Festival Guide - June 1, 2008
2008 farmers markets guide
Fresh flowers, fresh fruit, fresh veggies, fresh air ... what could be better? Add in some art, crafts, demonstrations, music and other fun and it's hard to resist the open air markets that set up around town every spring.
Tags: festivals, farmers markets, produce, open market, downtown, farm, East Town Market, apples, coffee, kettle corn, corn, Westown market, Cathedral Square, produce, arts

Milwaukee Buzz - Jan. 11, 2007
Happy cows come from Wisconsin, too
Maybe I’m just sensitive, considering the time I spend each summer around the barns at State Fair Park, but the latest California cheese commercial has me steaming. You’ve seen them, a bunch of cows parading around sunny fields with the tag line: “Great cheese comes from happy cows ... happy cows come from California.”
Tags: cows, farm, California, cheese

Travel & Visitors Guide - April 25, 2006
Waterford farm cultivates serendipity
If someone happens to be traveling through Waterford, they may discover the town's secret, whether by accident, happenstance, fate or luck. Maybe it's serendipity at work; at least that's what Tom and Sharon Cerny, owners of Serendipity Farm, hope for.
Tags: Serendipity, farm, Waterford, Racine, Cerny

Arts & Entertainment - April 21, 2006
Percy makes another contribution to "chick lit"
"The Field Guide for Chickens" looks, from the outside, to be a dry tome on our feathered friends, but Milwaukee author Pam Percy's latest contribution to "chick lit" is actually an interesting overview of chickens.
Tags: Percy, Hintz, Creme, chicken, Voyageur, avian, fowl, farm, rooster, hen

Travel & Visitors Guide - April 6, 2006
Whitewater's Fuzzy Pig has something for everyone
What is The Fuzzy Pig? You could venture 20 guesses and still not come close. But if farmer-turned-entrepreneur Dick Kraus has his way, the "delightful day trip secret" that is The Fuzzy Pig Country Mall -- just outside Whitewater, will soon be well known to residents of Southeast Wisconsin.
Tags: Whitewater, Fuzzy Pig, farm