 “All of our fresh greens over the last three weeks are coming out of the Bayfield School high tunnel. The students in the Bayfield entrepreneurial agriculture program are currently providing us with spinach. Also we are getting fresh spinach, arugula and about three or four different types of baby kale from Bill Bailey and Gayle Chatfield,” Patty added.
A week ago Patty met with Rob Hartman from Twisting Twig Farm and Justin Rhoode from Rhoode Farm to discuss what to grow this year to fill the restaurant’s burgeoning orders. “They told me I source more local food right now than any other restaurant in the area,” Patty reported. You don’t have to go to Spain or Puerto Rico to eat great tapas. Just slide a table over to a friend at the Fat Radish and join in on this festive conversation, and maybe, if you can bear it for a few hours, even turn your cellphones off. Written by Hope McLeod for the Bayfield County Journal. Read the full article here.
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 "Hinson, on the other hand, worked side by side with the First Lady in the front bed and was able to converse freely with her.
"'You can tell there was a genuine interest not only in the students she had there, but in the information she was talking to them about,' Krause commented. 'It was exhilarating.' "After spending time in her presence, Lalich made an astute observation. "'I think Michelle is a very important lady in the US and that she does things very well. She just goes with the flow, and if doesn't think something's right, or if something needs to change, she finds a way to do it, no matter what,' he said." Written by Hope McLeod for the Bayfield County Journal. Read the full article here.  A new store has big plans to bring more food produced by American Indians to the Madison area.
“The endgame of what we are trying to do is to create a more resilient intertribal food distribution network that encourages more local production,” says Dan Cornelius, general manager of the Mobile Farmers Market, also a venture of the Intertribal Agriculture Council. Producers from the Oneida Tribe of Wisconsin, the Bad River Tribe, the Red Cliff Band and the Fond du Lac Band are among those partnering with the Intertribal Agriculture Council. “We don’t grow wild rice [in the Madison area] anymore because of pollution in the lakes and [man-made] changes to hydrology,” Cornelius explains. “We’ve all but forgotten the foods that 500 years ago used to be staples of the Wisconsin diet.” Written by Dylan Brogan for Isthmus. Read the full article here.  “'I think we served definitely over 150 people,' Keenan said. 'When I did my first official count, when we first started we were at 75 and that line kept flowing and it stayed pretty long at least for an hour and I’m quite confident that we had over 150 people for sure.'
"Chavez and D'Cruz were in agreement that overall the event went well. They said none of the food would go to waste, as all of the leftovers would be served on Sunday at St Andrew's Church in Ashland. "'My heart is full,' Chavez said, telling how the event was a little touch and go but it worked out wonderfully in the end, making it all worthwhile." Written by Sara Chase for the Ashland Daily Press. Read the full article here.  "Well over a year ago, Sage Chavez and Charlene D'Cruz together founded Hearts to End Hunger, with the goal of facilitating a warm meal a day, every day of the year in the Ashland area while reducing food waste.
"Chavez and D'Cruz are making plenty of headway towards their goal as last week they kicked off week one of the second year of the 52 for 52 Soup Campaign and they have another free community meal all lined up for this Saturday from 12 to 2 p.m. at the Bretting Community Center. "Chavez said the Hearts To End Hunger Free Community Taco Feed is for 'Everyone in the community.' “'Just show up if you love hugs and tacos,' she said, adding that it’s a good time to get out of the house and enjoy some tacos and be a community. 'Plus this celebrates one year of the 52 to 52.'" Written by Sara Chase for the Ashland Daily Press. Read the full article here.  "Several Washburn Elementary School students will be among the students helping First Lady Michelle Obama plant the White House Kitchen Garden today.
"This will be the eighth straight year Mrs. Obama has hosted the event. In 2009, she planted a vegetable garden on the South Lawn to initiate a national conversation on the nation’s health and wellbeing. The event evolved into her Let’s Move initiative. "The Washburn School District currently has a 6,400 square foot school garden and orchard. The elementary grades each maintain a section of the garden and the middle school and high school have classes that use the garden." Written by Larry Servinsky for the Ashland Daily Press. Read the full article here.  A handful of lucky Washburn elementary school kids will be heading to Washington D.C. to help the first lady plant the White House Kitchen garden.
Two fourth graders and three fifth graders who have been active participants in the school's gardening program get the chance to help Mrs. Obama plant vegetables. Written by Newsroom Staff for the Northland News Center. Read the full article here. |
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