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Grow incrementally, leverage your successes and minimize impact from your mistakes. But Lynn's knack for education resurfaced after a few years, and in 2007, she worked with Georgia Organics, a nonprofit that ­focuses on getting organic produce into...

Recently the farm applied to become a goat-share farm, meaning that this spring, they'll be able to legally share their milk and dairy products with their goat-share membership. Food is a major part of life at Mountain Goat Lodge.

It's a time-honored but almost lost community tradition that is still alive and well in many farming communities. Erin's Organics is her geothermal greenhouse that grows organic herbs, salad greens and tomatoes.

Despite the hurdles she's faced with the unique Southwestern climate, she's found success in her endeavors and passes along this advice to other budding goat dairies: Check with your state Agriculture department before you start any construction.

Ridge to Reef Also, while we enjoy a virtually endless growing season, there is no freeze to stunt pests, diseases or weeds. It leaves us working the farm year-round. But when he became shipwrecked on the island of St. Croix while sailing with a friend's...

We also have a few tools that are made from recycled bike parts, like a wheel hoe, rotary dibbler and a garden cart. We can carry up to 350 pounds, so we can carry most things and routine work is all done by bike.

Watch which forage they choose to eat. The Samutin family's love of cooking with fresh, quality ingredients led these former city-dwellers to move to the country full-time in order to raise their own livestock, produce and bees.

Starting with a core, manageable project will help you build your business—and save your sanity—until you find your loyal niche markets. “On a personal level, I simply fell in love with the land and community we now serve.” The farmers focus on...

The word conjures images of deeply plowed, rich dirt and green fields. (Always consider whether you need the advice of an attorney to assist you, and never rely on articles such as this to be personal legal advice for your situation.) State and federal...

We need to be encouraging younger generations to consider farming; encouraging families to disconnect from technology and connect with nature (if only for a weekend); and combat the growing rural-urban divide that has beset our country since the middle...

The McKenzies run a Saturday farmers market in nearby Eloy. Bats roost in the toolshed. “You can have a few good years, then a bad year, then another good year.” Lili DeBarbeiri The farm has been a learning lab for the local community on organic agriculture.

“[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. Guests may participate in daily ranch work, which includes riding, feeding and shoeing...

At the same time, stay grounded in the realization that farming can be a business or a hobby. Inspired by his mother's natural-foods business—the farm's namesake—Kaminsky launched Natural Trading Company , a 40-acre organic farm, in 1995.

The ranches head lavender farmer Jason Bean shares these lavender tips. A Peek at the Past This land, originally inhabited by Ancient Pueblo people, became home to the original Creamland Dairies in the 1930s, supplying Albuquerque with a considerable...

What are hydroponics? The family decided they wanted to find a way to farm for a longer period of time each year, so in 2006, they bought a hydroponic greenhouse business from its previous owner.

Visitors return home and want to order more maple products. Also in Woodstock is Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park , which deals with sustainability of the environment and forest health.

Six years ago, Siemens' business took a new turn when he began selling specialty almonds in flavors like Coconut with Honey, Cinnalmond, Rosemary and Lemon Pepper. For the eco-conscious traveler, there's an Amtrak station at Surf Beach, about 20 min from...

We operate a nearly closed herd of Icelandic sheep and American Milking Devons , which means we only import other animals—mainly bulls and rams—when we require more genetic diversity.

The Culinary Institute of America, which has two Northern California campuses, is also on the schedule to visit. She digs into the pocket of her barn coat and pulls it out with a smile: her trusty buffalo brush.

Provide habitat for wildlife. Being open by appointment/reservation allows him to spend more time with the people who do come out to learn more about the farm, he says. Once a field of less than 2 acres, he now owns 18 acres of land with 6 acres in production.

After much searching, he settled on Owari Satsuma mandarins and painstakingly bud-grafted cuttings to trifoliate rootstock that provided additional weather and disease protection to the trees.

Kristina Mercedes Urquhart The other key component is rotational grazing: By rotating pastures, their grasses and legumes are able to grow and thrive, never depleting under a single species of grazing animal.

Stacked-wood corral fences wind all around the property.The old windmill still stands as a landmark from another era. The ranch was inhabited by Apaches in the 1890s later turned into a homestead named “Boot Ranch” after the ranch's leather-making...

All of this in the high desert, which isn't particularly hospitable to agriculture. Case in point: Black Mesa's cheese kitchen appeared huge when they first began making fresh goat cheese—it literally echoed! Now, they make 12 different cheeses, plus...

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Annie admits that the tours are profitable for the farm, but more importantly “they are also the most fun aspect of our business. Government weight and measure regulations, insurance complexities, and health and sanitation codes can often make a U-pick...

He started by getting into horticulture, and at the same time, he continued researching the CSA model. The farmer whose land was the first home to Green Dog Farm passed away unexpectedly and the property was sold for commercial development.