Back in 1987, a tiny corner restaurant opened on slanted West State Street in Athens, Ohio. It was different from the other eateries in Athens in one very important way: the cooks, dishwashers, servers and hostesses weren’t just hired help at Casa Nueva, they owned it as members of the Worker-Owned Restaurant Corporation. Were they […]
Moonlight Meadow Farm
New Horizons with Attractive Alpacas Chardon, Ohio “What business enables you to be around the cutest animals on earth all day and run a financially viable enterprise?” rhetorically asks Donna Christley, co-owner of Moonlight Meadow Farm in Chardon, Ohio. Her enthusiastic reply: alpacas. “Folks tend to get hooked on alpacas from the first time they […]
Peace Angel Farm
Garlic grows garden niche Morrow, Ohio Scratch the surface of Peace Angel Farm and grower Paul Zorn’s atypical approach to farming appears: Focus on one main specialty crop, garlic, that defies traditional planting cycles. Avoid the stress of needing to sell product immediately as garlic dries and stores readily. Keep things small and manageable. Throw […]