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Three Sisters Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Bioshelter Farmers Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania Their 2,500 square foot bioshelter — a structure containing a mini-ecosystem that supports the growth of a plethora of ingredients that go into their popular salad blends — makes more money than a comparable field of hay or corn ever could. Located on the five acre Three Sisters Farm inSandy […]

Filed Under: Branding: Certified Organic, Business - family, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Community Supported Agriculture, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Education, Energy and Green Building, Energy Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Learning, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Green or Natural Building/architecture, Greenhouse Production, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Internet/Website, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), On-Farm Visits, Organic farming, Passive Solar Design, Pennsylvania, Permaculture, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainable Use, Tourism and Recreation, Value added, Vegetables

Hendricks Farms and Dairy

June 29, 2012 By admin

Making Profits the Old Fashioned Way Telford, Pennsylvania Attracting customers from seven states surrounding its Pennsylvania base, Hendricks Farms and Dairy, owned by Trent and Rachael Hendricks, leverage the power of diversification of both customers and the products they produce from all-pastured-livestock, growing a livelihood that yields healthy food for their family and customers while […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - small (<20 employees), Direct to Customer, Direct: farm stand, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Hogs, Internet/Website, Livestock, Mail/Telephone Order, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Pennsylvania, Poultry, Processing, Sheep and goats, Value added

Sugar Maple Emu Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Emus provide product mix Brodhead, Wisconsin In a state where one expects to see dairy cows dotting the fields, Sugar Maple Emu Farm outside Brodhead, Wisconsin, defies tradition with a herd of emus, bringing new perspectives to the business of farming. The novelty of emus, combined with the animals’ usability, proves to be a marketable […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Business - family, Developing new products, Direct to Customer, Direct: farm stand, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Emus, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Internet/Website, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-food ag-related, On-Farm Visits, Processing, Product Innovations, Tourism and Recreation, Value added, Visual Arts, Wisconsin

PastureLand Cooperative

June 29, 2012 By admin

Their Own Brand PastureLand Cooperative in southeast Minnesota is marketing cheese, butter, milk and ice cream made from the milk of grass-fed cows. Together with six Rochester area producers, the co-op aremarketing their own brand of cheese and milk. It wasn’t just low milk prices that prompted members of a Rochester-area cooperative to create their […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Branding, Branding: Label, Business - cooperative, Business Development, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Direct: farmers markets, Evaluating Consumer Interest, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Food related, Grass farming/free range, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Processing, Rotational Grazing, Starting a business, Value added

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