WORT 89.9FM Madison · Wisconsin PFAS Standards Not Up To Snuff After years of grassroots lobbying, Wisconsin will finally adopt regulatory standards governing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, better known as […]
Wisconsin DNR Receive “OK” to Draft Manure Spreading Regul...
In response to the contamination of drinking water in Kewaunee County last year, the Department of Natural Resources created restrictions for the spread of manure in northeast Wisconsin. Yesterday, the […]
Water Advocacy in Wisconsin
In his State of the State address last month, Governor Tony Evers declared 2019 the year of clean drinking water. For today’s episode, Patty talks to Kriss Marion and organic farmer […]
Don’t Drink the Water in Southwest Wisconsin
In Southwestern Wisconsin, about half of the residents in Grant, Iowa, and Lafayette Counties get their drinking water from private wells rather than municipal systems, but a recent study is […]
Plowshares and Prairie Farm: Balancing Environmental Work and Farming
Chelsea Chandler, 31, and Scott Laeser, 35, are finishing up their fifth season at Plowshares & Prairie Farm near Argyle, Wisc. They met and fell in love just as Chelsea […]