Nauvoo, IL With a 12-acre vineyard and wine-making plant, Brenda and Kelly Logan are preserving a family tradition that dates back to 1857 when Kelly’s great, great grandfather planted the first grapes on this west central Illinois farm. The couple is also helping to preserve the history of Nauvoo, a community whose past is steeped […]
Richard Bresnahan: Artist and Environmentalist
Master Potter Richard Bresnahan, a world-acclaimed potter and environmentalist, incorporates sustainable materials in his art, many of which are found in the nature that surrounds him and his family on their 120-acre homestead in Avon, Minnesota. It is here that Richard and his wife, Collete, teach their two daughters and young son about the importance […]
Fae Ridge Farm
On Fae Ridge Farm, just outside of Iowa City, Janette Ryan-Busch raises organic vegetables, herbs, cut flowers, goats, sheep, llamas, and angora rabbits. Geese and ducks provide insect control, and chickens help with the decom-position of garden waste. Janette is known locally as the Queen of Basil, raising ten to fifteen thousand basil plants annually. […]
Bolt Enterprises
Young Entrepreneurs Business Opportunities through Learning and Technology (BOLT) Enterprises, a student-run business, provides a unique educational opportunity for young entrepreneurs attending Westbrook-Walnut Grove High School in Westbrook, Minnesota. BOLT Enterprises gives students the experience of running a real business, provides jobs, and manufactures a dynamite barbecue sauce, all on the high school campus. Students […]
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