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Davison’s Country Store

June 29, 2012 By admin

At the turn of the twentieth century, a small farmstead country store opened in Carters Valley, Tennessee, to the rattle of horse-drawn buggies and the various goings on of the Davidson family farm on which the store was situated. Looney’s Store functioned as a means of trade and barter for local and traveling customers until […]

Filed Under: Appalachia, Arts and Culture, Direct to Customer, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Historic Preservation, Marketing - Ag specific, Tennessee, Tourism and Recreation

Viking Valley Hunt Club

June 29, 2012 By admin

From Harvesting to Hunting Les Bensch, a former computer company executive, and his wife, Bette, a technical writer, operate Viking Valley Hunt Club on 400 acres of pastureland in Ashby, located in central Minnesota. Les and Bette have turned a marginal farm into a hunting and shooting business they say earns five times the revenue […]

Filed Under: Business - family, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Field Crops, Fish, Fishing, Fishing, Gathering and Hunting, Harvesting Nature, Hunting, Hybrid Poplars, Minnesota, Native Prairie Grasses, Native Tree Species, Practices, Prairie Restoration, Tourism and Recreation, Wetland or Waterway Reconstruction, Wetland Restoration, Wildfoods, Wildlife Management

Big Stone Lake: A Vision for the Future

June 29, 2012 By admin

The CUP is Half-Full in the Big Stone Lake Area No, CUP is not a typo. It is a philosophy and a vital partnership on the western border of Minnesota that started when people from nine communities across the area got together to discuss their future at a Blandin Community Investment Partnership (BCIP) meeting. It […]

Filed Under: Arts and Culture, Canoeing & Boating, Children, Families and Learning, Civic Literacy & Leadership, Community Development and Design, Community-Based Approach, Cultural Preservation, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Environmental Education Programs, Environmental Learning, Family Entertainment and Activities, Internet and High-tech, Lifelong Learning, Mainstreet, Minnesota, Multi-Generational Recreation Center, Program - community, Program - university, Promoting Community Interaction on Common Goals, Regionalized Cooperation, Rural Business Development, Tourism and Recreation, Youth

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