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Terrie and Joe Adams work to make Marshwatch Farms into a place where people can learn that profitable food production and environmental health go together, even in a region threatened by sprawling development.
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Conversations with the Land
Many good arguments can be made for supporting a type of agriculture less reliant on energy, technology and Wall Street, and more on soil, communities and people: it’s better for the environment, produces good food and keeps more Main Street businesses open, to name a few. But after reading Jim Van Der Pol’s just-published collection… Read More →
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A closed diner serves as the epicenter of a rural community’s efforts to make local food an economic driver.
Farm Beginnings Profile: Alison & Jim Deutsch
On the home farm…at last
It’s early July—a time on one Wisconsin farm when there’s a brief reprieve between the spring rush of putting in crops and the mid-summer hurly-burly of making sure the land and animals are as productive as possible by fall. What better time to take a breather and assess where you’ve been, and where you’re going.… Read More →
Farm Beginnings Profile: Josh & Sally Reinitz
In the Land of Green Giants
When you grow up on a farm in the shadow of the Jolly Green Giant, you can’t help but think that size matters when it comes to success in agriculture. Josh Reinitz’s family’s land sits between Minneapolis and Mankato, just a few miles from where a wooden likeness of the Green One and his apprentice… Read More →
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A small rural school experiments with buying local, sustainable food.
The 3 Ps of Farmland Conservation: Passion, Policy & Price
While leading a group of natural resource professionals through one of his dairy pastures one early fall day, Martin Jaus made it crystal clear he farms the land for more than a milk check. “Every day we see something that just amazes us,” he said with a smile. “One day I was making hay and… Read More →
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A rural health care facility works to source its food locally.
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Serving locally-produced food in a rural cafe.
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Finding food in farm country (part 3).