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The Diablo Trust

June 29, 2012 By admin

It Takes a Village Coconino County, Arizona · By Sue and Tony Norris The Prosser and the Metzger families have been neighbors for more than eighty years. Their combined ranches, the Bar T Bar and the Flying M, consist of 426,000 acres of federal, state, and private lands spread across a broad swath of northern […]

Filed Under: Arizona, Beef and Dairy, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Forest Preservation and Restoration, Livestock, Program - community, Program - government, SW book, Wildlife Management

Stone Free Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

In the Shadow of the Mountains In winter, farmers sink into worn couches, sip tea, and tell stories about summers past. After a decade of farming the high desert outside of Cortez, Colorado, Chuck Barry and Rosie Carter have stories. This winter the story begins with water: for the first time in many years, their […]

Filed Under: Business - family, Colorado, Direct: farmers markets, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Horticultural crops, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Organic farming, SW book, Vegetables

Turtle Lake Refuge

June 29, 2012 By admin

Alchemy in the Kitchen, Fire on the Land Durango, Colorado · By Rachel Turiel Hinds In Durango, Colorado, a small revolution is taking place. It simmers quietly in the backyards of people who harvest dandelions, amaranth, and other wild weeds for dinner salads. It gathers steam in a historic district alley where up to one […]

Filed Under: Business - small (<20 employees), Colorado, Gathering and Hunting, Harvesting Nature, SW book, Wild fruit, Wildfoods

Hell’s Backbone Grill

June 29, 2012 By admin

Food as Meditation Boulder, Utah · By Rose Houk At dusk on a summer evening, honey-warm light shines from the expanse of windows in the large timber and tin-roofed building. Kids tumble on the lawn out front, and horses graze in lush green grass in the pasture. While people dine in shorts and t-shirts on […]

Filed Under: Arts and Culture, Business - small (<20 employees), Buy Local, Consumption and Purchasing, Culinary Arts, Food and Beverage, Restaurant or Cafe, SW book, Tourism and Recreation, Utah

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