Posts By Mitchell Hagney
Police Chief in West Boylston, MA Buys Farm to Protect and Grow a Community
August 7, 2013 | Mitchell Hagney
Dennis Minnich, West Boylston, MA Chief of Police and Owner of Stone’s Throw Farm. Photo Credit: West Boylston Police Dept.
Not content with just being Chief of the West Boylston police force in Massachusetts, Dennis Minnich became the warden of a locked pen of 70 miniature horses; and that was only the beginning. He noticed the huge property containing them was falling into disarray as its owner was aging and in his limited free time, Minnich volunteered to help take care of the horses. In 2011, when the owner put the property up for sale, Minnich realized that he wanted to become a farmer.
To save the farm from encroaching commercial developers, he scrounged together the money, bought it, branded it Stone’s Throw Farm, and registered it as an Agricultural Preservation Restriction. Read More
In Aquaponics, Texas Cattle Ranchers Find Solution to Drought and Time
June 13, 2013 | Mitchell Hagney
The tilapia greenhouse with separate containers for different fish maturity levels. Photo Credit: Scott Aquaponics
Cattle farming is just about as far apart from aquaponics as you can get, but for one family in Devine, TX, the switch from one to the other was the logical choice.
“We wanted to utilize our small acreage for something that my husband and I could both work on. We wanted a business that we could capitalize on without having to go too far from our home, and we wanted to make it sustainable.”
Peggy and Richard Scott had been classic Texas cattle ranchers for over a decade, but more frequent droughts and a desire for change pushed them in a new direction. Read More
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