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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

Sugar Maple Emu Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Emus provide product mix Brodhead, Wisconsin In a state where one expects to see dairy cows dotting the fields, Sugar Maple Emu Farm outside Brodhead, Wisconsin, defies tradition with a herd of emus, bringing new perspectives to the business of farming. The novelty of emus, combined with the animals’ usability, proves to be a marketable […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Business - family, Developing new products, Direct to Customer, Direct: farm stand, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Emus, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Internet/Website, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-food ag-related, On-Farm Visits, Processing, Product Innovations, Tourism and Recreation, Value added, Visual Arts, Wisconsin

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

Elk Falls Pottery Works and Sherman House Bed & Breakfast

June 29, 2012 By admin

Getting Mugged in a Living Ghost Town Elk Falls, Kansas Less than two hours southeast of Wichita, Kansas, and surrounded by thousands of acres of pasture and ranch lands, Elk Falls – population 120 – could have fallen off the map and become a ghost town. But it didn’t — thanks, in part, to Elk […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Bed & Breakfast, Business - family, Hospitality, Kansas, Pottery, Tourism and Recreation, Visual Arts

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