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Friday, June 20, 2008

Farm Fresh Atlas Now Available

Farmers are recognizing the social and environmental advantages of sustainable agriculture. Many consumers are coming to appreciate the benefits of fresh and sustainably produced food. Such producers and consumers are being linked through such innovative arrangments as community supported agriculture and farmers' markets, community gardens and through publications such as the Farm Fresh Atlas.


Visit http://www.farmfresheastwi.org/ to access the Eastern Wisconsin Farm Fresh Atlas. All farms listed in the Atlas pledge that their farm is:



  • family or cooperative owned

  • committed to reducing the application of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers

  • operate in a way that protests and sustains the region's land and water resources

  • treat animals with care and respect

  • provide safe and fair working conditions for employees

  • sell Wisconsin products that they grow or help produce on the farm.


Check out this guide to find farms near you raising and selling natural meats, fruits, vegetables, etc. Yum!

3 comments:

bookworm said...

Hi, will you please consider adding the following link to your site?

http://mantylocavore.blogspot.com/

We already have a link to your blog off of our site.

It is a Manitowoc Locavore blog formed by the Cheryl Nessman, Interim Library Director of the UW-Manitowoc Library.

UW-Manitowoc will be going green this coming fall, and we are doing all sorts of things to get our students, faculty, and community involved.

Thank you for your help.

bookworm said...

Hello,

Could you please add the following link to your blog?

http://mantylocavore.blogspot.com/

It is a link to the Manty Locavore blog created by Cheryl Nessman, Interim Library Director at UW-Manitowoc.

Our campus is going green this semester, and we are hoping to raise interest and awareness with the our own students, employees, and community members.

We have a link to your blog on our site already =]

Thanks for your help!

Cheryl Nessman

Go Green Manitowoc said...

Absolutely! Thank you for sharing. You have created a great and useful resource. I will include a link from the Manty Wisc Facebook page as well.