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Lean, green fitness machines
on 08/22/08 at 9:00 am | You'd never leave your air conditioner, music, lights and television going all day, but this happens 12 to 24 hours a day at many workout facilities. And all that spinning, stair-stepping and treadmilling mostly ends up as waste heat. |
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Easy riders
on 08/22/08 at 9:00 am | Wayne Thompson hopes Kind Bike will jolt the bicycle industry into rethinking its ways. His Kind Bike is a Madison-based bicycle company that builds social and environmental responsibility into its products. |
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Nora Pouillon: Queen of green
on 04/18/08 at 9:00 am | Long before "organic" and "local" were on most people's food radar, Isthmus Green Day speaker Nora Pouillon was serving organic food at her namesake Washington, D.C. restaurant. Opened in 1979, Restaurant Nora became the first certified organic restaurant in the country in 1999 (notable in a city seemingly hellbent on increasing yields and subsidizing commodity crops rather than supporting small farmers). |
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The road to recovery
on 04/04/08 at 9:25 am | There comes a time in every sofa's life when it has to shape up or ship out — and here in Madison that often means shipped out to the curb for rebirth on a student porch. But there is another option: upholstery. |
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Put one foot in front of the other
on 01/25/08 at 10:00 am | They say that if you can walk, you can hike. Clearly, "they" don't live in Wisconsin in the winter, when even an innocent stroll down the sidewalk is often compromised by human-size snowdrifts, meat-locker temperatures and ice. But for those who have their sights set on a hiking trip later this year — whether a long-distance trek like the Appalachian Trail, an inn-to-inn trip through Europe or New England, or a series of day hikes through a national park — winter can't be a time of hibernation. So how do you prepare for that planned-for-spring hike without freezing your butt off? |
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One-stop shopping, the sustainable way
on 11/09/07 at 10:00 am | When I saw the phone number, I had a feeling this was my kind of place: 845-FOOD. Paoli Local Foods opened in June in what is likely the area's top biking destination, and it has quickly built a following among hungry residents, bikers and visitors alike. |
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Perseverance in a box
on 10/12/07 at 10:00 am | If ever Richard DeWilde questioned the loyalty he's developed with the members of his community-supported agriculture program, the catastrophic flooding that devastated his and other farms in southwestern Wisconsin in late August has silenced any doubt. "Being a member of your CSA has meant more to me than I can say," writes one of his members. "I find it an extraordinary privilege to stick with [Harmony Valley Farm] for the long haul." |
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Culinary journeys
on 09/14/07 at 10:00 am | Two unusual tours get diners closeWith fall's fast approach, the time to get out and find fresh foods before the cold comes is now. And just in time, on Sept. 29, are two unique events that will give you the chance to get up close to your food and the people who produce it. |
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Crops of yore
on 08/17/07 at 10:00 am | Squash, sunflowers, gourds, beans — these are just some of the native foods of the Americas that have transformed the world's food supply. And for the last three years, these and many more have been planted at Middleton's Pope Farm Park (7440 West Old Sauk Rd.) by archeologists from the Wisconsin Historical Society, with help from local fourth-graders. Their work highlights American Indian agriculture, as well as the gardens of European settlers. |
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Jar expert
on 07/19/07 at 11:39 am | A few weeks ago I bought a jar of rhubarb-passion fruit preserves from Lee Davenport’s new stand, Pamplemousse Preserves, at the Northside Farmers’ Market. A deep burgundy color and filled with neatly cut chunks of rhubarb, it was stunningly good, which led me to consume most of it straight from the jar. |
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Teach your children well
on 06/21/07 at 1:07 pm | Scarcely a minute goes by that Robert Pierce isn't laughing, waving or greeting people by name at his South Madison Farmers' Market stand, where he serves as market manager. Friendly, warm and fiercely dedicated to making local food accessible to all, Pierce also runs a youth gardening program that teaches minority kids that "eating good is a good thing." |
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Asparagus is here
on 05/24/07 at 10:50 am | Confession: For the last two weeks, I have eaten little else
but asparagus. Breakfast, lunch and dinner, steamed, grilled, roasted, even raw, the tidy bundle barely leaving the vendor’s hand before I’ve pulled a stalk loose to munch on. |
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Here comes the bounty
on 04/26/07 at 10:25 am | Despite nature's best attempts to delay the arrival of all
things edible, my favorite season has finally arrived: market season. |
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How sweet it is
on 03/29/07 at 10:59 am | There's a Chinese proverb that goes, 'Spring is sooner
recognized by plants than by men.' And when it comes to maple syrup, that certainly is true. |
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Learn from the masters
on 03/01/07 at 10:33 am | Master cheese maker Sid Cook of Carr Valley Cheese has come
up with a whole new way to make people fall in love with his award-winning cheese: He's offering a series of cooking classes in the new test kitchen at his Sauk City retail store. |
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Neighborhood grocery
on 02/01/07 at 10:01 am | 'We are really focused on the business operations right now,
finding ways to increase efficiency and to provide shoppers with what they need in the space available,' says Huberty. |
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Rooting for rutabagas
on 01/04/07 at 10:18 am | A round, baggy root may not sound appealing, but under the
rough skin of this homely tuber lies rich and flavorful flesh the color of gold. Rutabagas have a delicate sweetness and flavor that hint at both cabbage and turnip. |
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Stop making fun of fruitcake!
on 12/21/06 at 10:25 am | There is no gift more vilified, more dreaded or more
ridiculed than fruitcake, which too often is mass produced with cheap ingredients. That's a shame, because at its best, fruitcake is a delicious mix of dried fruits and nuts, bound by sugar, flour, eggs and a few spices. |
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One size fits all
on 12/07/06 at 10:26 am | In the spirit of the baking, giving and eating season ahead of us, here are a few favorite local flavors to give (and to get) that you won't find just anywhere. |
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Food around the corner?
on 11/24/06 at 2:56 pm | They say that the key to a successful business is location,
location, location. Yet location, along with a small space, may have been, in
the end, the death of the Mifflin Street Grocery Cooperative. |
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A co-op for Stoughton?
on 11/09/06 at 10:18 am | When Stoughton's Main Street Market closed last June after
22 years, town residents didn't take the news lying down. 'I heard from people all over the city after we lost the store,' says Stoughton Mayor Helen Johnson. |
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Bowls for sale
on 10/26/06 at 10:39 am | Thousands of us belong to community-supported-agriculture farms or shop at a co-op, while tens of thousands more attend one of the many farmers' markets around the city and in the area. With such an embarrassment of riches, we can easily forget that fresh local produce is not accessible to
everyone. The Empty Bowls dinner on Oct. 28 is an annual reminder that food insecurity remains a persistent fact of life for too many Dane County residents. |
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Readin', writin', fricasseein'
on 10/12/06 at 12:09 pm | For many of us, the chance to experience a meal prepared by chefs Tory Miller and Eva Ringstrom of L'Etoile Restaurant is saved for special occasions ' anniversaries, birthdays, promotions, and engagements. But for seventh-graders at Sherman Middle School, that special occasion happens every month. |
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Leafy, green and still good for ya
on 09/28/06 at 10:37 am | Hard to believe, but the nationwide spinach panic may
actually prove a benefit to local producers. Last week, Governor Doyle assured residents that Wisconsin-grown spinach was safe. 'I want to encourage Wisconsin residents to support our local farmers and farmers markets by purchasing and consuming locally grown spinach,' he said. |
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Grub for everyone
on 09/19/06 at 3:12 pm | Some people, like yours truly, spend way too much time reading about food, thinking about food, shopping for food and talking about food. |
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The milkman cometh
on 08/31/06 at 3:28 pm | The milkman is emerging from black-and-white nostalgia
thanks to Artisan Foods Delivered, a partnership between Albany's Sugar River Dairy and Barneveld's Blue Marble Family Farm that will bring the farmers'market to your door. You can't order fruits and vegetables, but you can get milk, yogurt, cream, cheese, meat, eggs, honey, maple syrup and more, all from local producers located within 150 miles of Madison. |
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You say fruit, I say vegetable
on 08/21/06 at 10:56 am | Tomatoes are in season, and so it is time once again to
ponder the age-old question: Is the tomato a fruit or vegetable? |
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Party on the farm
on 08/10/06 at 4:40 pm | After our long winters, we Wisconsinites greet summer with
abandon. Just being out in the sunshine is reason enough to celebrate, and if you go to the north side's Troy Gardens on Aug. 12, you will find a celebration. |
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