More Driftless Region. Nature vs Corporations? A local view. - WDRT | WDRT. Member Organizations | Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice. Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education. The annual Conference is a Time to Learn, Network and Engage in Wisconsin’s EE Culture The annual Conference is an event for both members and non-members held at various locations around the state. It is a showcase for new teaching techniques, exciting field trips, and hands-on workshops. Participants come away with new knowledge and skills for their classroom and/or environmental education facility. The conference offers an excellent opportunity for educators, administrators, students and others interested in environmental education to network, share and learn.
The conference theme varies, focusing each year on a unique aspect of environmental education. With concurrent sessions, workshops, field trips, speakers, exhibits and entertainment, this conference offers something for everyone. The conference is run by a committee of volunteers who work throughout the year to organize and promote the event. 40 Years of Collaboration. CSA’s | Driftless Wisconsin Grown. What is a CSA? CSA stands for Community supported Agriculture.
CSA’s connect the farm, crops, and farmer directly to the consumer. You share in the rewards of a farmer’s labor as well as a part of the risks associated with farming. When you join a CSA you are purchasing a share or portion of the crops that the farm and farmer produce. You will receive your share weekly throughout the growing season delivered to your choice of pick up sites. The growing season in the Driftless Area of Wisconsin is anywhere from 20 to 23 weeks long depending on weather conditions. In spring, greens are at their best. CSA’s offer you more than just quality fruits and vegetables. The CSA concept began well over twenty years ago. Driftless Area CSA’s can be found in: Southwest Wisconsin Coulee View Family Farm Meat CSA, Wauzeka Driftless Organics, Soldiers Grove Harmony Valley Farm, Viroqua Kings Hill Farm, Mineral Point Lange Farm Meats, Platteville Opportunities Blooming, Prairie du Chien Northeast Iowa. Driftless Cafe list of local farmers. Valley Stewardship Network - Stewardship in the Kickapoo River Watershed.
7 Rivers Alliance :: Arts and Culture, Advanced Ag., Manufacturing, Edu. , healthcare for sustainable local living, WI, MN, IA. Crawford County on the Move 2014 | UW Extension. Crawford County on the Move is a 9 week walk/run training program that includes short lessons, group walk/runs, individual training schedules and weekly tips on a variety of wellness topics. Groups meet once a week throughout Crawford County. Communities involved include Prairie du Chien, Wauzeka, Soldiers Grove, Gays Mills, Ferryville, Seneca and Bloomington. Curious? Check out the Program Timeline: Starts the week of June 1st and goes through the week of July 27th. Registration Materials: Registration is preferred by May 23rd! To sign up, simply print and complete both the registration and the consent form below.
UW-Extension Office, 225 Beaumont Rd., Suite 240, Prairie du Chien, WI 53821 2014 Registration form (pdf) Consent Form – 2014 (pdf) Registration Fee: $15 per Participant /$20 per Household This fee includes participation in the 9-week training program, entry in the 5K at the Crawford County Fair and a T-Shirt. More Information: Community Location Details: Southeast Wisconsin Rain Garden Resources. Home Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage DistrictToilet Rebate Program Goodbye Thirsty! Purchase water saving toilets for $50-$60. “Hey, it’s not going to attract birds and butterflies like a rain garden, but replacing your old toilet with a new water conserving fixture will help local rivers and Lake Michigan just the same.” Program runs May 1 – May 31 or while supplies last Visit MMSD’s web page for details.
Wild Ones – Root River ChapterNative Plant Sale Saturday, June 7, 9:00am – 3:00pmSeno Woodland Education Center 3606 Dyer Lake Road, Burlington, WI 53105 Plants for your rain, prairie, woodland, and butterfly gardens and more. To the South East Wisconsin Rain Garden Resources website! The purpose of this website is to help connect community members with photos and information regarding one of the most earth-friendly practices fighting runoff pollution- Rain Gardens! View an educational video on Rain gardens HERE! The benefits provided by rain gardens: Click HERE to download the order form! Driftless Cafe. University of Wisconsin - Cooperative Extension 4H. Manitowoc County seniors win top honors at the State Dairy Judging Contest Tue, 29 Jul 2014 Eighty-six youth competed at the State 4-H Dairy Judging Contest which was held on July 21st in Black River Falls in conjunction with the State Ayrshire and Guernsey shows.
Ayrshire and Guernsey animals were pulled out of the show strings and Holstein, Brown Swiss, Milking Shorthorn and Jersey cattle were trucked in from nearby farms to make classes for the contest. A huge thank you goes out to all of the Black River Falls area breeders who provided animals for the contest and to the Ayrshire and Guernsey breeders who welcomed the State 4-H Dairy Judging Contest to their show. What does it take to be a wise parent? Mon, 28 Jul 2014 King Solomon possessed it and Aristotle pursued it.
Information about the Affordable Care Act available at county fairs Fri, 25 Jul 2014 Keep summer healthy and food-safe Thu, 24 Jul 2014 Celebrate the Wisconsin 4-H Centennial with 4-H Day at the Wisconsin State Fair. Building Green Products Guide. SOUL of Wisconsin - Citizen Energy Priorities. Eat for Equity Madison | local food made by local people for local causes Emily Torgrimson. “Sometimes you hear a voice through the door calling you, as fish out of water hear the waves, or a hunting falcon hears the drum’s come back. This turning toward what you deeply love saves you.” - Rumi Eat for Equity-Madison is a thriving midwestern branch of the greater Eat for Equity movement. Started in June 2012, the E4E-MSN team organizes bimonthly community feasts featuring local and sustainable handmade food that raise money for local organizations.
We have partnered with Fair Share CSA Coalition for a farm dinner, with Tory Miller/Graze for our first anniversary event, and numerous other venues and beneficiaries. Each meal is customized to the work of the benefiting organization and completely different than the last. However, our love, attention to detail, excitement about food and enthusiasm for community remain constant. We hope to see you at our next event!
Latest Updates We hope you can join us for our next E4E-Madison meal… and our inaugural brunch! We the People Are More Powerful than We Dare to Believe - Viroqua | Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice. We the People Are More Powerful than We Dare to Believe First Steps in Overcoming Corporate Rule May 23-25, 2014 Youth Initiative High School May 23 Fri 6 pm 9 pm (pot-luck from 6 pm to 7 pm) May 24 Sat 9 am 6 pm (coffee, tea, snacks available) May 25 Sun 9 am 5 pm (coffee, tea, snacks available) We suggest a donation of $50 --$250 ($25 for students). HOW TO REGISTER for WEEKEND WORKSHOP (please complete all these steps): CONTACT KATE PARSONS ASAP at 413-834-1789 or email her at katep18@gmail.com -- Tell her you want to register first and that you are mailing your check and registration form.
Kate Parsons 403 E South Street Viroqua, WI IMPORTANT: You will NOT be registered until your donation check and registration form is received. FOOD: Please bring a dish to pass for Fridays 6:00 pm POT-LUCK! Kickapoo Valley Workshops Activities 2014. Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center | Raptor Care & Education, Lansboro, MN. Welcome to Wellspring Center for Food, Education, Bed&Breakfast, Hostel, foraging workshop. Jefferson County Residents Seize Control of Enbridge Line 61 Hearing | Occupy Riverwest. Jefferson, WI - Enbridge knew that the residents of Jefferson County, Wisconsin, were starting to catch on to the dangers of their proposed Line 61 tar sands pipeline expansion. So, in an attempt to create positive PR, Enbridge called for an event Tuesday night at the local Fort Community Credit Union called “Coffee and Conversation” in order to answer questions about the project.
Enbridge set the agenda as well as the scope of the hearing, so nobody knew what to expect from the meeting. Nobody knew, that is, until the people of Jefferson County seized control of the event and turned it into a real public hearing. Two Jefferson Police Officers greeted people as they entered the venue where the hearing was taking place. It was later determined the officers’ time was paid for by Enbridge officials. Some of us wondered why Enbridge felt that police presence was necessary at a friendly PR event. “Put the people before the profits!” Meme courtesy of the Overpass Light Brigade. 7 Rivers Alliance :: Advanced Agriculture. Our region's rich and fertile soil, low agricultural land costs, and strong ethic to protect and preserve our agricultural roots has created a thriving industry cluster of advanced agriculture operations.
The cluster extends from high-quality and sustainable food production to efficient food processing and distribution, including baked goods, beer and other beverages. Many of our partners have invested significantly in the growing organic food industry, which in turn has positively impacted our community health and sustainability. Our region has over 85 food processing manufacturers, a nationally renowned organic farming industry, 12,000 farms and 1.7 million acres in agriculture assessed lands. Our joint venture initiatives are also often supported by regional economic development organizations and educational institutions because of the importance agriculture and food processing play in our regional economy.
Business profile: Organic Valley Become More Competitive with FRAN. Vernon Women's Alliance | Making a difference in the lives of women, families and community. February | 2014 | Penokee Defenders. Rally at Moore Park Rd. west of Mellen, WI, siding on Highway 77 next Sunday Feb. 16th from 1-3pm, with a Press Conference to be held at 2pm, in opposition to taconite mining in he Penokee Hills as well as in opposition to the restriction of 1200 feet of Managed Forest Land/Law (MFL; 600 feet on either side of access roads or bulk sampling/core drilling sites) between Ashland and Iron Counties. Please show your support for both the human and non-human creature communities fighting against destructive resource extraction in Wisconsin’s northwoods, wherever you are! On Thursday, February 13 at 2:00 p.m. at the State Street entrance to the State Capitol, indigenous and non-native people will stand up, step forward and speak out against destructive sand and taconite mining in Wisconsin.
Stand with us on February 13 and send a message to our government–Protect our land, air and water from mining! Local Op-Ed: It's time for people to reclaim their community rights : Vernonbroadcaster. In 1873, Chief Justice Ryan of the Wisconsin Supreme Court had this to say: “There is looming up a new and dark power... the enterprises of the country are aggregating vast corporate contributions of unexampled capital, boldly marching, not for economical conquests only, but for political power. ...For the first time really in our politics, money is taking the field as an organized power. It is unscrupulous, arrogant, and overbearing. ...The question will arise in your day... which shall rule — wealth or man; which shall lead — money or intellect; who shall fill public stations — educated and patriotic freemen, or the feudal serfs of corporate capital...?”...
The Wormfarm Institute. Water Data - The World's Water. The Round Barns of Vernon County. March 21st, 2015 by Corey A. Edwards Tour the Round Barns of Vernon County Did you know that the Round Barns of Vernon County, Wisconsin are the highest concentration of round barns in the world? While there were only 17 left at last count, not that long ago the number was nearly double that. Of course, some of the round barns of Vernon County are of newer construction but most of the round barns here were constructed between 1890 and 1930. Used primarily as dairy barns, round barns didn’t appear here until dairy farming did. Indiana may call itself the “round barn capital of the world” but they did so before anyone realized that Wisconsin actually has more round barns than any other state, Indiana included.
Unique to the US, agricultural colleges at the time promoted round barns as easy to build, more efficient, and wind-resistant. Oddly, many of the historic round barns of Vernon County were built by the same man: Alga “Algie” Shivers (1889-1978). Networking | MOSES. Local Women in Sustainable Agriculture Networks The MOSES Rural Women’s Project supports opportunities for women committed to sustainable agriculture to get together in person and develop strong local connections and collaborations. Statewide networking sessions are held at the annual MOSES Organic Farming Conference. Local networks that meet regularly for potlucks, farm tours and other gatherings include the following. Check out Facebook for updates. Please contact the organizers directly for more information: South Central Wisconsin Women in Sustainable Agriculture Contact: Lisa KiviristGeneral region: Green, Iowa, Layfayette, Rock (western) and southern Dane counties Southeast Wisconsin Women in Sustainable Agriculture Contact: Christine Welcher General region: Walworth, Rock (eastern), Jefferson, Racine, Kenosha, Waukesha counties West Central Wisconsin Women in Sustainable Agriculture Contact: Pam Dixon General region: Dunn, St.
Great River Women in Sustainable Agriculture NEW! Home. Ready Community: Vulnerability and Resilience - Jun 26, 2015. Scenic Valley Farms - Sustainable Agriculture + Clean Energy. Welcome to the Kickapoo Culinary Center food business incubator. Driftless Wisconsin Grown | Growing Communities Through Local Food.
Driftless Folk School. Welcome to Gays Mills. The Unconventional Harvest: New Forest Farm. By Nathan Winters VIOLA, WISCONSIN. Short of breath and drenched in sweat, I arrived at New Forest Farm on a late August afternoon. All my life I had envisioned the state of Wisconsin and the Midwest to be completely flat. I was wrong. When the glaciers roared through North America a few thousand years ago and flattened the heartland, they had overlooked a spot or two in southwest Wisconsin.
I stood waiting in front of the New Forest Farm cider making facility and tasting room. Mark Shepard owns and runs New Forest Farm and its 140 acres of trees, shrubs, vines, canes, perennial plants, fungi, hazelnuts, chestnuts, walnuts, various fruits and other woody crops scattered throughout the landscape. What exactly is permaculture? Mark and I climbed into his car and drove around the property for preliminary tour.
Just a stone’s throw away from Mark’s off-grid house, I was introduced to a young couple who were living on the farm. Mark’s philosophy was rejuvenating.