The next time you wish you lived anywhere but here, pick up Renewing the Countryside-Wisconsin, read
a few pages and change your mind in a hurry. These 39 short pieces,
written by several different authors and complemented by stunning
fullcolor photography, profile hardworking individuals, organizations
and businesses in the state that are blazing trails in sustainable and
organic agriculture, environmentally responsible business practices and
homegrown solutions to the challenges facing rural economies and
communities. SoutheasternWisconsin is represented by Milwaukee’s Growing Power, which teaches urban kids about fresh food; the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute in East Troy,
which spearheads training programs in organic, sustainable and
biodynamic farming; and Elkhorn’s organically managed Krusen Grass
Farm. Despite the flowery prose, many of the profiles provide
enlightening insight into some fellow Wisconsinites who are leading
admirable lives of ecological awareness.
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