Value-added products bloom on the prairie Rapid City, South Dakota Zita Kwartek knows a good thing when she sees it. “When I first saw this farm, a double rainbow appeared, a sign to me that this special place would provide inspiration and a livelihood from the land. That’s when I gave it the name, ‘New […]
Adams Family Farm
Romancing the Farm Wilmington, Vermont From the bucolic setting on 210 acres of the sixth generation Adams Family Farm in Wilmington, Vermont, one couldn’t imagine more diverse — and integrated — enterprises creatively woven together to sustain the land and the farmers who farm it. Jill and Carl Mancivalano own and manage one of Vermont’s […]
Pepin Heights Orchard
Evolution In 1978, Dennis Courtier bought Pepin Heights Orchard, a small apple farm on the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River in Lake City Minnesota. More than 20 years later, using farming practices that call for less pesticide use and an intimate understanding of nature’s balance, the operation now produces 20% of all the apples grown […]
Haubenschild Family Farm
A Long-Time Dream Fulfilled Dennis and Marsha Haubenschild run their family dairy farm in Princeton, Minnesota. For years they toyed with the idea of turning manure waste into a useful energy source but, until recently, they rejected the idea because they associated it with high risks and costs. However, when their sons, Tom and Bryan, […]
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