Water Stewards Program Makes Inroads
Grower-driven initiative focuses on water stewardship and conservation By Deana Knuteson, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (UW) Department of Horticulture, and Jed Colquhoun, professor and extension specialist, UW-Madison Water is a critically important resource in agricultural ecosystems across the United States, and quantity and resource availability are key areas of concern. In Wisconsin, the water quantity […]
Interview with Paul Sowinski
By Joe Kertzman, managing editor, Badger Common’Tater Paul Sowinski is proud of the fact that his father, Alvin, worked in conjunction with the Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association (WPVGA) to promote washed potatoes for chipping. “They proved that washed potatoes save chip companies 50-70 cents per hundredweight,” he says. “Sowinski Farms is still working […]
Wisconsin Casserole
Column and photos by Ali Carter, Wisconsin Potato Growers Auxiliary The Wisconsin casserole … we all have one … that one dish that we know is sure to please each and every time it’s placed on the table. There’s no need to scour the recipe for measurements; every ingredient amount is there in our memory, […]