O'Brien, who was raised on a diversified farm in Iowa, has dedicated his career to agriculture and rural policy.

Today Monbulk is a thriving township with many diversified farms growing fruit, nursery plants and a substantial bulb and cut-flower industry for national and international markets.

Years like 1988 and '89 were not panic years for the well-managed diversified farms that are the backbone of our farm economy.

English Shepherds have primarily been used on small diversified farms that have a number of different livestock species, including cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, and fowl.

It was the largest diversified farm and ranch in America at the time.

After years of high unemployment, the economy shifted to small diversified farms.

In 1924 he began operation of his 280-acre diversified farm at Hutchinson, McLeod County.

"We are an old-fashioned diversified farm," Colin said.

After the "wheat frontier" had passed through an area, more diversified farms including dairy cattle generally took its place.

The novelist and her family spend a year eating homegrown or local food; an argument for diversified farms and sustainable agriculture.