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Harvest Moon Community Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Urban Youth Experience Rural Life Harvest Moon Community Farm receives many positive comments from the children who participate in its programs. Statements like, “We could make a lot of things from nature,” “I like the farm! It’s fun,” or “I had a great time. I thought it was really neat when we got to go […]

Filed Under: Aromatherapy, Massage and Reflexology, Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Children, Families and Learning, Early Childhood, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Enviromental Learning, Environmental Learning, Hospitality, Minnesota, Music, On-farm Workshops, Performing Arts, Program - non-profit, Retreat Center, Schooling, Textile Arts, Theater, Tourism and Recreation, Visual Arts, Wellness Workshops

Four Winds Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Land stewardship through grass fed meat River Falls, WI While Prescott Bergh and Juliet Tomkins may own and manage Four Winds Farm, they’re quick to give credit to their source of inspiration for ideas and diversification approaches to running their business: the soil, nature and the landscape of their 107 acre farm near River Falls, […]

Filed Under: Arts and Culture, Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Direct Marketing, Direct to Customer, Direct: farm stand, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Festivals, Grass farming/free range, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), On-Farm Visits, Processing, Rotational Grazing, Tourism and Recreation, Value added, Wisconsin, Word-of-Mouth

Ken’s Lean Beef

June 29, 2012 By admin

Whole Farm Planning Ken Peterson owns and operates a beef cow-calf operation in Tamarack, Minnesota, and directly markets his grass-fed, lean, chemical and hormone-free beef. The goal of this farm can be best summarized in the phrase “Whole Farm Planning (WFP) which, Ken says, “is a process of decision making that includes every aspect of […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Business - cooperative, Business - family, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Direct to Customer, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Erosion Control and Redirection, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Livestock, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Non-GMO, On-Farm Visits, Rotational Grazing, Soils & Compost, Tourism and Recreation

Forestedge Winery

June 29, 2012 By admin

Port in LaPorte In LaPorte, Minnesota Paul and Sharon Shuster are fermenting a batch of rhubarb wine. This is the home of Forestedge Winery, tucked between Minnesota Highway 64 and the Paul Bunyan State Forest, where Paul and Sharon along with partner, John Wildmo are growing, fermenting and bottling fruit wines as varied as: * […]

Filed Under: Arts and Culture, Brewery or Vineyard, Business - family, Business - small (<20 employees), Buy Local, Consumption and Purchasing, Culinary Travel, Direct to customer/user, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Food and Beverage, Fruits, Heritage Tourism, Horticultural crops, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), On-Farm Visits, Packaging, Processing, Regional Arts, Tourism and Recreation, Value added

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