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Dan and Sheila Dittman of New Richmond, Wisconsin, run a produce farm called The Back 80 and grow a wide variety of vegetables and grains using organic principles for a Community Supported Agriculture program, farmers markets and direct sales.
Dan and Sheila Dittman have planted a flourishing pollinator habitat with several thousand prairie plugs they grew independently.
Dan and Sheila Dittman of New Richmond, Wisconsin, run a produce farm called The Back 80 and grow a wide variety of vegetables and grains using organic principles for a Community Supported Agriculture program, farmers markets and direct sales.
Mindi Rambo is a public affairs specialist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service in Idaho.
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Dan and Sheila Dittman of New Richmond, Wisconsin, run a produce farm called The Back 80 and grow a wide variety of vegetables and grains using organic principles for a Community Supported Agriculture program, farmers markets and direct sales.
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