Farms
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Hildale’s Finney Farm: A Family Farm
This family farm hosts visitors from around the globe and specializes in raw milk, butter, cream, cheese, and small-batch frozen yogurt.
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Smith Orchards: A Tale of Tree-Ripened Delights and Environmental Stewardship
Scott Smith says he’s been farming “about as long as I could walk.” On property owned by his family since the mid-1800s, Smith uses environmentally-friendly methods to grow tree-ripe fruit.
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The Legacy of Johnson Farms
“Progress” threatens the 100 year legacy of Johnson Farms in Cache Valley. But the family is determined, switching from a dairy farm to more profitable produce farming.
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The Food for Families Project
Volunteers work at Village Cooperative Gardens in exchange for produce. Shares also go to homeowners in the neighborhood and families in the community
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Green Phoenix Farms Helps Homeless Women Get off the Streets
Green Phoenix Farms assists homeless women in getting off the streets and into productive roles by growing fresh produce at their farm in SLC.
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Elitism in the Outdoors — Ranchers and Western Living vs. Elites Who Want Them Gone
For years I’ve been wondering: is there any hope in producing a balanced discussion concerning the environmental future of Utah? Or will the vitriol and anger over land use, energy,…
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Green Phoenix Farm Helps Homeless Women in Salt Lake Get Back on Their Feet through Gardening
Green Phoenix Farm is a program that helps homeless women in Salt Lake gain self-worth and get back on their feet through gardening.
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Riverbed Ranch Utah: A Cult, or Utah’s First and Only Farm Steading Community?
There is an unincorporated community tucked away in northern Juab County, where modern families can trade a life of gridlock, utility bills and grocery shopping for a life of self-reliance…
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Vanishing Farmland: Paradise Lost as Vital Farmland Gives Way to Development in Ogden Valley, Utah
“We are losing the most productive farmland in the state to development,” Utah Farm Bureau Federation President Ron Gibson said recently, referring to the fertile land that first attracted pioneers…
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New Roots SLC, Organic Vegetable Farm Supports Refugee Families to Continue Tradition of Gardening and Farming
New Roots SLC farm is a local program of the IRC (International Rescue Committee), an organization serving people whose lives have been upended by war and natural disasters.
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Historic Wheeler Farm: A Park and One of the Last Functioning Farmsteads that Withstood Housing Development of Salt Lake
Historic Wheeler Farm is known primarily as one of the happiest places in Salt Lake Valley. But happiness isn’t all it provides. It also is, in part, a functioning farm,…
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Tagge’s Famous Fruit & Veggie Farms on the Biggest Challenges that Utah Farmers Face Today
A megadrought. An increase in the cost of land. The high price of diesel fuel. Fertilizer doubling in price. An increase in labor costs. This is what Utah farmers face…
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Dancing Moose Farm: Ogden Valley’s Premier Agritourism Destination
Dancing Moose Farm seventeen-and-a-half-acre agricultural cooperative and Ogden Valley’s premier agritourism destination.
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Frog Bench Farms
I recently chatted with Joe and Paula about urban farming, amateur gardening, supplying restaurants with boutique produce, and where the name “Frog Bench” came from.
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Utah’s Disappearing Farms
Utah’s farmers markets are booming, the local food movement is stronger than ever, and local farmers-market farmers are making record profits ― so why are we building over the top…
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Easy Bee Farm: Growing Food on Easy Street in Moab Utah
Easy Bee Farm located on Easy Street in Moab, Utah serves Community Supported Agriculture subscribers with weekly bundles of produce.