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Add Clark's Farm To Your U-Pick List In The Chippewa Valley

co-owners Madison and Reid Seelhammer continue growing family's legacy with new Chippewa Falls venture

Snapdragons, forget-me-nots, dahlias, cosmos, zinnia, marigolds, sunflowers and honeywort. While many may see an ensemble of blooms perfect for a summertime bouquet, the founders of Clark’s Farm see a showcase of deep-rooted heritage. Madison and Reid Seelhammer, the owners of Clark’s Farm in Chippewa Falls, have begun a new venture on a half acre of...

Chef John Bender Shows How To Make A Meal From E.C. Farmers Market Goods

learn creative market-to-table recipes using seasonal produce from the weekend markets

Saturday mornings at the farmers market are just one way community members across the Chippewa Valley come together to enjoy the vast array of local vendors and creatives. For John Bender, the founder of Kitchen Technique, morning routines often begin at these very same markets – a practice which inspired him to create a new, immersive event series to teach his neighbors about what’s growing locally and how to savor it...

Firefly Hill Flower Farm’s Ecological Approach to Floral Design

tucked away in Bloomer, co-owners Kevin Hite and Sarah Bergstrom have nourished a landscape where seasonal perennials transform into custom arrangements

For a few, fleeting months each summer, one prairie in Blooms becomes illuminated from what appears to be thousands of fireflies. As the landscape shifts from daylight to dusk, these glowing “gifts” offer Firefly Hill Flower Farm co-owners Kevin Hite and Sarah Bergstrom a visual sign of hope. They serve as a vital cue to maintain their commitment to regenerative practices and...

Sweet’s Produce Releases Seasonal Vegetable Guide With Pocket-Sized Zines

regional community shared agriculture owners share veggie inspiration, connection in the kitchen

Looking for some new ways to turn your veggie haul into a culinary adventure? Sweet’s Produce in Otter Creek has brought non-digital, paper-and-ink creativity to the Eau Claire and Menomonie areas with its pocket-sized zines: “How to eat an entire box of vegetables.” The first print of these zines – found in local coffee shops, bookstores and cooperative grocers...

A RETURN TO WHAT MATTERS: Get To Know 'Unpasteurized Inga'

Wisconsin dairy farmer and former television host narrates an embrace of oneself in dual memoir and recipe book, out Sept. 1

Unpasteurized Inga: Recipes and Reflections on Food, Farming, and Finding Your Way Back – to be released Sept. 1 with Little Creek Press – was written from a life still unfolding; “a woman still learning how to live inside of her own skin.” As detailed across five parts – from “Finding My Way” to “Coming Home” – Unpasteurized Inga sees Orth describe her life through compressed routines on...

Bob Bosold, Region's 'Voice Of Agriculture,' Inducted Into Wisconsin FFA Hall Of Fame

for close to 50 years, broadcast reporter and WAXX 104.5 Farm Director has brought locals updates on farming industry seven days a week

For close to 50 years, seven days a week, Bob Bosold has become the “Voice of Agriculture” to the Eau Claire community on the Mid-West Farm Report with WAXX 104.5 radio. He’s won virtually every award there is for his broadcasts and role as Farm Director; this year, he has also been inducted into the Wisconsin FFA Hall of Fame...

Seed Art Contest Will Debut Inaugural Exhibit At Dunn County Fair

submit your original seed mosaic art by July 1 to be considered for the exhibit

The seed of an idea – one organizers hope will grow into an activity that engages the entire community this summer and for years to come – sprouted this spring thanks to Rassbach Museum staff members. That idea will soon be realized with the inaugural Seed Art Contest. For those who might now know, seed art is a mosaic made with all kinds of seeds, placed on a flat surface ...

BECOME AN OWNER: Reap The Rewards with Menomonie Market Food Co-op

the Chippewa Valley’s only community-owned grocer offers customer benefits with localized impact

Taking ownership in your local food retailer does not have to be a dream deferred; the Chippewa Valley's sole community-owned grocery store — the Menomonie Market Food Co-op — has made it a reality ...

Dunn County's Racing Heart Farm, in Conversation

local creative and part-time farmhand KD Hackworthy chats with Racing Heart Farm owners

Les Macare and Els Dobrick are first-generation Queer farmers with over a decade under their belts as a couple. After a humble first few seasons in Minnesota, they put down roots in Western Wisconsin. Today, Racing Heart Farm is a no-till, organic produce farm nestled on two acres in Dunn County. Writer KD Hackworthy, now a part-time hand at Racing Heart ...

A Dairy Farmer's Daughter, WFU's New Executive Director: Meet Danielle Endvick

Chippewa County native now at the helm of Wisconsin Farmers Union aims to lead with authenticity, focus on community building

Just over one month ago, Wisconsin Farmers Union (WFU) announced Julie Keown-Bomar – the organization’s executive director for nearly a decade – would be ending her chapter with WFU, transitioning out of the role as Danielle Endvick stepped into it. For active WFU members, Endvick is a familiar face: after joining the organization over a decade ago ...