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Dave Jacobson

June 29, 2012 By admin

Preserving and Educating Love of the land, wildlife and a vision of what was there before his grandparents homesteaded his 160-acre family farm motivated David Jacobson of Sauk Centre, Minnesota to return the land to its natural state of wetlands, woodlands, and prairie. When asked why he would take active farmland out of production, Jacobson […]

Filed Under: Biodiversity, Birds, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Easements, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Education, Land Trusts, Minnesota, On-Farm Visits, On-farm Workshops, Policy Tools, Practices, Prairie Restoration, Preserving landscapes, Program - private, Tourism and Recreation, Water Quality, Wetland or Waterway Reconstruction, Wildlife Management

Arellano’s Fruit Market & Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Immigrant Farmers From Arellano’s Fresh Fruit Market stand, the 50 acres of apples, peaches, blueberries and a diverse selection of other fruits and vegetables entices even the most casual drive-by passengers, many en route to vacation homes or recreational activities on Lake Michigan just two miles from the 60 acre farm. The fruit stand is […]

Filed Under: Arts and Culture, Business to Business: Supermarkets, Direct Marketing, Direct to Customer, Direct to customer/user, Direct: farm stand, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Festivals, Fruits, Horticultural crops, Local foods systems, Mail/Telephone Order, Methods, Michigan, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), On-Farm Visits, Tourism and Recreation, Vegetables, Word-of-Mouth

The Eagle Bluff Environmental Education Center

June 29, 2012 By admin

Teaching Life Skills Eagle Bluff Environmental Education Center (EBEEC) has been quietly fostering respect for the environment and teaching students and visitors life skills for nearly 20 years. Beginning as the Forest Resource Center, the site became known as Eagle Bluff in 1997, and has been growing to meet the expanded demand for classes ever […]

Filed Under: Children, Families and Learning, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Enviromental Learning, Environmental Learning, Minnesota, Program - non-profit, Schooling, Tourism and Recreation

Maah Daah Hey Trail

June 29, 2012 By admin

The everchanging Maah Daah Hey Trail winds its way through North Dakota’s picturesque Badlands, affording outdoor enthusiasts a thrilling, visceral experience of some of the most spectacular terrain in America. In a region beset by a struggling ranch economy, out-migration, and the booms and busts of the oil and gas industry, the 97-mile Maah Daah […]

Filed Under: Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, North Dakota

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