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Medicinal Herbs on the Urban Fringe

June 29, 2012 By admin

Unique Income Source Renne Soberg was raised on his family’s dairy farm in Lakeville, Minnesota, where his family have been farming since the 1890s. The farm, greatly reduced in size after surviving many permutations, is now under Renne’s care. After working in Washington for the USDA, Renne returned to Minnesota to finish his education, and […]

Filed Under: Birds, Business - cooperative, Business Development, Business planning, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Developing new products, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Human Health, Methods, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-food ag-related, Organic farming, Preserving Greenspace, Processing, Starting a business, Value added

All Paper Recycling, Inc.

June 29, 2012 By admin

Bye Bye By-Products! People living in houses built entirely out of recycled newspaper and phonebooks…using chairs that, if broken, can be smashed to a pulp only to be crafted into another chair…landfills never receiving another piece of paper again…welcome to the future as proposed by Stan Shetka, creator and head of All Paper Recycling, Inc. […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Biodegradable Materials, Biodegradeable, Business - small (<20 employees), Conservation, Conservation Aim, Consumption and Purchasing, Developing new products, Energy and Green Building, Energy Efficiency, Green or Natural Building/architecture, Green Products, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Product Innovations, Recycled Materials, Responsible Purchasing, Reused Materials, Reused/Recycled Materials, Rural/urban connection, Sustainable Use, Value added, Visual Arts

Mississippi Topsoils

June 29, 2012 By admin

High Tech Composting Last fall, Mathias Miller and Brad Matuska, founders of Mississippi Topsoils, opened a $500,000 high-tech compost facility next to the Gold’n Plump Poultry plant in Cold Spring. They meet the plant’s disposal need with an environmentally sound waste service while manufacturing premium horticultural products. Gold’n Plump Poultry is one of the largest […]

Filed Under: Business - small (<20 employees), Composting, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Developing new products, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-food ag-related, Practices, Soil Quality, Waste Reduction

Rumbleway Farm: Delivering a Taste of the Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

From farm to feast, Rumbleway Farm delivers a menu of diversified products and business strategies, with owners Robin and Mark Way continuing the legacy of their historic farmstead outside Conowingo in northeastern Maryland by reinventing itself for today’s marketplace. Mark grew up in a farming family, while Robin was a city girl from Philadelphia. Both […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Branding: Heirloom, Business - family, Business Development and Marketing, Direct Marketing, Direct to Customer, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Hogs, Livestock, Mail/Telephone Order, Marketing, Marketing - Ag specific, Maryland, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Organic farming, Poultry, Processing, Product Innovations, Sheep and goats, Social Marketing: Linking Consumers to Producers, Value added, Word-of-Mouth

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