Ice and Mushrooms

A beautidul northwoods pond in winter. Do you feel serene – or nervous? What dangers does the beauty of ice hide? Image from dharma.org.

On my way home from work today I passed a little pond. Well, not that little. It’s one of those ponds created by the highway department when [...]

Need More Vegetables? Eat Pizza

This is similar to when the national nutrition standards for schools considered ketchup as a vegetable. Remember that? Now they’re saying that the pizza sauce on pizza is considered a vegetable. They have got to be kidding – I was half expecting this news item to be from The Onion (who are [...]

Food & Agriculture Resources in Northeast Wisconsin

Here’s three resources for those of us into local food issues:

This is NEW (northeast Wisconsin) Food Shed Organization. Their motto is: “Connecting Consumers with Providers of Sustainably Grown and Produced Agricultural Products in Northeastern Wisconsin”. They put out the Farm Fresh Atlas for 5 regions of Wisconsin, an annual publication for local [...]

Rappin’ on the Farm

Yeo Valley Organic Farm has put out a super cool rap video about dairy farming. Utterly creative and moving (or is that “moo-ving”?)! In my opinion, any art form (and rap music is a worthy art form if ever there was one) that inspires an emotional response is good art. Sure, this [...]