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Susie Harrington and w/Gaia Design

June 29, 2012 By admin

Designing from the Outside In Moab, Utah · By Roger Clark Susie Harrington sits cross-legged on the floor of her living room, which doubles as a yoga studio. “Buildings consume approximately one-half of the energy in this country,” she says, then pauses, allowing her group of visitors to write notes. “One of my goals is […]

Filed Under: Adobe, Business - self, Children, Families and Learning, Energy and Green Building, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Education Programs, Green or Natural Building/architecture, Passive Solar Design, Strawbale, SW book, Utah

Drake Family Farms LLC

June 29, 2012 By admin

Farming Kids West Jordan, Utah Situated in the Salt Lake Valley in West Jordan, Utah, about 10 miles from Salt Lake City to the north, Drake Family Farms milks profits from a herd of dairy goats, enduring the rapidly changing landscape of agriculture and land use. A Utah Century Farm owned by Jeanette and Ron […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Business - family, Business to Business: Cooperatives, Business to Business: Natural Food Stores, Developing new products, Direct: farm stand, Direct: farmers markets, Direct: u-pick, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Internet/Website, Livestock, Mail/Telephone Order, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-food ag-related, Poultry, Processing, Product Innovations, Sheep and goats, Utah, Value added

Hell’s Backbone Grill

June 29, 2012 By admin

Food as Meditation Boulder, Utah · By Rose Houk At dusk on a summer evening, honey-warm light shines from the expanse of windows in the large timber and tin-roofed building. Kids tumble on the lawn out front, and horses graze in lush green grass in the pasture. While people dine in shorts and t-shirts on […]

Filed Under: Arts and Culture, Business - small (<20 employees), Buy Local, Consumption and Purchasing, Culinary Arts, Food and Beverage, Restaurant or Cafe, SW book, Tourism and Recreation, Utah

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