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Three Sisters Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Bioshelter Farmers Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania Their 2,500 square foot bioshelter — a structure containing a mini-ecosystem that supports the growth of a plethora of ingredients that go into their popular salad blends — makes more money than a comparable field of hay or corn ever could. Located on the five acre Three Sisters Farm inSandy […]

Filed Under: Branding: Certified Organic, Business - family, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Community Supported Agriculture, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Education, Energy and Green Building, Energy Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Learning, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Green or Natural Building/architecture, Greenhouse Production, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Internet/Website, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), On-Farm Visits, Organic farming, Passive Solar Design, Pennsylvania, Permaculture, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainable Use, Tourism and Recreation, Value added, Vegetables

Earthrise Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

A Healthy Beginning After 40 years at the Sisters of Notre Dame convent school, Annette and Kay Fernholz returned to their family home in Louisberg, Minnesota and with the help of the convent established Earthrise Farm in 1996. It was a risky, but hopeful start for the sisters and their first year they had only […]

Filed Under: Antibiotic Free, Arts and Culture, Business - family, Children, Families and Learning, Cultural Preservation, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Diversified, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Farm Stays, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Heritage Tourism, Horticultural crops, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Non-GMO, On-Farm Visits, On-farm Workshops, Organic farming, Spiritual Gatherings, Tourism and Recreation, Vegetables, Youth, Youth Workers

Jones Family Farms

June 29, 2012 By admin

Harnessing Customers to Bring in the Harvest Shelton, Connecticut Hailed as one of the outstanding reasons to visit New England by Yankee Magazine, you don’t need to be a farmer to appreciate what the Jones Family Farms — owned by Terry and Jean Jones along with their son, Jamie and his wife Christiana — has […]

Filed Under: Arts and Culture, Brewery or Vineyard, Business - family, Christmas Trees, Connecticut, Crop Rotation & Intercropping, Direct Marketing, Direct to Customer, Direct: farm stand, Direct: u-pick, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Educational Opportunities, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Festivals, Festivals, Field Crops, Food and Beverage, Fruits, Horticultural crops, Internet/Website, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Native Tree Species, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), On-Farm Visits, Processing, Seasonal producers, Tourism and Recreation, Value added, Vegetables

Dancing Winds Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

A Tale of Two Goats Mary Doerr did not intend to be a goat farmer. When she purchased Dancing Winds Farm, which lies on 20 acres in Kenyon, Minnesota, in 1985, her plan was to grow organic produce. She carried through with her organic produce, but only for a short while. Then, along came Ida […]

Filed Under: Bed & Breakfast, Business - family, Direct to customer/user, Direct: farmers markets, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Farm Stays, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Heritage Tourism, Hospitality, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), On-Farm Visits, Processing, Rotational Grazing, Sheep and goats, Tourism and Recreation, Value added

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