Local food aid organizations are feeling the effects caused by COVID-19. As local businesses close and their workers unexpectedly lose their jobs, more Wisconsin residents may need to depend on […]
The Way We Eat: Bees, Citizen Science, and Colony Collapse Disorder
If you’ve heard any news about bees recently, chances are it’s not positive. Most news coverage focuses on one particular issue facing our buzzy little friends; colony collapse disorder. If […]
The Way We Eat: Where we went wrong with school lunches
The push for school lunch programs initially came about during the turn of the last century. The first programs were rolled out in Chicago and New York public schools, then […]
The Way We Eat: Fruits, Vegetables and Food Insecurity
On this week’s episode of The Way We Eat, WORT Correspondent Jonah Chester sits down with Katie Schmitt, Marketing Coordinator with the Madison Area Food Pantry Garden. The entirely volunteer-powered […]
The Way We Eat: Madison’s Community Gardens
Nicholas Leete is the Gardens Network Manager for the Garden Network of Madison and Dane County. In his role, Leete is responsible for helping to oversee nearly 70 community gardens […]
The Way We Eat: Isthmus Eats
In the past five years, meal kit delivery services have undergone the equivalent of an economic rollercoaster. Blue Apron, one of the first services in the space, lost more than […]