April – May Local Food Events

April 6, 2009

April 18, 9am to 4:30pm Hanwaken Center potluck meeting at Horican Marsh Haven Center exploring the geology, cultural landscape and history along with a broader prepective of human interaction of the Niagara Escarpment. 2010 will be the year of the Niagara Escarpment which will bring forth agri-eco-economic development with locally produced wine, food, fiber and geological awareness. Go to website www.hanwakan.org.  then go to meetings.

April 20th, Noon, UW Fox Valley, Dr. John Ikerd, well known author and lecturer on sustainable agricultural economics will have a presentation open to the public. Contact the college for more information.
 
May 7th, 7pm, Unitarian Universalist Open Fellowship Hall, Fond du lac, Menu on the Future, Study and Discussion series on economic impacts that have accompanied the changes in how we grow and prepare food and consider how individuals can make choices that promote personal and ecological well-being. call 920-921-2675 for more information.
June 7th 1-4pm Lawrence University, Science Hall Atrium, Celebration of Community- Fundraiser for Community Gardens. An afternoon of communty, local food, music, local chefs cook off and more. Win a basket of local goodies.  
 
Coming soon June 2009, Northeast WI Technical College Organic Sustainable Agriculture and Food Education classes available for certification in organic farming of livestock, crops and horticulture, also professional development for educators and businesses. Contact Valerie Dantoin at 920-498-5568.

Posted by Kay | Filed Under Calendar of Upcoming Events 

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  1. Jan Hurd says:
    May 3, 2010 at 8:45 am

    Congratulations on the raw milk bill!
    Jan

  2. Kay says:
    June 24, 2010 at 6:03 pm

    Unfortunately, the raw milk bill got vetoed by Govenor Jim Doyle. It will be tried again with a new govenor, new Secretary of Agriculture and several new Senators and Representatives.

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The 3 week old chickens went out to pasture last evening. At dusk, the small chickens were picked up carefully by hand and put into our old reliable chicken crates by our good natured farm employees. Using an old flat bed wagon, we trundled them across the road and into their pasture huts. The huts are strickly for shade and shelter. The chickens were out cruising the pasture bugs and grasses by early dawns light. It's so good to see them out and about.

I ran across a good raw milk article by Mike Adams. He is the editor of a web site called Natural News. Check it out.

Organic Valley announces it will drop farmers caught selling raw milk

The Board of Directors of the CROPP Cooperative (Organic Valley) notified it's farmers the last week of June that effective January 1, 2011, any farmer/patron caught diverting milk for raw milk sales will be dropped from the cooperative. In a time of oversupply of organic milk, there are few options for the farmer to change to a different milk processor. Visit the Organic Valley web site to express your opinion.

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