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Melissa Porter’s Wildcrafted Herbs

June 29, 2012 By admin

Imparting Hope for the Future Chama, New Mexico · By Rosemary Logan and Peter Friederici As you come over the hills into Chama, the land takes on a fresh, spring green color. It’s not just the irrigated pastures of alfalfa along the river, but also the oaks and aspens and grasses that cover the steep […]

Filed Under: Gathering and Hunting, New Mexico, SW book

Polyface Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Diversified Everything Swope, Virginia On one 550-acre farm in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, there’s not much that isn’t diversified. The nationally-recognized Polyface Farm is owned by Joel and Teresa Salatin, Joel’s mother Lucille, and includes their children, Daniel and Rachel, and two apprentices who have woven an ecological approach to farming that is convincingly more profitable, […]

Filed Under: Antibiotic Free, Beef and Dairy, Business - family, Business to business: Restaurants and Cafes, Direct: consumer buying clubs, Direct: farm stand, Direct: farmers markets, Diversified, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Hogs, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Organic farming, Poultry, Rotational Grazing, Virginia

Papa Bear’s Plantation

June 29, 2012 By admin

Papa Bear’s Plantation: Many Hats and licenses Ocala, Florida Ask Mark Wagner about the best insurance to survive Florida hurricane season: wear more than one hat. Pecan, sheep and small animal farmer. Small animal auctioneer. Licensed nuisance trapper. These are some of the hats Mark wears on his farm, Papa Bear’s Plantation outside Ocala, Florida. […]

Filed Under: Business - family, Direct: farm stand, Direct: u-pick, Diversified, Emus, Event rental, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Florida, Horticultural crops, Internet/Website, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Nuts, Organic farming, Poultry, Tourism and Recreation

Zuni Furniture Enterprises

June 29, 2012 By admin

Where Tradition Meets Quality Zuni, New Mexico · By David Seibert Zuni Furniture Enterprises has a slightly different take on the bottom line than a typical business. For this company, while economic concerns are important, cultural principles also guide the work. Zuni Furniture Enterprises, located at Zuni Pueblo in northwest New Mexico, has been a […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Business - small (<20 employees), Conservation, Conservation Aim, Energy and Green Building, Energy Efficiency, Forest Preservation and Restoration, New Mexico, SW book

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