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Business Beat
5:08 pm
Wed January 23, 2013

For dairy and organic farmers, Farm Bill extension not much help

Credit Abbie Fentriss Swanson / Harvest Public Media
Liz Graznak, who runs Happy Hollow Farm in Jamestown, Mo., is one of many farmers who may not re-certify her operation organic without federal support.

Farmers and ranchers across the country expected to start the New Year with a new farm bill, the all-important legislation setting agricultural policy for the next five years.

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Business
3:29 pm
Wed December 5, 2012

Organic shop weathers the recession storm

Credit Jennifer Davidson / KSMU
Spices line the shelves at the Meadowbrook Natural Foods store in West Plains.

On East Main Street in West Plains, Mo., a stone’s throw away from the quaint town square, Meadowbrook Natural Foods sits sandwiched between an insurance agency and a title company. When you step inside, the aroma of spices, herbs, and vitamins hits you.

This store is owned and run by Joe and Adele Voss, who met later in life as random partners at a square dancing lesson.

“We’ve got baking items and snack items and pastas and grains and flours and cereals and nuts and dried fruits and beans and spices and herbs...” says Adele Voss.

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