“Don’t Quit Your Day Job” • Local Farming Needs Infrastructure Support •by Suzanne Zipperer
There’s a lot of talk about local food production. We need to move from a global food system with marginal profits for farmers and retailers both, to a new system that guarantees consumers the volume and assortment of food they want, all at a fair price for everyone – farmers, distributors, retailers and consumers. What is it going to take?
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VIA CRUCIS – The Living Way of the Cross (Via Crucis) will begin at noon on Good Friday, April 10. The solemn procession, with hundreds of people participating, begins at St. Casimir Church on Bremen & Clarke and ends at St. Francis Church on 4th & Brown. A live re-enactment of the final days of Jesus takes place at various locations around Riverwest and along Holton St., with prayers and readings in Spanish and English. Expect some traffic and parking restrictions for a few hours along Holton St. between Clarke & Brown.
by Jim Loew, photo Tess Reiss The stonefly is an aquatic insect; specifically, its a clean water indicator. So with a degree in environmental biology and with passions in organic food and fresh, pure water, its only natural that owner Julia LaLoggia should name her new venue after this insect. Owner of Redroom, Lees Luxury […]
Tanya Cromartie-Twaddle and Suzanne Zipperer, both regular contributors to Riverwest Currents, discussed the nature of ethnic relations in Riverwest. The views expressed here are their own. They are not representing their ethnic heritage communities.
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