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The two met in upstate New York in the Adirondacks through an internship with the Student Conservation Association (SCA) in 2012. Both were right out of college with no real job prospects at the time.
An offshoot of Fermentation Fest and the Farm/Art Dtour in Sauk County, the Native American Arts Marketplace featured authentic Native art, crafts, storytelling, and food over the first two weekends of this month.
While Mother Earth continues to feel the effects of humans in a not so positive way, a group in Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin is taking steps to give back to her. The ‘Swamp Project People’, have that very intention.
Tucked away just West of Hillsboro, Wisconsin in Vernon County, lies yet another of Wisconsin’s Driftless area’s treasures, the Blue Highway Lodge.
“I can definitely speak to my journey with it, which is I didn't really grow up farming or really spending a lot of time outside except for golfing, which is sort of a different way to interact with nature”, said Brad Wissmuller sitting next to his partner Eleanor Johnson. Brad and Eleanor are the owners of Little Society Farm located in Baraboo, Wisconsin just a stone’s throw from Devil’s Lake State Park.
While there are many bakeries in the Wisconsin Driftless, each has its own story behind them. Whether a new bakery, legacy, or under new ownership, each are unique.
A recent study has found that lead levels in the blood of Wisconsin’s children are more than double the national rate.
The ever-popular Viroqua Night Market has returned to Eckhart Park this summer.
Having over 1100 Maple syrup producers across the state, combined, producing over 300,000 gallons last year, puts Wisconsin 4th in the U.S. under Vermont, New York, and Maine respectively as a top producer of Maple syrup.
I was recently privileged to join local author Helga Moser and her family in their rural Hillsboro home. The Sunday afternoon visit reaffirmed my optimism about the strength of family, the power of reading to impart life lessons, and the values of service for both the server and the served.
Food, Faith and Farming Network (Network) is inviting applications for 2022 Seed Money funding.
