Editors Note

The fever started during lunch at a friend’s cabin on the Wisconsin River this spring. Over sandwiches and homemade potato salad, my friend offered us an open-ended invitation to stay for a week at the cabin during the summer.

You might have noticed something a little different when you picked up this issue of Wisconsin People & Ideas. It's true: we've had a makeover.

The "buy local" movement is an international trend that is gaining strength across the country.

By the time you read this sentence it will be close to, if not, the beginning of a new year. Glasses will be raised, resolutions will be made, and calendars will be tossed in the trash.