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Minnesota Wool Research

June 29, 2012 By admin

A Wild and Woolly Idea University of Minnesota Researchers say wool mats may give fruit growers an alternative to herbicides, and Minnesota sheep producers a market for their wool. Some of the strawberry plants on Bill Jacobson’s fruit farm are tucked up in a soft, gray wool blanket. Bill, who grows 20 acres of strawberries […]

Filed Under: Conservation, Conservation Aim, Developing new products, Erosion Control and Redirection, Iowa, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-food ag-related, Processing, Product Innovations, Program - research, Program - university, Soil Quality, Value added, Weed Control

Earthwise Foods

June 29, 2012 By admin

World Market for Organic Crops Robin Brekken of Crookston, Minnesota grows his farm by concepts rather than acres. Together with Lynn Brakke and other partners in Earthwise Foods and Earthwise Processors, Robin is placing his bet on the future of identity-preserved, non-GMO and organic crops. For now, a small retail package of roasted soy nuts […]

Filed Under: Branding, Business - mid-sized (>21 employees), Business to Business, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Methods, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-GMO, Organic farming, Packaging, Processing, Value added

Stargate Valley Farms

June 29, 2012 By admin

Realizing Dreams under the Stars Holbrook, Arizona · By Roger Clark To many people in their sixties, retirement means days filled with hitting golf balls, playing bridge with friends, or traveling the world. But Carol Poore and Dennis Swayda had another dream: to own a farm and raise goats. The couple milk sixteen dairy goats […]

Filed Under: Arizona, Business - family, Direct: farmers markets, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Horticultural crops, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Organic farming, Processing, Sheep and goats, SW book, Value added, Vegetables

Earth Elements Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Micro-farm Adds Value In More Ways Than One Lexington, Oklahoma Sometimes personal adversity and limited funds foster an environment of innovation and creativity. For April Harrington, the sole proprietor-farmer of Earth Elements Farm in Lexington, Oklahoma, it’s led to an agricultural operation that is practically 100 percent value-added. On 3/4-acre of her five acre farm, […]

Filed Under: Business - self, Business to Business: Natural Food Stores, Consumption and Purchasing, Developing new products, Direct to customer/user, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Energy and Green Building, Energy Efficiency, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fruits, Green or Natural Building/architecture, Greenhouse Production, Healthful Products, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Mail/Telephone Order, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-food ag-related, Oklahoma, Processing, Product Innovations, Strawbale, Value added, Weed Control, Word-of-Mouth

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