Farmers Union organized an education and fun field day at In Nature’s Thyme on May 7th. During the urban farm field day we explored seeds, soil and sustainability on the micro scale! In Nature’s Thyme is an 1/8 acre urban…
Do you think learning about Sustainable Agricultural is important? Would you like to help keep the Sustainable Agriculture program going at NWTC? We are meeting this Friday, May 1st at 6 p.m. at the NWTC Landscape & Horticulture Building / GB Botanical Gardens to…
Today we are interviewing Kari Witthuhn Henning with Appleton Seed Library. Kari provided this introduction for us. April 2016 // Our first community seed lending library opened at the Appleton Public Library. Our model is that you will be able…
Today we are going to be learning more about Gateway Pine Apothecary and it’s founder Julia Stamp. I first became aware of Julia’s interest in herbalism in a group discussion called Coop Your Idea during an event called Coop Con…
Jason Cavadini presents Breaking the Cycle, Climbing the of Ladder of Regenerative Agriculture. This presentation was part of the Farm Profitability Expo. Jason shares his take on what regenerative agriculture is and what it could mean for food production here…
Rachel Bouressa is going to Washington! Rachel will be representing the state of Wisconsin as a member of the new Climate Change Policy Advisory Panel. Rachel has been a primary collaborator here with Common Roots Rising. Rachel owns Bouressa Family…
Today is World Soil Day! World Soil Day 2020 (#WorldSoilDay) and its campaign “Keep soil alive, Protect soil biodiversity” aims to raise awareness of the importance of maintaining healthy ecosystems and human well-being by addressing the growing challenges in soil…
Excerpt from: The Gift of Good Land by Wendell Berry Both the foraging in fields and woods and the small husbandries of household and barn have now been almost entirely replaced by the “consumer economy”, which assumes that it is…