Last March, at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, live music and performance venues closed their doors. Shortly afterwards, StubHub, one of the nation’s largest ticket marketplaces, suddenly changed its […]
Thousands of mink dead after COVID-19 outbreak at Wisconsin mink farm
A recent outbreak of COVID-19 at a mink farm in Taylor County has left over 2,000 minks dead according to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. The […]
Hemp Can Do It!: Expert Grower Comes to Wisconsin
On this episode of Hemp Can Do It!, Kattia Jimenez speaks with crop consultant, seed breeder, and cannabis activist Benjamin F Grant. The two discuss farmer partnerships, Wisconsin’s hemp pilot […]
Wisconsin Senate Votes to Fire Secretary-designee Brad Pfaff
The Wisconsin State Senate today voted to fire Brad Pfaff, Wisconsin’s acting Secretary of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. The vote fell along partisan lines: every Republican in the Senate […]
Senate Republicans Set to Reject Pfaff Confirmation
Last December, Governor Tony Evers nominated Brad Pfaff to be Wisconsin’s Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection. In February, a Committee on Agriculture, Revenue, and Financial […]
Isthmus On WORT: Too Hot to Handle
Dozens of Wisconsin hemp farmers got the bad news recently that their crop is over the legal limit for THC — the compound in marijuana that gets you high. These […]