farming

For the last 15 years, Charlie Tennessn has been trying to grow as much food as he consumes on his four-acre homestead. His new film, Night of the Living Harvest, is premiering this week at the Times Cinema in Wauwatosa, and he is hoping it inspires others to homestead.

Modern agriculture can create a lot of waste, but that doesn’t mean it needs to go to waste. At Crave Brothers Farmstead in Waterloo, Wisconsin, they’re turning that waste into profit by reusing the manure made by their cows.

When an 8-year-old Nicaraguan boy was run over on a Wisconsin dairy farm, authorities blamed his father and closed the case. Meanwhile, the community of immigrant workers knows a completely different story.

Although they go largely unrecognized and face barriers, Midwestern LGBTQ farmers persist as they reframe the image of the family farm.

Scientist Nicole Tautges with Michael Fields Agricultural Institute is working with a perennial grain to make it profitable for farmers to grow.

Darren Kittleson, a fifth-generation Wisconsin farmer, shares why his farm chooses to breed Akaushi cows to make Japanese Wagyu beef.

Throughout 2022 WUWM has covered some of Wisconsin's top environmental topics and promising solutions. We explore just a few of those stories.

In Wisconsin, many sheriff departments have teamed up with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, also known as ICE. A recent report from the ACLU of Wisconsin finds that these partnerships have increased racial profiling and created a jail to deportation pipeline.

Wisconsin prisoners who will likely re-enter the community said their skills and work habits improved while working at the Waupun State Farm.

Many Wisconsin classrooms are learning about dairy and agriculture with Discover Dairy's Adopt a Cow program.