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Chuck and Lynn Pugh After the couple's children grew up and their priorities shifted, Lynn quit her job and started Cane Creek Farm in 2001. Farmers: Chuck and Lynn Pugh Location: Cumming, Georgia Specialties: Organic produce and farmer education You...

The Mountain Goat Lodge sits on 20 acres of high-mountain desert between the historic towns Poncha Springs and Salida, Colo., with unobstructed mountain views from all windows. The lodge was built in 2003 as a bed-and-breakfast and still today is operated...

That worry is now gone after Lynch and other Colorado farm families rallied for change; working with Colorado legislators and the Colorado Department of Health, they helped to organize a legal method of distribution that didn't threaten food safety laws...

Try it: Cheese and other dairy products can be made very successfully at home. In addition to fresh milk, the farm supplies goat's milk yogurt, kefir, cheese, and even goat' milk treats like caramels, cheesecakes and truffles.

The profession is full of challenges and your love for what you do will carry you through the hard times, as long as your passion is coupled with sound business planning. Always remember that what you do is interconnected with your community and environment.

Trish Jenkins TJ: Primarily, we use bikes for delivery of produce to restaurants and farmers market and running errands to town. The name Cycle Farm encapsulates our love for bicycles, as well as honors all the profoundly important natural cycles that...

Biggest Challenge The biggest farming challenge by far is to be paid a living wage. That's when they realized they needed to raise the lamb themselves. Firsthand Advice The best advice I could give would be to spend time in the pastures with your animals.

Take On the Challenge There's no doubt that growing a small garden plot to a successful vegetable business is no easy task, but Marks and the others at Sleeping Frog Farms want to see other budding farmers succeed.

What happens when a producer in Virginia has a dispute with a buyer in North Carolina or New York? Bourne Jr. samples the varieties of aquaculture practiced in the world today. Tags aquaculture

This is also the spot of a great swimming hole on the Alsea River. Highway 34 follows the Alsea River in a curvy and beautiful drive. “Hosting a farm stay is not hard as long as you like people and are passionate enough about your farming to share a...

McKenzie made an architectural design of his and his wife's dream house, consulted an architect, rented a tractor and the McKenzie Inn Bed-and-Breakfast was soon built. Arizona's McKenzie Inn pioneered the organic food movement in their area of the state...

“There are local producers who need the business and support in every state, including Alaska. We are not food extremists, however, just common sense folk.” When You Visit What brings guests to Cold Creek is its scenery, remoteness and legitimacy,...

Turning my dreams into reality and my passion and hobby into a successful, organic, diversified farm business. A lifelong farmer, who as an FFA student raised sheep and immersed himself in high-school ag classes, he set a goal of turning his farming hobby...

The organic lavender farm at New Mexico's Los Poblanos Inn is the perfect winter getaway for farmers and farm dreamers alike. Interestingly, the land functions again as a model experimental farm, producing organic lavender produce and raising honey bees...

Soil is simply the holder of the nutrients, a place where the plant roots traditionally live and a base of support for the plant structure. This way, they can develop free of stress, mature faster and have the highest quality possible at harvest.

“When folks are visiting the area they want to see the real deal, so we, as a working farm, are able to attract about 40,000 visitors each year to sample our products, learn about maple-syrup making through our display and maple walk, and help out our...

The ranch boasts more cattle than people—a rarity in Southern California—and visitors can stroll along the gardens and pastures and participate in a variety of farm projects, from cheese-making to tending bees.

The farm's social media presence has helped them grow to their current level of success. You know how the rest of the story goes: The pair fell in love with livestock management, and their internship turned into full-time positions.

When they detect no threat, the buffalo crowd close, begging for attention. On the most popular part of the tour, guests join the calves for a two-way love fest. Craig and Audrey worked side by side, handling all aspects of production, distribution and...

Overnighters can participate in harvesting and planting parties to help get the fields ready. Get the community involved. “There has really been a change in the way organic farming is done,” Dumas says.

Specialty: Mandarin oranges and value-added products Welty Mandarins , a mandarin-orange orchard located in California's Sacramento Valley, got its start in the early 1960s with J.D. Welty, a retired tunneler who decided to plant some fruit trees in bare...

With my 3-year-old daughter in tow, I met up with Wendy Brugh, Dry Ridge's co-owner and co-farmer. The contentment of the farm's inhabitants—bovine, porcine, galline, human or otherwise—was palpable, and that kind of feeling is contagious.

At an elevation of 4,500 feet, the 50-acre ranch is considered a high-desert environment. You may also find eggs, tomatoes, organic honey and squash. “People can utilize the facility for things they are interested in.

They were way too cute to eat!” As the herd grew and their feed bill increased, they knew something had to change. Once the ranch's infrastructure was in place, the couple soon began exploring that goal.

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U-picks started springing up like never before, and the happy farmers were not only able to charge more than wholesale bulk prices for their products, but were also able to sell those same retail customers “extras” such as processed foods and rustic...

Karl grew up in the Minnesota suburbs and Dana in the southern Arizona desert, so Fort Collins offered a wonderful blend of climate and community. They wanted to build for the future while having more fun in the present, and to slow down their lives enough...