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Portage River Farm -
Thursday October 08, 2009 - By John
This has been an investment year for us on the farm. We have sunk considerable funds into the purchasing of the tractor and the building of the coop. Lesser amounts of money have gone to restock the apiary, purchase seeds and sprinklers for the garden, buy...
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Hurricane Farm -
Saturday May 23, 2009 - By Chris
Here are some photos from Scotland Farm Day from last weekend.
Here is our set up. To the left we had small pens with a calf, some lambs, and the pigs. To the right we had a chicken coop and some goslings in another small pen. I recently...
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F.A. Farm -
Wednesday May 20, 2009 - By Walter
Yesterday, I finished reading Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich (2001). I had been a fan of Ehrenreich since the early 90's, but I didn't bother to read her book when it came out because I knew the subject so well....
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Golden Touch Alpaca Farm -
Monday May 18, 2009 - By Shelley
As a small farm constantly looking for new ways to connect with our local communities through grass roots approaches, we found this video very inspiring. Most certainly worth the 15 minutes! Breif Synopsis: Seth Godin argues the Internet has ended...
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BelleauWood Farms Alpacas -
Thursday May 07, 2009 - By Erin
So, it seems that there is a communication revolution in the works. Blogging, tweeting, FB..... So, what does all this have to do with running an alpaca farm? Well, we have always found that people love following the daily happening on the farm, so...
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Golden Touch Alpaca Farm -
Monday May 04, 2009 - By Shelley
As you might have already known 2009 has been declared The International Year of Natural Fibers by the United Nations to help promote the production of textiles using Natural Fibers. They sent out an email blast this morning releasing...
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Golden Touch Alpaca Farm -
Thursday March 12, 2009 - By Shelley
Recently we have discovered Google Insights which is a great way to gauge internet search trends for certain keywords, which are then mapped out for you. This is a great tool to find out what terms and ideas are growing in popularity. For us in particular,...
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F.A. Farm -
Friday February 20, 2009 - By Walter
Yesterday I got some high profile pork sausage at the local co-op. The pork came with its own brochure, which I read to my wife this morning over coffee. We had such a good time yukking it up, I thought I would share it with you. DISCLAIMER: I raised purebred...
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Bastrop Cattle Company -
Monday February 16, 2009 - By Pati
I play this little game with myself - every Monday, I tally the sales for the past week to see how we've done. I have a specific goal - posted in red on my side board - for weekly sales. Monday is my day to see if I met my goal. Every month,...
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Trautman Family Farm -
Saturday December 20, 2008 - By Scott&JulieTraut
Note: This is in response to a former student of my MATC organic class and represents about the entirety of my thoughts on organic poultry 2008. I decided to post it here as well hoping that others might gain...whatever they might gain...from our experiences....
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Golden Touch Alpaca Farm -
Tuesday December 09, 2008 - By Shelley
After getting a great response from yesterday's post regarding some great ways to utilize Online Video to showcase your farm and services, I am going to continue to post some great business advice that has helped us get to where we are today. Today's...
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Golden Touch Alpaca Farm -
Monday December 08, 2008 - By Shelley
The Marketing Power of Video
As most of you have noticed, Video is slowly but surely revolutionizing the internet. With new technologies and the average user packing a lot more bandwidth under their belt, more and more are able to experience internet...
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Haskins Family Farm -
Friday December 05, 2008 - By Robert
Ever have one of those "aha" moments? I had one recently when I thought hard about what is a "farm stand"? Is it something physical or something "virtual"? I struggled with for some time after Mary suggested we finally get a farm...
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