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Both Hartman and Hershberger have agriculture in their blood: He grew up on a corn and soybean farm, and her family kept a large garden and frequently preserved the bounty. This Indiana farm has mastered the delicate balance of profits and man hours.

This led to several years of apprenticeships and fellowships at Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture in Pocantico Hills, N.Y., where she describes the education in farming that she received as one that she is “continually humbled by and grateful...

In fact, the street running by the farm was named for the farm's original owners.Ken and Terri Allen have since taken over ownership. Architecturally, the farm resembles a farm stay in Pennsylvania's Amish country.

After 10 years, the course has reached more than 200 beginning farmers and gardeners. This farming couple is giving back by helping grow new farmers. Grow incrementally, leverage your successes and minimize impact from your mistakes.

Every morning the family starts their breakfast with this popular recipe: Yield: 4 servings Ingredients 1 cup frozen wild blueberries 1/3 cup chia seeds, plus extra for garnish 1 T.

Hikers come from around the world to climb fourteen-thousand foot mountains dubbed: “Fourteeners.” Mounts Yale, Harvard and Princeton serve as the backdrop for the town of Buena Vista, which literally means “beautiful view.” Often called “The...

See how many other producers are making the types of products that you want to make. Laws vary by state and you don't want to sink money into a project and have to change it due to local laws.

Ridge to Reef Also, while we enjoy a virtually endless growing season, there is no freeze to stunt pests, diseases or weeds. Ridge to Reef Selling crops through Farm to School contracts has kept our farming passions fueled.

It's an old design from northern Europe, where the cargo area sits between the rider and the front wheel. We're still working on solving the time-management challenges, but increasingly we're doing better at managing the stresses they cause.

That's when they realized they needed to raise the lamb themselves. Compared to other industrialized nations, the United States' consumers spend the smallest percentage of their budgets on food.

With its original, well-preserved buildings, the western-style town replica complete with a jail, a saloon and a Wells Fargo Bank has been the set for period films ranging from the late 1870s to the mid-1920s, as well as music videos and commercials.

For ages, Asians and Europeans have also practiced aquaculture , the raising of plants and animals bound to the water rather than land. Tags aquaculture If you're not careful bringing your product to market, you may suffer diminished returns and even...

“This coming year, we will be working to add more lodging to our farm stay component because many guests have mentioned how much fun it would be if they could bring friends and family, too,” she says.

You can hear a train in the distance. Bats roost in the toolshed. “I was shoveling dirt to keep the water on my crops.” Lili DeBarbeiri McKenzie shares the following tips for would-be farstay operators: The McKenzies were the first to buy land on...

“[Letting guests stay here] is a way to let them experience what it is like.” The sincerity of his love of the land and passion for ranching rings loud and clear. Originally established in the 1870s as part of the larger Davis Ranch, Cold Creek is...

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 into a full-fledged business, and with great success.

A mural on the wall of the Farm Shop depicts scenes of those days. The lavender farm at Los Poblanos is part of a village- and state-driven sustainability initiative to create a high-margin crop with very little water use, and it aligns beautifully with...

The soil isn't required for plant growth, but the elements, minerals and nutrients that soil contains are. By 2007, they were growing and selling lettuce to a few customers in Winnipeg and, from there, the business took off simply through word of mouth.

Maple syrup keeps three or four years either unopened in its original container, refrigerated or frozen. Visitors return home and want to order more maple products. As a working and demonstration farm, Sugarbush stands out from the crowd to draw a huge...

Soak 'Em Almonds are a healthy, savory snack, packed with protein, fiber and omega-3 and -6 fatty acids. Almond Joy Perhaps you, too, are considering almonds for your own orchard. Soaking almonds increases the amount of nutrients and vitamins your body...

I have a firsthand understanding of what it means to have a tight budget, but I don't believe others—people or animals—should suffer needlessly for my survival. We operate a nearly closed herd of Icelandic sheep and American Milking Devons , which...

“When I met him, he wasn't happy with what he was doing. Despite the intimidating size of the animals and their threatening-looking horns, she is armed only with a small curry-type brush, tucked into her coat pocket.

Provide habitat for wildlife. Most guests and visitors leave with a new appreciation for food cultivation. In the heat of the desert garlic, okra and black-eyed peas do well. Dumas doesn't feel the need to control “pests.” Predators keep the insect...

They'd also like to eventually broaden out beyond focusing solely on mandarins: “It's our intention to diversify our farm to a larger extent in the likely event that we'll eventually have catastrophic fruit loss, either because of cold weather freezing...

The Chickens Kristina Mercedes Urquhart While the Brughs also raise about 100 hogs per year, keep a 10-cow herd and process 10 steers per year, eggs are their largest profit generators.

At an elevation of 4,500 feet, the 50-acre ranch is considered a high-desert environment. Tags desert , Lists Accentuating Desert Beauty Holnback learned a great deal from the project and shares her tips for creating beauty in the desert world.