Food / Wendy Allen

Food brings us together and is a connective force in our varying cultures. The history of a dish, how it's presented, and the story of the person who made it all contribute to the role food plays in our lives.

This section compiles articles that honor that important connection and that address issues facing our modern food system.

Wisco Pop: Beyond Business as Usual

The Wisco Pop crew are friends as well as business partners, and they clearly don’t take themselves too seriously.

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FoodWorks: Connecting Dots

FoodWorks, established in 2014, aims to connect those who need and want jobs with food-based businesses that need help through an innovative new training program called First Course.

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The View from a Food Cart

We hungry folks walk up on a bright and shining day and see the cute little carts decked out in their bright colors with shining faces at the window. What we don’t see is everything that goes on behind the scenes to bring that wonderful food to our mouths. And it’s more than just food prep.

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rootstock • 16th January 2020

How to Add More High-Quality Protein to Your Diet

Special diets and cleanses come and go, but one thing has remained the same when we look into actual diet trends: Protein.

rootstock • 13th January 2020

Organic Milk Buying Guide

When it comes to organic milk, you have options galore, which means it can be hard to choose. Well, we’re here to help! Take a peek at our buying guide to learn more about what we offer and see which Organic Valley milk is the right choice for you and your family. (Ghostwritten as Rootstock Editor)

rootstock • 6th January 2020

Simple Food Swaps to Supercharge Your Mornings

The new year can be overwhelming. You’re bombarded with trendy diets “guaranteed” to give results in unreasonable lengths of time, weight loss before-and-after photos, and workout “quick fixes” (hint: there’s no such thing). Well, we’re going to add our two cents, but instead of the usual noise, we want to help you supercharge your mornings.

rootstock • 21st October 2019

What Does Certified Organic Mean?

The green, brown, and white USDA Organic seal is such a simple little image, but it holds so much meaning when it comes to organic food and farming—more than most people are aware! Let's dig into what it means for the food you eat.

Edible Madison • 29th September 2019

Imperfect or Local: Which to Choose?

A national-scale produce delivery service called Imperfect Produce, based in California, opened in Madison this summer, providing new competition to Dane County community supported agriculture (CSA) farms.

rootstock • 22nd July 2019

Organic Milk Just Got ULTRA

Blog post announcement of Organic Valley's launch of ultra-filtered milk, and this post provided a quick and accessible description of how the ultra-filtration process works. The article gave a deeper look into what the new product was to complement advertising and digital activity. (Ghostwritten as Rootstock Editor.)

Edible Madison • 19th March 2019

Fizzeology: 10 Years of Building Community

The homegrown fermented sauerkraut business Fizzeology Foods, based in Viroqua, is looking forward to new opportunities during their 10th anniversary year. It's a local business with a lot of heart.

Edible Madison • 7th December 2018

How to Get Truly Fresh Fish in the Midwest

News announcement of Sitka Salmon Shares' 2019 community supported fishery (CSF) offerings with a little education about CSF thrown in.

Edible Madison • 3rd July 2018

A Successful Season for REAP's Farm to School Food Truck

This spring, REAP Food Group revealed their colorful new food truck in Madison, named “UpRoot by REAP,” and sent it to a different MMSD high school each day throughout the spring term. According to REAP, “The food truck aims to transform school lunch for Madison teens.” Although half of MMSD students qualify for free or reduced lunches, high schools see school lunch participation as low as 25 percent due to open campus lunch periods. When a teen’s friends leave school for lunch, it makes it diff

Edible Madison • 9th September 2017

FoodWorks: Connecting Dots

FoodWorks, established in 2014, aims to connect those who need and want jobs with food-based businesses that need help through an innovative new training program called First Course.

Edible Madison • 9th September 2017

Wisco Pop: Beyond Business as Usual

The Wisco Pop crew are friends as well as business partners, and they clearly don’t take themselves too seriously.

Edible Madison • 12th June 2017

Did you know...?

Did you know that lutefisk—cod dried to the texture of cardboard then reconstituted in lye (yes, the chemical that burns skin and unclogs drains, but...

Edible Madison • 12th June 2017

BYO Picnic Gear to the Pizza Farm

No, not farms that grow crops of pizza. (But how amazing would it be to see rows of veggies already in pizza form sprouting from...

Edible Madison • 11th May 2017

Congrats to the 6th Annual Local Hero Award Winners!

This new crop of Local Hero Award winners are part of what makes our Southern Wisconsin region such a great place to live - and eat!

Edible Madison • 3rd December 2016

REAP Food Group Receives Grant to Boost Farm Fresh Atlas Project

REAP Food Group announced they received a $203,500 grant from the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) to expand the Farm Fresh Atlas project. They were...

Farmer Direct Co-op • 12th October 2016

Farmer Direct Co-op Website Redesign

Wrote all copy for the 2016 redesign of the Farmer Direct Co-op website.

Edible Madison • 16th September 2016

Blue Farm Blue Corn Chips

It's a challenge to grow blue corn in our northern climate - let alone organic blue corn - but these 5th and 6th generation farmers...

Edible Madison • 16th September 2016

The Mustard Museum's Top Picks

Barry Levenson knows what he’s talking about when it comes to mustard. As “chief mustard officer” at the National Mustard Museum, he has traveled the...

Edible Madison • 16th September 2016

Don't Forget These Tailgating Staples!

In this issue, we give you 16 new recipes to inspire your next game-day occasion, but don't forget these tailgating staples! Plus, a new "did you know..."

Edible Madison • 17th June 2016

El Mercadito de Centro: Connecting to Culture through Food

Centro Hispano in South Madison has built many of its programs around the idea that food— growing, preparing and eating it—forges a direct connection to...

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