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Previously
featured Micro Eco-Farms
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June
2008
Lopez
Island Vineyards
Lopez Island, WA
Organic Vineyard, On-Farm
Cottage Winery, Agritourism
Live and farm on approximately 8 of their 30 acres. Grapes,
apples, pears, wild blackberries
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June
2008
Lavender
Wind Farm
Coupeville, WA
Lavender, lavender products, and agritourism including a lavender
labyrinth on
8.75 acres
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May
2008
Uprising
Organics Farm
Bellingham, WA
3-acre
CSA, one of the first in the country to accept food stamps,
and cooperates with other growers to sell open-pollinated
seed.
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April
2008
Kabiyisi
Urban Farms
Chicago, IL
6
vacant lots coming close to providing full time occupation
for the city farmer.
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March
2008
Spoutwood
Farm CSA
Glen Rock, PA
Sustainably operated CSA that feeds 100 families
on just 3 of their 26 acres
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January
2008
Rockhill
Creamery
Richmond, UT
Creamery, handcrafted artisan cheese from 5 Brown Swiss cows,
all named and living naturally, on 5.75 acres
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November
2007
Wheatgrass
Grower, LLC
Clarks Summit, PA
Wheatgrass and other specialty nutritional greens year-round
on 2 acres
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October
2007
Backyard Beauties™
Arnold,
MO
Value-added flower seeds and spearmint from less than 1/4
acre backyard (occasional use of one extra acre)
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September
2007
Home Sweet Farm
Brenham, TX
Community
supported agriculture and farm festivals on 20+ acres
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August
2007
Prairie Pedlar
Odebolt, IA
Value-added
flowers, unique nursery stock, agritourism on 10 acres
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July
2007
The
Sunflower Farm
Rutledge, GA
Sunflowers
on 15 acres, including sunflower festival with up to 10,000
guests
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June
2007
Pelindaba Lavender Farm
San Juan
Island, WA
Fresh lavender, on-farm lavender essential oil distillery,
lavender value-added products on 10 acres
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May
2007
GardenHome
Farm
Skagit
Valley, WA
Grass-fed
raw goat milk dairy & eggs from free roaming hens on 1
¼ acre
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April
2007
Wooly
Wabbit (TM) Farm
Helena, MO
Angora rabbit wool and hand- spinning cottage industry
from apartment studio
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March
2007
Tree Frog Farm,
Inc.
Lummi Island, WA
Native nursery plants and value-added farmed products on 1/3
acre
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January
2007
Singing
Brook Farm
Worthington,
MA
Farm grown and crafted herbal and floral body care, Icelandic
horses, specialty wool on less than one acre
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December
2006
Salt
Creek Farm
Port Angeles, WA
Certified organic heirloom vegetables on 8 acres,
since 1993
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Lopez
Island Vineyards
Lopez Island, WA
Organic Vineyard, On-Farm
Cottage Winery, Agritourism
Live and farm on approximately 8 of their 30 acres -- wine
grapes, wine apples, pears and wild blackberries
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