Not Just Local

November 17th, 2011  |  by  |  published in Engage WI, Food Insecurity in Wisconsin

Not Just Local

For many, decisions on what to eat are not so complex; often they revolve around questions of “what’s left in my cupboard?” I envision a future of eaters looking to their community gardens, grow houses, and market baskets to decide “what to eat.”

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Food for Thought

December 19th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Best of Engage WI, Engage WI, Sustainable Wisconsin, Your Stories

Food for Thought

Lauren Spiegel, an EngageWisconsin Fall 2010 intern and student at the University of Wisconsin, guests blogs this week for Sustainable Wisconsin to share with you a project she worked on with the Sesame Workshop during the past two summers. “In our country’s tough economic time, 17 million American children are food insecure, meaning they do not receive food that meets basic nutritional needs due to financial instability… As part of it’s overall Healthy Habits for Life initiative, the Sesame Workshop has released it’s new project: “Food for Thought: Eating on a Budget”.

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Do you belong to a community garden?

June 21st, 2010  |  by  |  published in Engage WI, Sustainable Wisconsin, Updates

We looking for community gardeners to participate in our Sustainable Wisconsin storytelling project. If you or a member of your garden would be interested in participating, please contact lauren.knoche@engagewisconsin.org [06/21/10].

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Rhinelander Public Library: Food Inc.

June 21st, 2010  |  by  |  published in Engage WI, Reel To Real, Sustainable Wisconsin

The oscar-nominated POV documentary “Food, Inc.” will be screened by the Rhinelander Public Library on July 22. [06/21/10]

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