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Dennis Arp’s Mountain Top Honey

June 29, 2012 By admin

The Sweet Life Mountainaire, Arizona · By Peter Friederici When he was a teenager growing up on an Iowa farm, Dennis Arp once went squirrelhunting with friends and came across some beehives. The boys decided they’d try to extract the honey. Dennis borrowed a veil from his dad, who’d kept bees in the past. Lacking […]

Filed Under: Arizona, Harvesting Nature, SW book

Ashokola Gardens

June 29, 2012 By admin

Healthy Soil, Healthy People You have to slip into four-wheel-drive to negotiate the descent from the mesa top to Ashokola Gardens and Peacefield, the remote garden, homestead, and sustainable-living center where Kim Howell-Costion lives with her husband, Joseph Costion, in the high piٌon-juniper country east of Snowflake, Arizona. It’s worth every bump to get a […]

Filed Under: SW book

Zuni Furniture Enterprises

June 29, 2012 By admin

Where Tradition Meets Quality Zuni, New Mexico · By David Seibert Zuni Furniture Enterprises has a slightly different take on the bottom line than a typical business. For this company, while economic concerns are important, cultural principles also guide the work. Zuni Furniture Enterprises, located at Zuni Pueblo in northwest New Mexico, has been a […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Business - small (<20 employees), Conservation, Conservation Aim, Energy and Green Building, Energy Efficiency, Forest Preservation and Restoration, New Mexico, SW book

Lost Cabin Ranch

June 29, 2012 By admin

The Story of Our Intentions “I really believe,” Rebecca Routson says, “that every square foot of this earth requires its own particular attention.” The particular piece of earth Rebecca and her husband Don attend to is an organic farm in the Williamson Valley northwest of Prescott, Arizona. It is a place of unconventional beauty, set […]

Filed Under: Arizona, Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Horticultural crops, Livestock, Methods, Organic farming, Poultry, SW book, Vegetables

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