Soil Sisters: Building a Reciprocal Relationship with the Land
It’s so easy to love and appreciate rural Wisconsin life during these summer days, right? However, the love we hold for these moments is...
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- Jul 25
Soil Sisters: Thank a bug
Next time you see a 'bug,' don’t squash it, say thanks, and let it go on its life-sustaining way. It is meeting our needs. 07/20/23...
- Jul 6
Soil Sisters utilize best practices from the Green County Land & Water Conservation Dept
After completing a Conservation Land Plan through Wisconsin Women in Conservation with Tonya Gratz, a Soil Conservationist with Green...
- May 30
Soil Sisters Taste of Place: June 3 at the Monroe Arts Center
Bring your lawn chair and meet Wisconsin’s inspiring community of women farmers championing local food and family farms and celebrate the...
- May 23
Soil Sisters: Conservation & Connection
Farming can feel solitary because a lot of the days are spent alone working with the land and animals. However, the occupation of farming...
- Mar 17, 2022
Soil Sisters: Using farm generosity to build our rural communities
Generosity is a superpower that can grow businesses AND communities. It’s a superpower that creates a cycle of prosperity. As communities...
- Feb 17, 2022
Soil Sisters: Our mental health is worth fighting for
We are meant to live in community. For an introvert like me that’s not easy. Generally I try to figure it out on my own. Alone is...
- Dec 15, 2021
Soil Sisters: Support economic development through agricultural tourism
According to the U.S. Census of Agriculture, agricultural tourism revenues have tripled between 2002-2017. WOW I thought, this is an...
- Nov 17, 2021
Soil Sisters: Building community resilience through connections
The Soil Sisters have taught me to look within your community to find what you are searching for. Chances are your neighbors down the...
- Oct 20, 2021
Soil Sisters: Reflections on aging in a rural community
This harvest I ask you to join me in celebration of our rural communities, our traditions and connections. Let’s celebrate the passing...
- Sep 15, 2021
Soil Sisters: The Mycelium of Forest and Friends
Mushrooms are the fruiting body of the fungi, only popping up when they are ready to reproduce. Under the surface, they quietly web as a...
- Aug 21, 2021
Soil Sisters: Action beyond envisioning
I believe policy and government programs play a role in solving our issues as farmers, food system workers and eaters. If the pandemic...
- Jul 23, 2021
Soil Sisters: Following switchbacks to climb mountains
What if, as a nation, our value of food changed focus? What if we decided to take a stand, make a change and support our local farmers...
- Jun 17, 2021
Soil Sisters: Perennial partnerships build healthy local meat market
For Soil Sisters, security is built with a perennial approach, creating and growing not just for a season or two, but for the long haul....
- May 20, 2021
Soil Sisters: The support network every new farmer needs
The transition from urban living to rural living has been an adjustment, eased by the lessons learned and the experiences shared with my...
- Apr 21, 2021
Soil Sisters nourishing spirit in the pandemic
Over a decade ago when the first handful of Soil Sisters met for a potluck on a chilly winter evening, I never would have imagined all...
- Mar 27, 2021
Soil Sisters: Leaning in and Lifting Up
Another common trait of our Soil Sisters community is that they aren’t afraid to try new things and “lean in” to make it happen. Initial...
- Feb 24, 2021
Soil Sisters: Inspiration for Growth
This inspiration (from Soil Sisters) is what has sparked ideas and the courage to try. Partnerships and businesses have been born from...
- Jan 27, 2021
Soil Sisters: Making it happen in good times and in bad
They are warm and welcoming; I’ve found in them a deep love for the land and the communities in which they live. Rather than competition,...
- Dec 23, 2020
Soil Sisters: Safety nets for troubled times
That farm taught me about “safety nets.” With neighbors, we co-owned a thrashing machine — a roaring, clattering, tractor powered beast —...
The collaborative energy and story behind Soil Sisters has been featured in various media including "Midwest Living", "Modern Farmer", "This Country Life", "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel" and a feature show on PBS Wisconsin’s "Around the Farm Table with Inga Witscher".
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