Farm Tech Days Arrives: What You Need to Know About Wisconsin’s Biggest Ag Event

long-awaited farm festival slated for Huntsinger Farms July 20-22

Eric Rygg, president of Eau Claire’s Huntsinger Farms and Silver Spring Foods, was all set to host the massive, statewide agricultural event last summer when the pandemic hit. He recalled ...

BLOSSOMING JOY: Menomonie Farmers Market Manager Gives Leftover Flowers to Strangers

Veronika Zazovsky believes flowers are a special and delicate thing ...

Community Supported Agriculture Gets Boost, Thanks to COVID-19

local farmers see an uptick in enrollment for farm-fresh goods

As people across the Chippewa Valley have sought ways to support local farmers during the coronavirus pandemic ...

Stay Green While Planting Greens

Sunbow Farm owner offers tips on farming sustainably

If you were playing Family Feud and Steve Harvey asked, “Name something you think of when you hear the phrase ‘sustainable farming?’"...

Keeping It Local

Menomonie Market Food Co-op awards grant to local farms for projects

The Menomonie Market Food Co-op recently awarded $3,000 to local farmers as a part of its Fund Our Foodshed grant. The grant offers small farms the opportunity to expand aspects of their businesses in ways they otherwise ...

Get Ready for Farm Technology Days

Eau Claire’s Huntsinger Farms will host huge statewide AG event next Summer

For those of us who live in cities – even here in the Chippewa Valley, where the natural world remains close at hand – it’s easy to forget the vital importance of agriculture. While the population of Eau Claire County is largely urban, agriculture remains big business ...

Seeds of Goodwill

UWEC library volunteers are having a good thyme in the garden

On a small patch of land next to the Forest Street Community Gardens, you’ll find the McIntyre Library Community Garden. “I was looking for a community service project that fit my interests and hobbies, gardening is one,” said Roxanne Backowski, who started ...

Transnational Tradition: Generations of Hmong vendors are part of Downtown Eau Claire Farmers Market

A walk through the Eau Claire Downtown Farmers Market on a Saturday morning is a treat for the senses. A faint breeze through the pavilion carries the sound of music, footsteps, and conversation ...

Local Harvest Schedule

Get your food when it was meant to be gotten! Make sure you’re buying your stuff in season! Don’t know when that is? Here’s a handy chart that should last you through the summer.

4 Helpful CSA Hacks

overcoming common challenges your weekly box of local produce presents

Community Supported Agriculture shares, or CSAs, are spreading through the Chippewa Valley and bringing an abundance of delicious and healthy foods straight from farm to table ...