naturals

June 29, 2012 By admin

Powerhouse Snacks When a local pretzel manufacturer went bankrupt, Tom Condon, a Clara City farmer and entrepreneur who owned the plant’s building, worried about the town of 1500 losing critical manufacturing jobs. Tom was a client of local businessman, Massoud Kazemzadeh, and sought his help in saving the plant, knowing Massoud had product-development expertise and […]

Filed Under: Branding, Business - mid-sized (>21 employees), Business Development, Business Retention and Development, Community Development and Design, Consumption and Purchasing, Developing new products, Development of Website, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Food related, Healthful Products, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Starting a business

Keating Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Jim and Sue Keating are newcomers to the world of organic agriculture. Prior to moving to the town of Bennington in central Kansas, the couple raised a family in urban Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where Sue was a church secretary and Jim taught civil engineering at the university. When their kids moved out and the couple moved […]

Filed Under: Branding: Certified Organic, Business - family, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Community Cooperative, Community Development and Design, Corn & Soybeans, Creating a More Localized Food System, Direct Marketing, Direct: consumer buying clubs, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Hay & Alfalfa, Horticultural crops, Kansas, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Organic farming, Packaging, Processing, Product Innovations, Regionalized Cooperation, Small Grains, Soils & Compost, Value added, Vegetables

Sutcliffe Vineyards

June 29, 2012 By admin

Capturing the Brilliance of Place Tucked below the east face of Battle Rock in the far southwestern corner of Colorado, John Sutcliffe struggles for control of McElmo Canyon. Growing grapes at 5,300 feet above sea level isn’t just a matter of turning sunlight into sugar, but rather also part of his strategy against what he […]

Filed Under: Business - self, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Colorado, Direct Marketing, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fruits, Horticultural crops, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Processing, SW book, Value added

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