Comments for Driftless Region Food & Farm Project

Comment on Inspire(d) by Michelle Miller

Michelle Miller — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:19:38 +0000

Aron, Mineral Point would be a really good place to leave copies. They have a wonderful local food scene and fun historic tourism spots.

Comment on Inspire(d) by Michelle Miller

Michelle Miller — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:17:23 +0000

Gene, please keep us in the loop on this good work. We promise to post it.

Comment on Inspire(d) by Gene Schriefer

Gene Schriefer — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:53:28 +0000

The need/desire for a strong regional identity as the “Driftless Region” was one of the priorities the Southwest Regional Planning Commission highlighted see
http://swwrpc.org/wordpress/grow-southwest-wisconsin/

This notion has been expanding beyond our state borders into Iowa, Illinois and Minnesota. We recently held a Driftless Region Beef Conference in Dubuque and a Driftless Region No-till Ag Workshop this past winter.

Will continue to work towards consistently branding ourselves. The larger issue is facilitating discussion/communication between disparate groups working the same direction.

Comment on Specialty Pork forum – update by Gene Schriefer

Gene Schriefer — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:24:15 +0000

We have a quite a few producers that are grazing pigs to some extent already. I just haven’t had time to get anything organized in this arena over the winter.

If Scot were available, I would host something out here either on farm or a workshop format similar to the Viroqua meeting.

Tom Franzten in Iowa or Dick de St. Aubin in Berlin graze pigs, if they still are. Also Jim VanDer Pool in Minnesota travels this way to visit his daughter in Platteville.

Let’s introduce “pasturized pork”!

Comment on Specialty Pork forum – update by Mark

Mark — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:37:15 +0000

Stephanie, thanks for the inquiry. I am sorry to say that the conference organizer has been out of commission since the meeting and unable to follow up, at least from our shop. I did hear from Bolzano that they are interested in sparking a pork cooperative linked to their business. IDK if Scott Buer has made significant progress getting this off the ground. It would be quite the undertaking but it would also help address short supply and fair profit margins from the get-go. What do you think the next step(s) should be?

Comment on Specialty Pork forum – update by Stephanie Schneider

Stephanie Schneider — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:39:04 +0000

Hi,
Has anything in regards to a driftless pork group developed since the meeting?? I can’t remember what the follow up steps were going to be – but I thought there was going to be something.
Thanks,
Steph

Comment on Inspire(d) by Aryn

Aryn — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:35:46 +0000

Thanks for the plug, Michelle! We print from 12,500 to 15,000 magazines a quarter and distribute all around the Driftless Region – from Decorah to Lanesboro to Rochester to Winona to La Crosse to Prairie du Chien, Elkader, Postville, West Union, Calmar… You can see a list of our locations here:
http://theinspiredmedia.com/about-inspired/

Please let us know if you’d like to see us in another town! And thanks again!

Comment on Inspire(d) by Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:14:02 +0000

Nancy, at our Networking Across the Supply Chain meeting in LaCrosse 2/20-21, there was considerable discussion about regional branding and marketing. One of the follow-up ideas was to develop a regional food marketing association or at very least, hold a regional marketing event next year, similar to the national Produce Marketing Association event. If you are interested in this discussion, let me know. A number of businesses are weighing in on it now. –Michelle

Comment on Inspire(d) by Nancy North

Nancy North — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:03:42 +0000

Inspired Magazine is a gem. It’s authentic, interesting, and makes an important contribution to the culture and lifeways of this region. Support Aryn and Benji! Distribution of the magazine throughout the Driftless area will only enlarge and bring more joy to our experience of this place.

Comment on Inspire(d) by Sharingfaster

Sharingfaster — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:09:38 +0000

Good contribution to help the magazine.
Greetings!