Look Here for Wisconsin’s Farm-Fresh Food
Starting this Saturday (April 19), localvores in southern Wisconsin will have a new tool to help them find regionally grown and produced fresh foods.
The Southern Wisconsin Farm Fresh Atlas is a free, 40-page guide to farmers’ markets, farms, CSAs (community-supported agriculture), u-pick farms and other sources of everything from locally grown fruits and vegetables to regional eggs, meat, cheeses and even fabrics and crafts supplies. Every farmer or seller in the guide has taken a pledge to protect natural resources, treat animals humanely and provide a safe workplace for their employees.
“With rising fuel costs and worries about climate change, more and more people want to eat good food grown close to home,” said Judy Hageman, who grows winter spinach, tomatoes, flowers and more at Snug Haven Farm near Belleville, Wisconsin.
The atlas is the result of a cooperative effort involving the REAP (Research, Education, Action and Policy on) Food Group, the Dane County Farmers’ Market, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems and the Friends of the Dane County Farmers’ Market.
If you’d like free copies of the Southern Wisconsin Farm Fresh Atlas to distribute at your place of business, you can contact Miriam Grunes at (608) 294-1114 or miriamg@reapfoodgroup.org.
Farm Fresh Atlases are also available for other parts of Wisconsin. You can find an online guide to the different regions at Wisconsin’s Farm Fresh Atlases.
