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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

Rosie’s Organic Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Gainsville, Florida Rose Koenig grew up in the Garden State back when an expansive patchwork of market gardens made New Jersey’s moniker ring true. Her dad and grandfather before him raised vegetables and layer hens, and trucked the goods into farmers’ markets, small grocery stores and restaurants in town and New York City. Now the […]

Filed Under: Business - family, Business to Business: Other, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Community Supported Agriculture, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Florida, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Value added, Vegetables

Midheaven Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Biodynamic Farming Dewane Morgan’s diverse Midheaven Farm is spread out on the sandy loam soils left by the glaciers that shaped northern Minnesota. Fields of alfalfa provide hat for the beef cows, and are also grazed by the cattle as part of a regular rotation. Native prairie grasses are also used extensively on the farm. […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Biodynamics, Business - family, Children, Families and Learning, Community Supported Agriculture, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Developing new products, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Exchanging Labor for Learning, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Food related, Hay & Alfalfa, Horticultural crops, Livestock, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-GMO, Organic farming, Packaging, Processing, Rotational Grazing, Small Grains, Soil Quality, Soils & Compost, Value added, Vegetables, Youth, Youth Workers

BC Gardens

June 29, 2012 By admin

Healthy Produce Avid gardeners since childhood, Kathy Botten and Ruth Capp founded BC Gardens, an organic vegetable, herb, and flower garden in 1998. The “BC” in BC Gardens stands for “before chemicals” and “Botten, Capp”. Kathy and Ruth plant and work nearly 3+ acres at their home near Belgrade, Minnesota for commercial sale. “Gardening organically […]

Filed Under: Branding: Certified Organic, Business - small (<20 employees), Business to Business: Cooperatives, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Buy Local, Certification Standards, Community Supported Agriculture, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Consumption and Purchasing, Cover Crops, Crop Rotation & Intercropping, Direct to Customer, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Green Products, Healthful Products, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Human Health, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Organic, Organic farming, Pesticide Reduction, Practices, Processing, Soil Quality, Sustainable Use, Value added, Vegetables

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