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

Washburn School Garden Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

8/5/2016

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"Approximately 25 people gathered together at the Washburn High School's Castle Garden ribbon cutting on Friday for a 'celebration of community.' Although sections of the garden have been operational for over two years, this ribbon cutting ceremony was held to honor garden contributors and celebrate the garden's new sign. Washburn High School's Castle Garden was originally a parking lot and now includes a high tunnel, pollinator garden, rain garden, and monarch oasis. The Castle Garden is open to the public, however caretakers suggest using caution around pollinators, such as bees. Students from Washburn High School will be selling produce from the district gardens at the Washburn Farmers Market on Wednesdays through the second week of October."

Picture taken by Amber Mullen, as featured in the Bayfield County Journal.
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Pigs in peril survive the big storm

8/2/2016

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"After 12 inches of rain fell in just five hours on July 11 the Marengo River broke its banks. Three feet of water converged from three different directions roaring through River Road Farm submerging everything in its path. Owners Todd and Kelsey Rothe, though terrified, were more concerned about their nine pigs and 16 chickens. Despite the danger, Todd risked his life to save them and discovered along the way that pigs really can swim.

"Nestled on the banks of the Marengo River, River Road Farm is a mixed-vegetable farm specializing in four season production under high tunnels."


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

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Bone-Deep: In Conversation with Clare Hintz

6/23/2016

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"Clare Hintz of Elsewhere Farm is a systems-thinker. She sees the world as a set of interlocking pieces that create the system as a whole. And this is clearly how she views and treats the land she lives and works on. We sat down with Clare during our first week of running to talk about paying attention to the land and what happens when you do so. As we broke from the heat of the day, our conversation opened up into more than just farming-talk. What follows is our edited conversation from that day.

"How does this farm fit into the broader western Lake Superior watershed? Because the only resilience that this farm is gonna have is if the whole region is resilient. So where is my energy coming from? Where are my foods going? And what’s coming back to the farm... So the work that I’m doing is not just about growing food. But also what are the economic structures? What are the financial structures? What are the community celebrations? How do those things become more vibrant? Because that’s just gonna help us weather the shocks better that are in process already."

Written by Our Shores: Ultrarun for the Love of the Lake. Read the full article here.

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Garden Gone Wild: In Conversation with Landis Spickerman

6/14/2016

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"Landis and Steven Spickerman own and operate Hermit Creek Farm in Highbridge, Wisconsin and have been providing local vegetables to the northwoods for almost a quarter of a century. Their farm, a collage of hoop houses and open field surrounded by national forest, has become a rich and fertile plot after decades of careful stewardship. A few weeks ago, Landis baked us rhubarb pie and answered our questions about washing carrots and putting down roots. What follows is our edited conversation from that day.

"I kind of married into northern Wisconsin. I grew up near the Gulf Coast and wanted a big piece of water to live nearby, and for a lot of reasons you can’t live by an ocean and farm. But Lake Superior, you could. I was fascinated by it. We set out to homestead, and live a simple life and grow all our own food, but one thing led to another and really, we joke it always comes down to a garden gone wild – we just couldn’t help ourselves. We didn’t set out to farm; we set out to live simply. We homeschooled, we chopped firewood, we built our house, we wanted to grow our food and that’s what we set out to do and it just seemed really natural. Our passion turned into an occupation."

Written by Our Shores: Ultrarun for the Lake. Read the full article ​here.


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Washburn Students Set to Return to D.C.

6/3/2016

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"Five Washburn fourth and fifth graders will fly out to Washington D.C. Sunday to harvest food they planted in the White House Garden in April as part of First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move!" initiative.

"Krause believes that the Green and Healthy initiative is "just as important as reading and math," and is the primary reason students from Washburn were selected for this opportunity.

"'The Green and Healthy initiatives and standards in every classroom mean that things like gardening are not just special, but instead are a core part of the education of every child in the district,' Krause explained."


Written by Amber Mullen for the Ashland Daily Press. Read the full article here.


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Tapas Night at the Fat Radish Draws Crowds and Celebrates Local Foods

4/21/2016

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“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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Washburn students help plant Michelle Obama's garden

4/14/2016

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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
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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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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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