Quantcast
Channel: Seedstock » Hana Lurie
Browsing all 17 articles
Browse latest View live

For a 4th Generation Organic Cherry Farmer, Sustainability is a ‘Big Thing...

It was while studying engineering that Bill Razey of Razey Orchard, a family owned farm growing organic cherries and a variety of other fruits, came to the realization that he wanted to continue his...

View Article



7 Young Farmers Get Down & Dirty, Establish Big Muddy Urban Farm to Supply...

In just under three months, seven young farmers have taken the germ of an idea to create a sustainable urban farm to supply a community in Omaha, Nebraska with fresh vegetables and herbs and made it...

View Article

Growing Everything from A to Z, Two Young Organic Farmers Prosper and Inspire...

In just six years, Justin Dansby and Paige Witherington have transformed Serenbe Farms in the sustainable Serenbe community 30 miles Southwest of Atlanta, Georgia into a thriving and economically...

View Article

Bike Trip Across Rural America Results in Techie’s Conversion to Sustainable...

How does a Los Angeles-based techie completely disconnected from food and agriculture end up a passionate sustainable farmer? It’s really quite simple. The techie-turned-farmer in question, one Nathan...

View Article

From Soul Searcher to Sustainable Chicken Farmer

For Alexis Koefoed, a quest for purpose 15 years ago ended with the purchase of farmland in Vacaville, California. She is now co-owner along with her husband Eric of Soul Food Farm, a sustainable farm...

View Article


Homeschool Farm Project Evolves into Sustainable Business Enterprise for...

Laurie Thorpe, owner and creator of Tangleweed Farm in Tehachapi, CA, did not set out with the intention of turning her farm into a business enterprise. In fact, her agricultural endeavors began for...

View Article

In First Year, Marketer-turned-Farmer Embraces Sustainable Practices; Inches...

Skinny Lane Farm, located 30 miles east of Austin, began as a backyard garden project designed to supply a single family with fresh produce year round. The farm’s founder, Bekki Callaway, soon outgrew...

View Article

North Carolina Native Strives to Transform Family Tobacco Farm Into...

Reggie Oakley has set his sights on transforming the tobacco farm that he grew up on into an economically viable sustainable farm. With a passion for farming and a desire to utilize ‘tried and true’...

View Article


New England Farmer Sustains Farm and Childhood Dream with Successful...

Sixteen years ago Matthew Kozazcki realized his childhood dreams of running his own farm. Located in Newbury, Massachusetts, Kozazcki’s Tendercrop Farms has grown to cover 600-acres on which he...

View Article


Rochester, PA-based Organic Farmer Wrings Profit from Business Savvy and...

Since 1978, Don Kretschmann has run Kretschmann Organic Farm, an 80-acre farm in Rochester, Pennsylvania that provides organically grown produce, fruits, and meats to Pittsburgh area customers....

View Article

Family Farm in Amesbury, MA Keeps it Local and Sustainable, Profits from...

For Glenn and Karen Cook of Cider Hill Farm in Amesbury, MA, sustainability is more than just a catch phrase. On their 145-acre farm the family’s composting practices have significantly increased soil...

View Article

Organic Farm in Petaluma, CA Finds Success with Lettuces and Leafy Greens,...

Before settling down to start his own organic farming operation, County Line Harvest, in Petaluma, CA, David Retsky cut his teeth farming all over the country and internationally through World Wide...

View Article

From Gardener to Organic Grower, New Jersey Farmer Finds Sustainability in...

Al Esposito of Poplar Wood Farm does it all: from growing and selling organic produce and cut flowers to garden landscaping, as well as raising free-range chickens and goats. As if that doesn’t keep...

View Article


Romantic Outing at Livestock Auction Precipitates Founding of Sustainable...

Jerry and Janelle Stokesberry spent one of their first romantic outings at a local livestock auction, and over 30 years later find themselves running an animal farm of their own. Stokesberry Farm of...

View Article

Fifth-Generation Oregon Family Farmer Revives Sustainable Efforts of Her...

Amy Love is an educated and well-seasoned fifth-generation farmer, as well as a mother of two. She and her husband run Love Farm Organics, a CSA operation located in the Willamette Valley just outside...

View Article


A Fresh Start on Second-Generation Applecheek Farm with Focus on Pasture...

John Clark grew up on his father’s dairy farm – Applecheek Farm of Hyde Park, Vermont – and began working on the farm full-time in 2005. Clark purchased the farm from his father three months ago, and...

View Article

Couple Establishes Farm to Feed Friends, Family and Neighborhood Naturally...

Laura Casey of Changing Seasons Farm in Fall City, Washington is a very busy women. Not only does she run a small sustainable farm operation, but she works as an Environmental Scientist almost...

View Article

Browsing all 17 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images