Lauren and Kyle Rudersdorf are in their fifth season of farming (they married in season two!) at Raleigh’s Hillside Farm between Evansville and Broadhead, Wisc. They lease 4 acres on the farm where Lauren grew up. The two graduated from UW Madison during the recession. The scarcity of jobs and the attractiveness of farming inspired […]
Cultivating Change in our Food System with Soil Sisters
“Social change doesn’t always have to be complicated or expensive.” – Lisa Kivirist Monday kicks off the first day of Women in Sustainable and Organic Agriculture Week. On A Public Affair, Patty Peltekos spoke with Soil Sisters, a group of women who are cultivating change in our food system: Lisa Kivirist of the Inn Serendipity near […]
Dela Ends: Scotch Hill Farm and Activism
Dela and Tony Ends farm Scotch Hill Farm, a certified organic CSA farm near Broadhead, Wisc. Theirs is a charming ‘Charlotte Webb’ farm, the kind of small family farm in children’s books and produce advertisements. The two farm about 27 acres, 6 or 7 of those in veggies, the remainder in hay and grain to […]
Soil Sisters: A Celebration of Wisconsin Farms & Rural Life
On today’s show, July 25, 2016, Patty Peltekos hosts Lisa Kivirist, of Inn Serendipity Farm and B&B in Browntown; Kriss Marion, of Circle M Market Farm in Blanchardville; and Lauren Rudersdorf, of Raleigh’s Hillside Farm in Evansville. This year marks the fifth anniversary of the Soil Sisters events in southern Wisconsin, which will take place […]
Pledge Drive: Soil Sisters and the empowering work of farming
On today’s edition of “A Public Affair,” Patty Peltekos talks Lisa Kivirist, farmer and author of the newly released Soil Sisters: A Toolkit for Women Farmers. Lisa Kivirist leads the Rural Women’s Project, a venture of the Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES), and a senior fellow in Agricultural Systems at the Minnesota Institute […]