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Five Nations Arts

June 29, 2012 By admin

Five Nations Arts is located in a renovated train station on Main Street in Mandan, a city on the Missouri River which takes its name from the local Indian tribe that welcomed Lewis and Clark. Operated by the Fort Abraham Lincoln Foundation (FALF), the non-profit gallery provides an outlet for the sale of art and […]

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Alderspring Ranch

June 29, 2012 By admin

Artisanal beef the grass fed way Salmon, Idaho Grass fed beef may appear hip today, given all the current publicawareness and media attention on the livestock industry, heightened by Mad Cow disease scares.But garner an understanding of Glenn nand Caryl Elzinga’s lifestyle and approach to ranching at Alderspring Ranch and one realizes this isn’t a […]

Filed Under: Beef and Dairy, Biodiversity, Business - family, Children, Families and Learning, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Direct to Customer, Diversified, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Grass farming/free range, Homeschooling, Idaho, Internet/Website, Livestock, Local foods systems, Management Concerns, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-GMO, Pest Management, Processing, Rotational Grazing, Schooling, Value added, Water Quality, Water Quality

Fall Family Fun on the Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

It’s the glint in his eyes and the mischievous delight in his voice that draws one in to Steve Enger. As he spins tales and visions of abandoned farm equipment turned into marketing props and catapults—an old grainery meticulously renovated into a haunted house, and farmland magically transformed each fall into an intricate maze carved […]

Filed Under: Arts and Culture, Business - family, Corn Mazes, Cultural Preservation, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, North Dakota, On-Farm Visits, Storytelling, Tourism and Recreation

Youth Farm and Market Project

June 29, 2012 By admin

Fostering Strong Roots in Urban Agriculture In the United States, kids, especially city kids, are profoundly disconnected from the basic human process of growing and preparing food. Food comes from a store – or drive-thru – and involves money changing hands. The hunting, gathering, planting, tending, harvesting, milling, and cooking of foods are acts invisible, […]

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