This is the conclusion to “Foodsheds Part I: Restoring Our Sense of Place,” published in the Summer 2011 issue of Edible Madison. Under the hot, orange sun on a mid-July
When the raspberries are finished, the strawberries are put to bed, and the blueberries and cherries are a distant memory, apples begin coming on strong. Starting in late July with
This issue, we’re honoring the women farmers of our region. Luckily for us all, this is a fast-growing group: over a ten-year period, women-owned farms increased 58% in Wisconsin! With
If you were looking for a cure for cancer, a more efficient car engine, a better way to see into outer space, you might logically start in the lab. But
How Wisconsin’s Women Farmers are Transforming our Food System Cue the new rock stars of the sustainable agriculture movement: Wisconsin women. Building on our state’s long-standing agricultural roots, women today
All my life I’ve had a thing for the underdog. Be it the passed over toy as a little girl or the loser boyfriend as a teenager, I guess I
When we arrived at the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture at Taliesin in Spring Green, year-round Taliesin resident Caroline Hamblen welcomed us. Caroline works for Taliesin Preservation, Inc., an
Taste and smell are intricately related. When something smells good, it makes us hungry, and it adds to the pleasure of eating. Some aromas whet our appetites like no others;
If ever there were two words meant to go together, they would surely be “Wisconsin” and “cheddar.” Made in blocks, barrels and wheels, and then cut, wrapped and stamped, millions
The roads rising, falling and twisting between Crawford County’s apple orchards are some of my favorite motorcycling roads, and who wouldn’t smile at the sight of saddlebags bursting with freshly
Growing up in the cornfields of south-central Iowa, my fifth-grade class took a field trip to the local agricultural seed company branch. I’d looked forward to this trip because I