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Previously
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H.E.A.L.
Chehalis, WA
9.3 acre horse and rider training. Humane-Equine Alliances
for Learning,a full-time business, with non-profit donations
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The
Chile Man
Purcellville, VA
Grows unusual peppers and herbs on just 2 1/2 of their 10
acres and process them on-farm using world cuisine sauce,
marinade and salsa recipes.
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Seasons Eatings
Farm
Washington County, ME
Rare and sustainably raised poultry, trout pond, market
garden. Farm 3 of their 45 acres. Full time income for the
wife of the family.
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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. Grapes,
apples, pears, wild blackberries
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Lavender
Wind Farm
Coupeville, WA
Lavender, lavender products, and agritourism including a lavender
labyrinth on
8.75 acres
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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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Kabiyisi
Urban Farms
Chicago, IL
6
vacant lots coming close to providing full time occupation
for the city farmer.
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Spoutwood
Farm CSA
Glen Rock, PA
Sustainably operated CSA that feeds 100 families
on just 3 of their 26 acres
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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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Wheatgrass
Grower, LLC
Clarks Summit, PA
Wheatgrass and other specialty nutritional greens year-round
on 2 acres
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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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Home Sweet Farm
Brenham, TX
Community
supported agriculture and farm festivals on 20+ acres
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Prairie Pedlar
Odebolt, IA
Value-added
flowers, unique nursery stock, agritourism on 10 acres
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The
Sunflower Farm
Rutledge, GA
Sunflowers
on 15 acres, including sunflower festival with up to 10,000
guests |
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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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GardenHome
Farm
Skagit
Valley, WA
Grass-fed
raw goat milk dairy & eggs from free roaming hens on 1
¼ acre. |
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Wooly
Wabbit (TM) Farm
Helena, MO
Angora rabbit wool and hand- spinning cottage industry
from apartment studio |
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Tree Frog Farm,
Inc.
Lummi Island, WA
Native nursery plants and value-added farmed products on 1/3
acre |
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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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Salt
Creek Farm
Port Angeles, WA
Certified organic heirloom vegetables on 8 acres,
since 1993
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Bird
Haven Blueberry Farm
Southampton, MA
Award
winning agritourism
and micro eco-farm. U-pick
and value-added
blueberries on 9 acres.
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Blue Harvest
Farms
Covington, LA
New
7-acre u-pick blueberry farm and honeybees built after damage
from Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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Sauk
Mountain
Lavender Farm
Concrete, WA
Located
at the base of Sauk Mountain, this 13-acre eco-friendly
farm is the main profession of the wife/mother of the family.
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St. John Creamery
Everett, WA
Raw
goat milk from rare breed goats fed green pasture and sprouted
grains. Milk sold to numerous regional outlets. Full time
living for the wife of a married couple. On 9 acres.
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Herbs
from the Labyrinth, LLC
Lancaster,
PA
Backyard
sub-acre micro eco-farm herb business. Farm-grown herbs,
on-farm created value-added products and agritourism via
on-farm workshops..
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Everblossom
Farm
East Berlin, PA
Full
time income for single owner on 14 acres of larger woodland
property. More than 50 different crops for CSA members plus
baby greens and other produce to restaurants... |
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Inchworm
Farm
Ann Arbor, MI
Microgreens
grown in 300
square feet of plant trays. Sold
to restaurants and via CSA. Owner also uses community
garden plot to grow cut sunflowers for sale. Part time second
stream of income...
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