Future of Farming and Rural Life
Governmental
Agencies, Programs & Resources:
Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/cnnf/
Dane County Food Council http://www.countyofdane.com/foodcouncil/
Growing Wisconsin: A Workshop on How to Sustain Our
Working Lands http://www.datcp.state.wi.us/registration/landuse.jsp
Rural America at a Glance (USDA Economic Research Service) http://www.ers.usda.gov/Emphases/Rural/ataglance.htm
Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SARE)
http://www.dpi.wisconsin.gov/ffa/ffa.html
Savor Wisconsin http://www.savorwisconsin.com/
Wisconsin Artisan Dairy Network http://www.wisconsindairyartisan.com/
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer
Protection (DATCP)
http://www.datcp.state.wi.us/index.html
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) http://dnr.wi.gov/
DNR Forestry Program http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/forestry/
Wisconsin Consortium on Biobased Industries http://bioeconomy.wi.gov/
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction-Future
Farmers of America (FFA) http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/
Wisconsin Department of Tourism http://www.travelwisconsin.com/
Working Lands Initiative (DATCP) http://www.datcp.state.wi.us/workinglands/index.jsp
Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board http://producer.wisdairy.com/
United States Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources
Conservation Services
(USDA-NRCS) Wisconsin Programs http://www.wi.nrcs.usda.gov/
USDA Rural Development http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/
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Non-Profit Organizations/ Assocations:
1000 Friends of Wisconsin http://www.1kfriends.org/
American Farmland Trust http://www.farmland.org/default.asp
Coalition for Wisconsin Health http://www.wisconsinhealth.org
Dairy Business Innovation Center http://www.dbicusa.org/
Driftless Area Land Conservancy http://www.driftlesslandtrust.org
The Evjue Foundation, charitable arm of The Capital
Times http://www.madison.com/tct/evjue/
Farm Credit Services of Wisconsin http://www.farmcredit.com/map/Wisconsin.html
Federated Youth Foundation http://www.weca.coop/fyf/fyf.html
Gathering Waters Conservancy http://www.gatheringwaters.org/
Glacierland Resource, Conservation, and Development
(RC& D in northeastern WI) http://www.glacierland.org
Grassworks, Inc. (Graziers Network) http://www.grassworks.org
Living Forest Cooperative http://www.livingforestcoop.com/
Madison Area Community Supported Agriculture Coalition
(MACSAC) http://www.macsac.org/
Marshall & Ilsley Foundation, Inc. http://www.mibank.com
Michael Fields Agricultural Institute http://www.michaelfieldsaginst.org/
Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Services
(MOSES) http://www.mosesorganic.org/
Midwest Renewable Energy Association http://www.the-mrea.org
Otto
Bremer Foundation http://www.ottobremer.org/index.php
Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin http://www.pdpw.org/index.cfm
Renewing the Countryside http://www.renewingthecountryside.org
Research Action Education & Policy (REAP) Food Group http://www.reapfoodgroup.org/atlas/index.htm
Shawano County Rural Health Initiative http://shawanoruralhealth.org
Slow Food, Madison Convivium http://www.slowfoodwisconsin.org/
Slow Food, SE Convivium http://www.slowfoodwise.org/slow/index.php
Southwest Badger RC&D http://www.swbadger.com
Trees for Tomorrow http://www.treesfortomorrow.com/
United Migrant Opportunity Services http://www.umos.org
Wisconsin Agribusiness Council http://www.wisagri.com/
Wisconsin Agricultural Growth Foundation
http://www.wisconsin-agricultural-growth-foundation.org/
Wisconsin
Association of Agriculture Educators (WAAE) http://www.waae.com
Wisconsin
Association of Future Farmers of America http://www.wisconsinffa.org/dpi.cfm
Wisconsin
Builders Association http://www.wisbuild.org/
Wisconsin
Cattlemen's Association http://www.wisconsinbeef.com/cattlemens.asp
Wisconsin
Counties Association http://www.wicounties.org/
Wisconsin
State Cranberry Growers Association http://www.wiscran.org/
Wisconsin
Environmental Initiative http://www.wi-ei.org/
Wisconsin
Farm Bureau http://www.wfbf.com/
Wisconsin
Farmers Union http://www.wisconsinfarmersunion.com/
Wisconsin
Health Project http://www.wisconsinhealthproject.org
Wisconsin Pork Association http://www.wppa.org/
Wisconsin Resource Conservation & Development Program
(RC&D) http://www.wi.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/rcd.html
Wisconsin Rural Challenge http://www.wrchallenge.org
Wisconsin Rural Partners http://www.wirural.org/
Wisconsin State 4-H http://4h.uwex.edu/
Wisconsin Towns Association http://www.wisctowns.com/
Wisconsin Wetlands Association http://www.wiscwetlands.org/
Wisconsin Woodland Owners Association http://www.wisconsinwoodlands.org/
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University Resources/Institutes/Projects:
Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems (CIAS) http://www.cias.wisc.edu/
Discovery Farms http://www.uwdiscoveryfarms.org/
Global Environmental Management Education Center (GEM),
UW-Stevens Point http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/gem/
Healthy Grown Potato Project http://www.healthygrown.com/index.htm
Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/
Pioneer Farm http://www.uwplatt.edu/pioneerfarm
Program on Agricultural Technology Studies (PATS) http://www.pats.wisc.edu/
University of Wisconsin-Madison, College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences http://www.cals.wisc.edu
University of Wisconsin-Extension http://www.uwex.edu/
Wisconsin Office of Rural Health http://www.worh.org/index.asp
Wisconsin
School for Beginning Dairy and Livestock Farmers http://www.cias.wisc.edu/dairysch.html
Wisconsin Technical College System www.wtcsystem.edu
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Businesses/Cooperatives:
Aeppel Treow Winery http://www.aeppeltreow.com/
American
Transmission Company http://www.atcllc.com/
Alliant
Energy http://www.alliantenergy.com
Arla
Foods http://www.arlafoods/com
Bass
Lake Cheese Factory http://www.blcheese.com/
Brightonwoods
Orchard http://www.brightonwoodsorchard.com/
Bullfrog Fish Farm http://www.eatmyfish.com/
Capital Brewery http://www.capital-brewery.com/
Cates Family Farm http://www.catesfamilyfarm.com/
Cargill Company http://www.cargill.com/
CHS Inc. http://www.chsinc.com/
Dairyland Power Cooperative http://www.dairynet.com/
Edelweiss Graziers Cooperative http://edelweissgraziers.com/
Focus
on Energy http://www.focusonenergy.com
Foremost Farms USA http://www.foremostfarms.com/
Fountain Prairie Farm http://www.fountainprairie.com
Gehl Company http://www.gehl.com/
Hoards Dairyman http://www.hoards.com/
Kikkoman
Foods http://www.kikkoman.com/
Love
Tree Farmstead http://www.lovetreefarmstead.com/home.htm
Meadow
Creek Elk Farm http://www.elkantlers.com/Home.htm
National
Farm Medicine Center http://www.marshfieldclinic.org/nfmc/pages/default.aspx
Native
Bay Restaurant http://www.nativebayrestaurant.com
North
Hendren Cheese Cooperative http://www.dcicheeseco.com/company.asp
Organic Choice, LLC http://nextgenerationdairy.com/
Organic Farm Marketing http://www.organicfarmmarketing.com
Organic
Valley http://organicvalley.coop/
Rosenholm-Wolfe
Dairy http://www.rwdairy.com/
Rural
Wisconsin Health Cooperative http://www.rwhc.com/home/home.aspx
Unlimited
Publishing (Creators of a Special Edition of Lois Stark's
Once Upon a Farm to benefit the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts,
and Letters) http://unlimitedpublishing.com/farm
Sartori
Foods http://www.sartorifoods.com/
Serigraph,
Inc http://www.serigraph.com/
South
Shore Brewery http://www.southshorebrewery.com/brewery.html
Tyranena
Brewery http://www.tyranena.com/
Von
Stiehl Winery http://www.vonstiehl.com/
Washington
Island Hotel http://www.thewashingtonhotel.com
We
Energies http://www.we-energies.com/
White
Winter Winery http://www.whitewinter.com/
The
Widget Source http://www.thewidgetsource.com/
Willow
Creek Farm http://www.willowcreekpork.com/
Wisconsin
Newspapers Association http://www.wnanews.com/
Wisconsin
Public Service Corporation http://www.wisconsinpublicservice.com/
Wollersheim Winery http://www.wollersheim.com/
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Arts and Culture Organizations:
Chippewa Valley Museum http://www.cvmuseum.com/
Green Apple Folk Music Society http://www.greenapplefolk.org
Northern Lakes Center for the Arts http://www.northernlakescenter.org/
Robert Gard Foundation http://www.gardfoundation.org/
Portal Wisconsin www.portalwisconsin.org
'Some Kind of Sign' (A performance/CD by
Nath & Marnie's which employs five different narrative voices to
tell the story of a Wisconsin farm family.) http://www.nightjarrecords.com/calendar.html
Watrous Gallery http://www.wisconsinacademy.org/gallery/indexwatrous.html
Wisconsin Arts Board http://arts.state.wi.us/static/
Wisconsin Humanities Council http://www.wisconsinhumanities.org/
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Listings of Farms/ Farmers Markets
Barron County Guide to Locally Grown Food http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cty/barron/hort/documents/FarmersMarketBrochure.pdf
Juneau County Direct Marketers' Connection http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cty/juneau/ag/documents/DirectMarketersflyer.pdf
Marinette and Oconto Counties Guide to Home Grown Produce http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cty/oconto/ag/documents/Publisher_05_websize_000.pdf
Milwaukee Public Market http://www.milwaukeepublicmarket.org/
Sauk County Farm Connect Guide http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cty/sauk/documents/FarmConnectGuide07.pdf
Savor Wisconsin http://www.savorwisconsin.com/
Southeast Wisconsin Farm Fresh Atlas http://www.townandcountryrcd.org/sustainable_agriculture_issue_team.asp
Southern Wisconsin Farm Fresh Atlas http://www.reapfoodgroup.org/atlas/
Waushara County Local Farms Listings http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cty/waushara/ag/localfarms.html
Wisconsin Artisan Dairy Network http://www.wisconsindairyartisan.com/
Wisconsin Farmers' Markets Listings http://www.ams.usda.gov/farmersmarkets/States/Wisconsin.htm
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