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Local Farmers Markets in the Area:

Campbellsport - Every Saturday - June to mid-October - 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Located in Ben Franklin's parking lot at 131 E. Main Street

Fond du Lac - Every Wednesday & Saturday - June to October - Free admission
Wednesday hours are 2 to 6 p.m. located on Division and Sophia Streets
Saturday hours are 6:30 a.m. to noon located on Western Avenue and Linden Streets
Sunday 7:00am - 12pm at Festival Foods

Taycheedah/Peebles: Sunday from 9am -2pm

Ripon - Every Tuesday & Saturday from 7 a.m. to Noon - June to mid-October
Located at Watson and Seward Streets

Waupun - Every Thursday from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. - June to mid-October
Located in the parking lot across from the Community Center

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Here are links to great local food websites:

Put in your zip code at http://www.localharvest.org/ for information about local food.

Does your grocery store by local produce? Find out at the WI Grocers Association site: www.grocersbuylocal.com

Eastern Wisconsin Farm Fresh Atlas. You can download a copy to your computer.

Buy Local Buy Wisconsin campaign from WI Dept. of Ag, Trade, & Consumer Protection (DATCP). Excellent resource on how to move products from field to the consumer (including section on how to start a farmer's market).

a site where you can search for sustainable food producers and farmers markets in and around Fond du Lac is
www.savorwisconsin.com

The Wisconsin Fresh Market Vegetable Growers Association is at
www.wisconsinfreshproduce.org

The Wisconsin Berry Growers Association is at
www.wiberries.org

and the Wisconsin Apple Grower's Association is at
www.waga.org

And here is a link to a very active local food group in Stevens Point http://www.farmshed.org

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Also check out the Open Circle UU Eco Food group page under Organization and Business Efforts.

and Realbread under Organization and Business Efforts.




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Anonymous AmeriCorps Farm to School Program 0 Aug 26 2009, 3:28 PM EDT by Anonymous
 
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Greetings Farm to School supporters,
We are excited to announce that funding has been secured for the AmeriCorps Farm to School Program for the coming school year!
Twenty-two AmeriCorps members will be working across the state on new and existing farm-to-school initiatives.

REAP Food Group is now taking applications for four 1/2-time AmeriCorps positions to work with Wisconsin Homegrown Lunch.
There is a short turn-around on this -- Applications are due Friday, September 4th (positions will remain open until filled).
Full position description and application instructions are posted on the Wisconsin Homegrown Lunch website.

Please spread widely!

*Questions regarding these positions should be directed to:
Lisa Jacobson
Program Manager, Wisconsin Homegrown Lunch
608-310-7833
farmtoschool@reapfoodgroup.org

best,

Doug Wubben
Farm to School Specialist
UW-Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems
608-263-6064
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gkelroy Local Farmer's Markets in the area 0 Jul 21 2009, 1:01 PM EDT by gkelroy
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Check out the times and locations of area farmer's markets.
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