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Seasonal Availability: Raspberries are often harvested throughout the summer in Wisconsin, with both summer-bearing and fall-bearing cultivars available. Raspberries are technically not a berry, but aggregate brambles, a collection of little fruits around a hollow center. Health Benefits: Raspberries are high in fiber, vitamin C, and manganese (a mineral that helps your body use thatRead more

If you’re like me, sometimes you get stuck in a “food rut” and skip right over vegetables that are less-familiar. Farmer’s markets are a great way to challenge yourself to try something new. If its a little white bulb topped in reddish-purple skin you’ve come home with, you’re in for a treat: let’s talk aboutRead more

Along with the sunshine and balmy weather, this week saw the arrival of many of our local farmer’s markets! Until our own grocery cooperative opens, farmer’s markets are a great way to find natural and organic foods and to support the local economy. One of the first leafy greens you might spot on those marketRead more

A perfectly-ripe strawberry is a thing of beauty, so if you’re like me, it is tempting to pick up more than a couple pints at the store when they’re in season. Or maybe you’ve got an abundant amount from a family day spent strawberry picking. They can go from perfectly-ripe to unappetizingly spoiled fairly quickly,Read more

Hello, farmer’s market season! It is exciting to see gardens and dinner plates filled with deeply-colored greens, but next time you reach for ever-so-popular kale and spinach, add something more interesting to your menu: arugula. This plant is widely popular in Italy and the rest of Europe, where it is (perhaps more excitingly) called “rocket”Read more

It is starting to feel like spring might stick around for a little while here in Wisconsin, and hopefully our gardens are now safe from those early-spring frosts. Often one of the first crops home gardeners and farmers find popping up in their plots are cheerful red and pink stalks. So, let’s talk about howRead more

Despite the chilly weather and freeze warnings here in Wisconsin, springtime vegetables are on their way. One of them packs an unmistakable peppery crunch. Let’s talk about what to do with radishes! Season: In Wisconsin, these crunchy little orbs are harvested in May and June, and then again in the fall, depending on region, weather,Read more

Welcome to the summer produce series brought to you by the Hudson Grocery Co-op! Each week this summer you will find a blog post with helpful information about seasonal, Wisconsin-grown produce: how to choose it, how to store it, and how to use it. Whether you pick them from your backyard garden, CSA box, farmer’sRead more

National Ag Day, today March 25, is a day to recognize and celebrate the abundance provided by agriculture. Every year, producers, agricultural associations, corporations, universities, government agencies and countless others across America join together to recognize the contributions of agriculture. Agriculture provides almost everything we eat, use and wear on a daily basis.  By buildingRead more

The United Nations has declared 2014 as the International Year of the Family Farm. There are over 500 million family farms in the world. In many regions, they are the main producers of the foodstuff consumed every day in meals worldwide. Family farming is the predominant form of agriculture both in developed and developing countries.Read more