May 15, 2020 by Mike Schut, Farm Table Foundation Two weeks ago, I had a pretty darn long cotton-tipped swab stuck up first one nasal passage and then the other. I didn’t sleep well that night. So I took mental notes—started my own contact tracing in case I’d end up having to report all those […]
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May 15, 2020 – by Wade Barry When we bought Piney Hill Farm in 2013, we didn’t realize that we were buying into a legacy. On a final visit before we closed on the property, we found ourselves in the midst of a goodbye party. The community gathered to bid farewell to the farm’s owners,
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April 1, 2020 by Mike Schut, Farm Table’s Senior Director for Programs & Community Partnerships I am writing this on March 19, 2020. March 20 could bring significant change; the world has shifted under our feet. Though tomorrow is never a given, life’s relative predictability has very suddenly disappeared. Unless you lived through World War
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On the other hand, and here’s where I share with you my very optimistic sentiments, consider the local food movement. It’s community-based and provides healthy food that communities need to be resilient in times of disruption. It’s inherently optimistic, purporting that “what we need is here” (Wendell Berry), and that the interdependent food web in which we all participate will balance itself and provide.
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March 24, 2020 – by Sylvia Burgos Toftness, Bull Brook Keep Editor’s note: During these uncertain times, buying a share in a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm makes more sense than ever. LSP’s 2020 edition of the Twin Cities, Minnesota & Western Wisconsin Region Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Directory lists over 40 farms that provide vegetables,
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March 24, 2020 By Mike Miles, Treasurer, Polk-Burnett Wisconsin Farmers Union Editor’s note: Mike Miles and his wife Barb run Anathoth Farm in Polk County. Mike serves as Treasurer of the Polk-Burnett Wisconsin Farmers Union (WFU). WFU is grassroots and member-driven. This year, the Polk-Burnett chapter voted to adopt three priorities: first, to organize a
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March 24, 2020 – by Paula Knutson One of the joys of retirement has been discovering our new community’s gems. How wonderfully surprised we were to have lunch one day at Farm Table’s restaurant after biking the Stower Seven Lakes Trail. Then, we attended an artist’s reception featuring beautiful paintings of rural landscapes and farms,
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March 24, 2020 Note: we will be in touch with specifics about upcoming classes. Some may be able to be held outside while maintaining social distancing, once it’s warmer; others may be virtual. Spring is coming–and we have some classes to get you out digging and planting in the soil and to give you ideas
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January 28, 2020 By Mike Schut, Farm Table’s Senior Program Director I grew up outside of Rochester, Minnesota. My dad had grown up on a dairy farm in central Minnesota; my mom was raised on a corn, soybean, and hog farm in southeastern Iowa. And though we didn’t farm, the size of our garden sometimes
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January 28, 2020 – by Paul Isakson Farm Table Foundation has become one of Amery’s largest downtown assets: as a restaurant, educational center, and community gathering space. As a restaurant, it is a destination for people who value good, healthy, organic foods. As an education center, it provides learning experiences for people who want to
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