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A Craft Movement at the 45th Parallel

By
Brenda Bredahl

A grain-to-glass philosophy infuses the spirits created at 45th Parallel Distillery in New Richmond, Wisconsin.

The town of Warrens in Monroe County, where these cranberries are being harvested, is the epicenter of cranberry production in Wisconsin. Every year the town celebrates the fall harvest with the Warrens Cranberry Festival, the largest cranberry-related arts and crafts festival in the United States. Photo courtesy of the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association.
Wisconsin Table

The Sweet and Tart of Cranberries

By
Candice Wagener

Everything you wanted to know and more about Wisconsin's state fruit: Vaccinium macrocarpon, better known as the large-fruited cranberry.

Wild ginseng plants in eastern Iowa County. Wild-simulated plants sown from responsibly gathered seeds, lightly cultivated and sustainably harvested on long rotations in private woodlands, can help wild ginseng populations rebound from over harvesting and poaching. Photo by Jerry Davis.
Wisconsin Table

Wild Wisconsin Ginseng

By
Jason Smith, Scott Gordon

What we know—and don't know—about a popular medicinal herb found on forest floors across Wisconsin. 

Green Lake County resident and Wisconsin Hickory Association president Mike Starshak sees a bright future for the hickory foods industry in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Table

Nuts for Hickory

By
Max Witynski

The shagbark hickory is making a comeback in Wisconsin.

Paul Asper and Lissa Koop from Restoration Cider Company represent a new generation of craft hard cider brewers in Wisconsin. Photo by Kaia Calhoun Photography.
Wisconsin Table

Wisconsin's Hard Cider Renaissance

By
Candice Wagener

Just as wine has a distinct terroir, cider takes on the characteristics of the area in which the apples are grown. 

Greg, Mardell, and Alexander Vreeland of the Great Northern Wisconsin Railroad, which is one of the only family-owned heritage railroad operations in the country.
Wisconsin Table

Dining on the Rails

By
Brenda Bredahl

Railroading is a family affair for Greg, Mardell, and Alexander Vreeland. Their Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad is one of the few family-owned heritage railroad operations in the country.

Kat Becker and Tony Schultz of Stoney Acres Farms in Athens, Wisconsin. Photo by James Gill/Wisconsin Public Television.
Wisconsin Table

How to Raise a Pizza

By
Candice Wagener

Some small family farms in Wisconsin are providing a unique (and direct) take on farm-to-table dining.

Photo by Kara Vincent/karavincentart.com
Wisconsin Table

Sweet Surprise

By
Shelby Deering

A husband-and-wife team in Spooner create world-class chocolate. 

Bottles of New Glarus Brewing Company's signature beer come off the production line. Soon, all New Glarus bottles will be sourced from Ardagh glass manufacturing plant in Burlington, adding another dimension to the Spotted Cow tagline: Only in Wisconsin. Photo by Andy Manis.
Wisconsin Table

How to Spot a Cow

By
Myles Dannhausen Jr.

The story of Dan and Deb Carey, the dynamic duo behind Wisconsin's most iconic beer.

Illustration by Stephanie Steinhauer
Wisconsin Table

Shrimp School

By
Annaleigh Wetzel

Promise (for farmers) and peril (for shrimp) at a new aquaculture outfit in rural Newton. 

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