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Finding a Niche: Direct marketing, land stewardship keep Mapleline Farm viable“When you direct market your product, you want people to feel that it’s a clean wholesome product coming from a clean wholesome environment,” says John Kokoski when explaining how the assistance he’s received from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service has helped him keep his Hadley, Massachusetts, dairy farm sustainable.
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Preserving an ancestral resource: Wampanoag Tribe conservation practices protect Menemsha Pond“Menemsha Pond has fed our ancestors for thousands of years. It’s very important to the Wampanoag people,” says David Vanderhoop, Manager of the Wampanoag Aquinnah Shellfish Hatchery and a member of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. The tribe’s aquaculture operation produces oysters in Menemsha Pond and markets them as “Tomahawk Oysters” to local stores and restaurants. Read more (HTML)...
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Just hanging out, eating grass: Wheel-View Farm capitalizes on grass-fed beef and land stewardshipJohn and Carolyn Wheeler, owners of Wheel-View Farm in Shelburne, Massachusetts, are riding the grass-fed beef wave and the keys to their success are strong consumer demand and good land stewardship. Read more (HTML)...
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Incredibly fortunate: Organic dairy farmer gets help with everyday farm challengesMorven Allen has had a purpose for as long as he can remember. “Ever since I was a little boy growing up on a farm, that’s all I have ever wanted to do,” says the Berkshire County, Mass., dairy farmer. “I look forward to getting up every morning at four o’clock and I feel incredibly fortunate to be doing what I am doing.” Read more (HTML)...
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