A family tradition Springfield, Vermont “In the 1960’s we used to sell big cider jelly jars to hippies, now we sell small jars to yuppies,” chuckles Willis Wood, owner of Wood’s Cider Mill. On land first settled by Willis’ family in 1798, he and his wife, Tina, carry on the diversified farm operation in Weathersfield, […]
Zimmerman’s Berry Farm
Black raspberries ripen first at Zimmerman’s Berry Farm. Then blackberries, followed by blueberries, golden raspberries and wineberries (an extra juicy red raspberry), and finally red raspberries in August. People come from as far as Atlanta , Georgia , to pick fruit at this 50-acre, mostly wooded western North Carolina mountain farm. With her husband Billy, […]
Bennett Farms
Production over Profit Variable and troublesome soils. While his land is relatively flat, Rich Bennett contends with a range of challenging soils. Yellow sands with less than 2 percent organic matter are vulnerable to wind erosion and dry out quickly during drought. At the other extreme, lakebed clays are slow to drain in spring, making […]
American Pasturage, Inc.
“The most natural meat is the most profitable method” Marionville, Missouri In 1996, Rick Hopkins was just about at breaking point with his 100-acre Missouri beef farm on the flat foothills of the Ozark Mountains . He was raising 40 head of adult cattle on a small plot of unmanaged pasture, supplementing their diet with […]
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