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Spring Grove Acre Farm; organic farming; products, include:
Fresh fruits
Fresh vegetables
Cut flowers
Eggs
Fresh/dried herbs

We steward 40 acres of rolling land just north of Mount Vernon, Iowa. 2023 will be our second season farming on this property. We grow over 150 varieties medicinal and culinary herbs, flowers, and perennial shrubs on our Certified Naturally Grown herb farm. For a full list of the plants we grow, click here.

Our farm is registered as Certified Naturally Grown, and we are in the transitional years to become Certified Organic. We utilize organic practices and low-till systems that encourage robust soil biology, sequester carbon, and protect our soils from erosion all while producing beautiful and resilient crops.

In addition to growing botanicals, we raise 100% pasture-raised Katahdin sheep. Raising ruminant animals on pasture is a beautiful pairing – the sheep eat nutritionally-dense forage while offering fertility directly back to the land. When plants and grasses are grazed, it stimulates deeper root growth which leads to increased levels of organic matter in the soil, less soil compaction, and more resilience to the effects of drought as the roots can access water deeper in the earth. Protecting & restoring our soil is the main goal for this operation. Raising sheep on pasture offers the opportunity for mutual flourishing of both land and animal, while also producing a high-quality, nutrient-dense, & sustainable source of meat. Our pasture-raised lamb will be available for sale in the fall of 2023.

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Our Farm: At First Light Farm & Learning Center, we celebrate both plant and human diversity as we to strive to educate ourselves and our customers (whether CSA, u-pick, mini farmers, or the public in general) about our interdependence with the natural world and our ever increasing need to care for, protect and live in gratitude for this vital relationship between healthy soils and the well-being of our own bodies and the communities we live in.

About (short): Originally chartered as Antlers National Bank in 1901, the bank’s name was changed to First National Bank in 1935. During that same year, depositors were often given stock in lieu of their money due to the Great Depression, the majority of which stock was spread throughout the local community. From 1992 to 2002, the Burrage family acquired all of the bank’s outstanding shares, which resulted in the nationally chartered First National Bank becoming the state-chartered FirstBank.
Services: Personal (checking, CDs, etc.) and business (checking, savings, etc.) banking, personal (home, auto, etc.) and business (commercial/business, equipment financing, etc.) loans, and selling assets (residential/commercial, auto, and recreational)

Availability: Brick-and-mortar and online

History:

The history of FirstBank began in 1901, when the Antlers National Bank was chartered. In 1906, the bank moved to the location where FirstBank in Antlers still operates today. During the 1920’s, there were three banks in Antlers: Antlers National Bank, Farmers Exchange Bank and Citizen’s National Bank. Antlers National Bank acquired Citizen’s, leaving two banks in the community. In 1935, during the depression many depositors of Antlers National Bank were given stock in lieu of their money. Two of those receiving stock were Oliver Wood, Roberta Burrage’s great uncle, and Robert Wood Sr., Roberta’s grandfather, who each received one hundred ninety shares out of ten thousand total shares. The remaining shares were spread throughout the community. That same year Antlers National Bank changed its name to First National Bank of Antlers… Read more

Originally founded in 1963, Tongass Federal Credit Union is the product of a group of teachers and public workers whose financial needs weren’t being met by local banks.

Membership is available to anyone living, working, worshipping, or attending school in Alaska’s Southeast Economic Region or Gulf Coast Economic Region.

Branches: Haines Branch (Haines, Alaska), Hoonah Microsite (Hoonah, Alaska), Hydaburg Microsite (Hydaburg, Alaska), Kake Microsite (Kake, Alaska), Main Branch (Ketchikan, Alaska), Klawock Branch (Klawock, Alaska), Metlakatla Branch (Metlakatla, Alaska), Thorne Bay Microsite (Thorne Bay, Alaska), and Wrangell Branch (Wrangell, Alaska), in addition to any branches in the CO-OP network.

Welcome to your source for high quality ethnic clothing and fragrances from around the world. Arabic attire, Indian and Pakistani style apparel and oils are just a portion of what we have to offer.

We are also revolutionizing the Indian and Pakistani Fashion industry by bringing together the best of haute European fashion and cultural desi apparel. Kurtas or salwars are the everyday garb for many around the South Asian region. With our Men’s Kurtas and Women’s Kurti Tunic Tops, you can be fashionable and culturally dressed in confidence.

Perfumes and fragrance body oils are also important in many traditions and cultures. That is why we do our best to provide authentic fragrances that remind you of home and allow you reminisce proudly on your ethnicity. We bring our alcohol free scented oils from the source, right to your door. You no longer need to go to Egypt, Africa, India, or the Arabian Peninsula to find your favorite Fragrances.