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All tagged Wisconsin Farming
Urban living, rural living. It is a personal choice that may carry few or many personal reasons.
Despite the struggle many farms have faced in today’s economy, Brad and Monica Kruse are working hard to keep the small independent farm a reality in our state.
Some may recall a short article I wrote about a year ago titled, ‘Small, but full of heart…life on a small farm’.
Ho-Chunk tribal member Chef Elena Terry, had a busy day at Farm Aid 2019 held on September 21st, at Alpine Valley Music Theatre. Catering the VIP area in tandem with a food stand in the Homegrown Village, kept her on her toes and busy late into the night.
With interview time at a premium, and hordes of media at the Farm Aid concert, I had the opportunity to sit down with artist Nathanial Rateliff, and see where he was at with the growing farm crisis.
The Homegrown Village held during this year’s 34th Farm Aid concert, brought together farmers, activists, and farm advocacy groups from across the country.
Started back in 1985, and organized by Willie Nelson, Neil Young, and John Mellencamp, Farm Aid was formed to raise awareness about the loss of family farms and to raise funds to keep farm families on the land.
