Recent Public Business Cases
Benjamin Calkins
Production
Our business is Great American Lamb Company, GreatAmericanLambCompany.com.
We also own and operate Shady Hill Farms, Ltd., ShadyHillFarms.com
We produce and sell premium all natural American lamb and woolen goods (blankets and scarves).Also sheep skins.
We also sell sheep for breeding or show purposes.
1 day 14 hours ago
Rita Resick
Production
Laurel Vista grows vegetables, mainly green beans, sweet onions, and potatoes, augmented by various summer vegetables. We also have expanded into a line of branded valued added jar products made from the local ingredients we grow: Sweet Onion and Garlic Jam, Dilly Beans, Pickled Peppers, and Pasta Sauce.
5 days 15 hours ago
Jackie Cleary Die...
Production
We breed American Milking Devon cattle with plans for premium beef sales and exploring dairy options. Our goal is to find and make use of every single product this farm produces and create a perfect circle where waste of one product generates raw materials for another.
1 week 2 days ago
Joel Kurtz
Production
Wholesome Valley Farm is an education and marketing hub for the Greater Holmes County community.We serve both Amish and non-Amish.The farm has a retail store onsite for producers to sell their product through the store.Joel Kurtz also works to market these products through other channels for the farmer.The farm also produces vegetables and free-range eggs,with plans to produce grass-fed meats in the future.We hope to have healthy affordable food for the community that is convenient to buy.Also make it easy for producers to learn how to produce this quality product and then market it for them.
3 weeks 2 days ago
Jen Kneuss
Production
Walnut Grove/Green Gables Farms is committed to sustainable agriculture and the promotion of local foods. We provide education, referrals, and always, plenty of Ohio farm raised crops/vegetables/fruits/meats/etc. "The Farmer's Basket" CSA is a critical part of our business, as is participation in the Tuscarawas County Family Farm Market.
6 weeks 1 day ago
Charley Quinton
Services
OzoneFarm eCommunity is a loose-knit informal collection of coders, web developers, inventors, and other folk that have ideas for a better world. We also happen to believe in protecting the ozone layer through better farming. The name indicates that we have our heads in the clouds but aren't afraid of physical work.
6 weeks 2 days ago
Michelle Ajamian ...
Processing
Shagbark Seed & Mill Co. is a prototype regional scale processing facilty, launched by the Appalachian Staple Foods Collaborative, that offers field-to-table products made from organic and chemical free grains, beans, and seed crops. We work with Ohio farmers who certified organic or agree to grow without chemical inputs to fill the processing gap in the value chain that is now dominated by global commodities. Our goals are to develop a regional scale that 1. delivers affordable healthy food to the market, and 2. increases farm acreage producing high-nutrtion crops using sustainable production methods.
11 weeks 5 days ago
Jeff Schuler
Services
<p>Design and development of websites, web applications, and mobile applications for local food -related organizations.</p>
13 weeks 16 hours ago
Nathan Hilbert
Logistics
As a small-scale producer, I have recently experienced the lack of cold storage units in the Wayne County area when I was looking for a place to store poultry. With the growing number of other small-scale producers in the area, there has been a huge influx of seasonal, fresh produce and meat products. Producers have the opportunity to maintain premium prices over a longer period of time by storing their products for times of low supply of similar products.
The Wooster area has thousands of square feet of empty space with infrastructure that could house walk-in freezer and refrigeration units. Given the appropriate space, a local entrepreneur could build the storage units and lease them to small-scale producers in the area who want to increase their window of time for selling fresh and frozen product. The required capital to start this business depends on the scale; small units could be installed for under $5,000 and could gradually grow as demand increases.
15 weeks 1 day ago
Sam Earle
Logistics
LFS, Inc. automates business processes Software as a Service for food value chain participants, that allows them to participate in a network of suppliers, buyers, and other stakeholders.
15 weeks 2 days ago
Aaron Miller
Production
grassfed beef and lamb, pastured pork and poultry sold directly to customers, to restaurants and through a local food co-op
18 weeks 5 days ago
Katie M Myers-Gri...
Services
<p>The Countryside Farmers' Market is a year round outlet for producers in Northeast Ohio. There are three market locations, all in the Akron, Ohio area. We accept applications for new vendors every year. You must be a local producer to be eligible.</p>
26 weeks 1 day ago
Katie M Myers-Gri...
Production
<p>The Countryside Initiative farms are located in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and exist through a unique partnership with Countryside Conservancy and the National Park Service. Farmers sign a long term lease and farm sustainably within the National Park.</p>
26 weeks 2 days ago
Jessica Eikleberry
Services
Local Roots Market and Café is a year-round market place for the purpose of connecting consumers and producers of locally grown foods and other agricultural products.
39 weeks 5 days ago
Dan Remley
Services
The POWER project is a mobile farmers market with a strong nutrition and horticulture education focus. The functions of the POWER project are as follows.
• A mobile teaching unit to build gardening, food preservation, retail ready, nutrition and cooking skills
• A resource (information, equipment, etc.) library for local producers and consumers
• A bridge between buyers, retailers, and sellers. The unit will purchase fresh produce at market value from community and market gardens and sell to restaurants, small grocers, or directly to consumers
• The unit will sell produce at discounted prices in high poverty areas and at full price in more affluent areas.
• The unit will distribute information about local food resources (farmers markets, restaurants that buy local, CSAs, etc) and to generate interest in growing, purchasing and supporting local foods.
39 weeks 6 days ago
Abbe Turner
Processing
Since 2002, Abbe and Anderson Turner's 14-acre Lucky Penny Farm in Garrettsville, Ohio has adhered to the highest sustainable agricultural practices in providing a home for Nubian, La Mancha and Alpine dairy goats. Using special blends of rich milk from select goat farms, we hand craft artisanal cheeses, yogurt, and confections. Smooth, creamy cheeses from Lucky Penny Creamery and goat-milk based confections from Lucky Penny Candy are sold across the Great Lakes Region at farmers markets, CSA’s, gourmet specialty stores and local and regional restaurants.
41 weeks 6 days ago
