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News articles featuring local food projects that are occurring in the Chequamegon Bay area

What's growing in Bayfield County this month?

3/3/2016

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"Roll back the clocks to the 1950s, who could have imagined high tunnels in public schools or the sweet spinach in the middle of January in northern Wisconsin? What a godsend for farmers and students alike. Following a nationwide trend to promote a safe and healthy local food supply, both Bayfield and Ashland counties have made great strides in this regard. Thanks in part to high tunnels, farmers can now extend their earning and growing power during the shoulder seasons and students can explore potential careers in agriculture or plant science. And best of all, the community gets to enjoy more locally sourced food, even in winter."

Written by Hope McLeod for the Bayfield County Journal. Read the full article here.


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Micro-loans are available for food producers

2/24/2016

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"The traditional proverb states that through small steps are great strides taken.

That is a notion that the Chequamegon Food Cooperative’s Micro-Loan Program is based on. Since 2007, the program has made very small loans to area food producers, to aid those agriculturalists to become more efficient, expand their operations and provide more locally produced food for a hungry market seeking healthy, locally produced food."

Written by Rick Olivio for the Ashland Daily Press. Read the full article here.



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A New Growing Season Begins Under High Tunnels

12/10/2015

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"All through the fall season – as the leaves change color, students return to school, and a frost covers the ground each night – we are busy planting vegetables in northern Wisconsin. Yes, you read that correctly. Long after the autumnal equinox passed, moving us closer and closer to winter and the possibility of snow every day, we are preparing for another growing season and harvest."
By: Lillian Soshnik-Tanquist, for the Edible Schoolyard Project. Read the full article here.
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Taking advantage of our turnip bumper crop

10/1/2015

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"The five high tunnels are currently in the process of pumping out a plethora of turnips for use in the Farm to School program where the vegetable gets turned in to tasty menu items for the school lunch program. The schools also get to round out their harvest by choosing other veggies to compliment the blanket planting of turnips. Sounds like a fine idea to me, especially since I get to turn about 10 pounds of these turnips into my own tasty menu item. Come on into the kitchen. Let's get our turnips on, people!"
By: Jonathan Berthel, for the Ashland Daily Press. Read the full article here.
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It’s the year of the tomato for five school districts

9/11/2015

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"At 11 a.m., September 2 it was already 92 degrees inside the new high tunnel at Washburn High School. Big Beefs, Jet Stars and Sun Sugars glistened in the morning sunlight. A thick heat poured through the plastic walls.

'It's hard to believe a year ago this entire area was a tennis court,' said Levens with a sweeping arc of her arm pointing both inside and outside the tunnel. 'Now it's a rain garden, a high tunnel and a pollinator garden.'"
By: Hope McLeod, for the Bayfield County Journal. Read the full article here.
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High Tunnels Extend Growing Season for Wisconsin High Schools

8/31/2014

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"Five high schools within the Bayfield Peninsula area are receiving high tunnels as part of a U-S-D-A Farm to School Grant, awarded to Bayfield Regional Food Producers Cooperative.
Officials hope the high tunnels will not only provide a longer growing season, but many unique educational opportunities, as well."
By: Bryce Henry, for KBJR 6 & Range 11 News. Read the full article here.
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  • Home
    • Contact
    • In the News
    • What We're Reading
    • Volunteer Opportunities
  • Food Sovereignty
    • Bad River Tribal Food Sovereignty
    • Community Gardens
    • Local Resources & Partnering Organizations
  • Education
    • Winter Spinach High Tunnel Research Project
    • Farm to School >
      • Harvest of the Month
      • School Gardens
      • Farm-to-School Contacts
      • Internships
      • Local Food Requests
      • Events
    • High Tunnel Greenhouse Project >
      • Resources for Educators
      • School High Tunnels
  • Access to Food
    • Local Food Retailers
    • Farmer's Markets
    • CSAs
    • Farm-to-Table Restaurants
    • Food Pantries & Community Resources
  • Sustainable Farming
    • Listing of Local Farms
    • Resources For Established and Aspiring Farmers
  • Traditions
    • Ojibwe Food Traditions
    • FEAST Community Cookbook & Recipes
    • Farm to School Local Foods Recipes
  • Donate