Food Day with Slow Food UW

Celebrate Food Day 2012 with Slow Food UW!  National Food Day (October 24), as conceived by CSPI and a coalition of leaders in the movement toward just and sustainable food-ways, presents an opportunity to appreciate a good meal and to engage with the issues and policies that speak to heath, hunger, and agricultural practice. 

Slow Food UW events include:

• Introductory remarks from Barlett Durand regarding products from Black Earth Meats as well as his involvement with Red Meat Market
• "Meet your Meat" spin board for prizes
• Information table and raffle with REthink Wisconsin to support its Farm Mobbing project
• Free samples from Bloom Bake Shop (bacon brownies and other treats--including options for vegetarians)
• Visit from Bucky Badger
• Free swag from the Office of Sustainability and We Conserve

When:  October 24 (11:30 AM - 2:00 PM)
Where: Slow Food UW Café (1127 University Avenue)

Eat Real!  Health + Sustainable + Affordable + Fair

World Dairy Expo (Oct 2-6)

“Market Fresh”

The annual World Dairy Expo, hosted at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, provides an opportunity for producers, industry representatives, and members of academic and professional organizations to meet, compete, showcase and exchange ideas regarding all things dairy.

Information, for dairy enthusiasts who wish to attend this unique event, can be found at the Expo’s General Information page.

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Ride to Farm (June 2)

Hop on your bike to benefit the Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy and Livestock Farmers with the ninth annual "Ride to Farm" (Saturday, June 2).  The ride will take you through Dane and Green counties with two farm visits for a sampling of local treats.  There are fabulous prizes for top fundraisers and a celebratory end-of-ride picnic at Goodland Park. 

For more information and to register, visit the Ride to Farm site.  The Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy and Livestock Farmers is a program managed by the Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems and the Farm and Industry Short Course.

See the press release.

The Dirty Life

On assignment, writer Kristin Kimball falls in love with a man and an opportunity to cultivate a particular home and family life. In her recently-published book, The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love, she recounts how she and this man, Mark, will combine their energies, tenacity and heart, to restoring a farm--one that, in its smaller scale and traditional, organic methods, will supply them, and a community of share members, with a complete and sustainable diet. While this book is not currently held in our Steenbock collection, it can be obtained from the UW System or from our area public libraries.

Similarly, with intimacy, humor and candor, local Wisconsin authors, Jerry Apps, Dick Cates, Ben Logan, and Michael Perry have shared the dirt on farming and rural life. Enjoy these titles below, among others, from our campus library collections. For assistance finding these and more, consult with your librarians.

Apps, Jerold. Old Farm: A History
Wisconsin Historical Society Press, c2008

Cates, Richard L. Voices from the Heart of the Land: Rural Stories that Inspire Community
Madison, WI: Terrace Books, c2008

Logan, Ben. The Land Remembers: The Story of a Farm and its People
New York : Viking Press, 1975

Perry, Michael. Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting
New York: Harper, c2009

World Dairy Expo (Sept 28-Oct 2)

"Crowning Achievements - Golden Opportunities"

The annual World Dairy Expo, hosted at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, provides an opportunity for producers, industry representatives, and members of academic and professional organizations to meet, compete, showcase and exchange ideas regarding the dairy sector.

Information, for all dairy enthusiasts who wish to attend this unique event, can be found at the Expo’s General Information page.

Congratulations are also extended to UW-Madison’s Dairy Judging Team who received top honors in the 90th Intercollegiate Dairy Cattle Judging Contest! See the news release. The team, coached by Ted Halbach and Brian Kelroy, includes: Kelly Sime, Brian Coyne, Chelsea Holschbach, and Ben Sarbacker.

How to Raise Chickens

Steenbock Library has many titles in its collection about the care and feeding of livestock, with guides well-suited to the small farm operation or backyard enthusiast.

From conventional livestock varieties to heritage breeds, chickens to dairy goats to llamas—just ask a Steenbock librarian for assistance.

For instance, recently published titles in poultry include:

Author: Damerow, Gail.

Title: Storey's guide to raising chickens / Gail Damerow.

Publisher: Pownal, Vt.: Storey Books, 2000.

Location: Steenbock Stacks -1st Floor

Call Number: SF487 D185 2000

Author: Heinrichs, Christine.

Title: How to raise chickens: everything you need to know

Publisher: St. Paul, MN : Voyageur Press, 2007.

Location: Steenbock Stacks -1st Floor

Call Number: SF487 H45 2007

Blog: http://poultrybookstore.blogspot.com/

Author: Kilarski, Barbara.

Title: Keep chickens!: tending small flocks in cities, suburbs, and other small spaces

Publisher: North Adams, Mass. : Storey Pub., c2003.

Location: Steenbock Stacks -1st Floor

Call Number: SF487 K5616 2003

Of related interest:

Mad City Chickens