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"Micro
Eco-Farm" (MEF) defines
the new sustainable local mini-farms from urban greenhouses
to backyard gardens to small rural 1 to 25-acre parcels.
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MEFs
include:
Wild-grazed micro dairies
Backyard gourmet chef market gardens
Home-grown organic herbal spa products
U-gather nut groves
Front-yard honor system cut-flower stands
Heritage rose farms
Urban greenhouse heirloom tomatoes
Miniature sheep for handspinners' wool
Lavender farms with their own healing retreats
Exotic heirloom perfume melons
Old-fashioned farm festivals
Family-run children's mini-farms
...and much more that evolves each
season as humankind's kinship
with the earth progresses.
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MICRO
ECO-FARM OF THE MONTH
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Uprising
Organics Farm
Bellingham, WA
3-acre CSA, one of the first in the country
to accept food stamps, and cooperates with other growers to
sell open-pollinated seed.
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