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Monthly Accountability Planning Sheets
As further support for the “Women Farmers Aging Strong” Learning Circle Series and with a goal of collaboratively helping women...
8 hours ago
Monroe Times Article: It Takes a Village -- or a Sisterhood
Big thanks to the Monroe Times and Adam Krebs for the great article on Soil Sisters! It Takes a Village -- or a Sisterhood 08/12/23...
Feb 12, 2024
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...
Aug 25, 2023
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 25, 2023
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...
Jul 6, 2023
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 30, 2023
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...
May 23, 2023
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...
Mar 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...
Feb 17, 2022
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...
Dec 15, 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...
Nov 17, 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...
Oct 20, 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...
Sep 15, 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...
Aug 21, 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...
Jul 23, 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....
Jun 17, 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...
May 20, 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...
Apr 21, 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...
Mar 27, 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...
Feb 24, 2021
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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