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Andy Watson on Spring Greens and Tortoise-Approved Salad Mix

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This week’s podcast features farmer Andy Watson of Sprouting Acres, a certified organic CSA and market farm in Cambridge, Wisc. Andy walks us through harvesting salad mix and discusses his CSA, crops, and educating consumer at the farmers’ market–and his tortoise-approved salad mix. For a list of what’s available at farmers’ markets, visit the Dane […]

Field Walk with Laura Mortimore at Orange Cat Community Farm

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Laura Mortimore farms solo at Orange Cat Community Farm near Reedsburg, Wisc., where she produces over 40 different varieties of certified organic vegetables. She sells her food at the Baraboo Farmers’ Market on Saturdays, and via a 140-member CSA with pick-up sites in Baraboo, Reedsburg, Wisconsin Dells, Portage and Sauk City. “The most challenging aspect of […]

Steve Pincus on Strawberries at Tipi Produce

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Strawberry season is peaking across southern Wisconsin. Join us as we visit Tipi Produce near Evansville, Wisc., where farmer Steve Pincus discusses this year’s phenomenal strawberry crop during a u-pick event for their CSA members. “I’ve been at this for 40 years, and this is our best crop ever,” said Steve. He and his wife, Beth Kazmar, were recently recognized as the […]

Kristen Kordet’s Members Bring the Community To Blue Moon

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At Kristen Kordet’s CSA and market farm in Stoughton, Wisc., CSA members come out to the farm on Wednesdays to pick up their veggies from a farmers’ market style display. Many stay a while. They visit the chickens and pigs, pick flowers and herbs, swap recipes and watch their kids climb the jungle gym together. Kristen says it’s like […]

Pesto Fest at Vermont Valley Community Farm

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Come with us to Barb and David Perkins’ Pesto Fest at Vermont Valley Community Farm, about 30 miles west of Madison near Blue Mounds. It’s a day of birdsong and beauty, community and camaraderie. Members connect with their farmers and the land that feeds them, and get filled up with goodness — the perfect antidote to the darkness and […]

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