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September
2006 features
the Harvest
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Farm Fresh Atlas of
Western Wisconsin
A searchable directory of farm products grown on local small farms.
St. Paul Farmer's
Market
Locally grown produce available at the corner of 5th and Wall Streets
in St. Paul.
Minneapolis Farmer's
Market
Minnesota's largest open-air, covered market, another great place for
locally grown produce.
Wisconsin
Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection - Farming
& Agriculture
Crops, livestock, fish farms, plant nurseries, Christmas tree farms,
honey bees - we provide services and regulate all these aspects of
agriculture in Wisconsin. Whether it's moving animals, financial
counseling, finding new markets, or protecting the environment, we
play a role.
Wisconsin Ag Connection
A subsidiary of USAgNet.com, a network of Web sites that serve the needs of the agricultural industry with local, state and national information on a daily basis. Users of Wisconsin Ag Connection can view products, listings, news updates and other information on one site without scouring through the search engines to find what they are looking for.
Wisconsin Agriculture
in the Classroom
Provides teachers and students K-12 with an understanding of how their
food is produced and seeks to work within existing curricula to
provide basic information on our nation's largest industry. Some of
the concepts Ag in the Classroom emphasizes are agriculture and
history; the geography of agriculture; agriculture and technology; the
economics of agriculture; agriculture and the world; careers in
agriculture; and agriculture and public policy.
Harvesting and Storing Home Garden Vegetables
From the University of Minnesota Extension Service. Provides a
handy chart for when to harvest and how to store garden vegetables.
Saving
Vegetable Seeds: Tomatoes, Peppers, Peas and Beans
A University of Minnesota Extension Service Yard and Garden
Brief. Provides information on seed saving for the home
gardener.
Apples for Minnesota and Their Culinary Uses
Provides information on when various types of apples are ready to
harvest, the uses after harvest and how store, can or freeze
apples. From the University of Minnesota Extension Service.
Preserving
Gourds for Lasting Color
A University of Minnesota Extension Service Yard and Garden
Brief. Easy to follow directions for preserving fall gourds.
From
Garden to Table: the Art of Growing and Preserving Berries
A downloadable pdf University of Wisconsin Extension pamphlet.
Provides information on preserving harvested berrries. Adobe
Acrobat Reader is required to view this publication.
Storing Fruits and Vegetables from the Home Garden
A downloadable pdf University of Wisconsin Extension pamphlet.
Provides information on preserving fruits and vegetables. Adobe
Acrobat Reader is required to view this publication.
Direct
Marketing of Farm Produce and Home Goods-Direct Marketing Alternatives
and Strategies for Beginning and Established Producers
A downloadable pdf University of Wisconsin Extension pamphlet.
Provides information selling and marketing for small scale gardeners
and farmers. Adobe
Acrobat Reader is required to view this publication.
History of Wisconsin Agriculture and Rural Life Collection
Based on a bibliography compiled as part of the National Preservation Project for Agricultural Literature. Items in the bibliography, primary and secondary materials published through 1945, were initially ranked by a review panel for preservation microfilming. Now, through funding from the Council of University of Wisconsin Libraries, you will have access to a growing subset of this material through our digital collections.
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