October is Nik Bastman’s favorite month. That will be obvious if you look at his arm on the front page. Of course the arm is attached to Nik all year long, celebrating fall colors, bats, pumpkins, ghosts and other delightful and slightly scary things throughout the year. That is just his right arm. I will discuss his left arm later.
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Neighbor Spotlight: Lisa Schelling
~ photo by Joshua Sutton
Lisa Schelling likes plants, libraries, co-ops. Before she moved to Riverwest in August, 2010, she googled food co-op, and looked for something for rent within walking distance.
Posted inNeighborhood News
Garden Park/Gardeners Market
Gardener’s Market Follows the Trend toward Local Produce
by Suzanne Zipperer
Why is it called Gardeners Market and not Farmers Market was my first question to Nathan Moomaw, manager of the Sunday market on the corner of Bremen and Locust Streets.
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Neighbor Spotlight • Dr. Ian Harris
photo by Spencer Chumbley
Dr. Ian Harris is known as the “Father of Peace Education.” He has spent most of his 32 years at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee pioneering in the field of peace studies.
But his passion, and his inspiration, is the tract of wilderness between the Friends Meeting House and the Milwaukee River.
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Don’t Quit Your Day Job
“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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