http://www.wisc.edu/cias/net.html -- Lawrence F. London, Jr. mailto:london@sunSITE.unc.edu http://sunSITE.unc.edu/InterGardenTitle: Wisconsin Farmer Networks
Wisconsin Farmer Networks
One of the strengths of Wisconsin agriculture is the state's extraordinary
web of farmer-to-farmer networks.
These networks sponsor public field days, workshops, and on-farm demos and help farmers get together informally to walk pasture and talk grass farming
or share economic, production, and quality of life concerns.
Some networks also sponsor or organize on-farm research and share
the results with their members. They provide farmers, UW
researchers, extension faculty, specialists, and others excellent
opportunities to learn from each other.
The management intensive rotational grazing community in Wisconsin
is particularly active in farmer-to-farmer networking. In addition
to sponsoring local activities, grazing networks in the state
have banded together to form GrassWorks, Inc., which sponsors
the annual—and very well attended—Wisconsin Grazing Conference
in Stevens Point.
Other networks have an interest in sustainability or sustainable ag research, particular production practices (like organic vegetable and dairy production), marketing and value-added enterprises, issues of interest to women in farming, and more.
A farmer-to-farmer
network CIAS research update is available.
Management Intensive Grazing Networks
Wisconsin Sustainable Agriculture Networks
Management Intensive Grazing Networks
Central Wisconsin River Graziers Network
Paul Daigle, Land Conservation Dept.
Marathon County Courthouse
500 Forest St
Wausau, WI 54403-5568
Phone: (715) 847-5213
Thomas Cadwallader
Lincoln County Courthouse
1106 East 8th Street
P.O. Box 917
Merrill, WI 54452-0917
Phone: (715) 536-0304
Robert Breneman
N5953 Hwy G
Rio, WI 53960
Phone: (414) 348-5504
Bert Peris
W3443 Hwy W
Belleville, WI 53508
Mike Rankin, UWEX Crops and Soils Agent
UW Center, 400 Campus Dr
Fond du Lac, WI 54935
Phone: (414) 929-3171
Email: michael.rankin@ces.uwex.edu
Great Lakes Basin Intensive Rotational Grazing Network
Visit the Great Lakes Basin Network Website.
John Bobbe
9896 County D, Brussels, WI 54204
Phone: (414) 825-1369
FAX: (414) 825-1369
E-mail: jbobbe@mail.wiscnet.net
Vance Haugen
UWEX-Crawford County
111 W. Dunn St., Prairie du Chien, WI 53821
Phone: (608) 326-0223
FAX: (608) 326-0226
E-mail: vjhaugen@facstaff.wisc.edu
Kickapoo Organic Resource Network (KORN)
Bobby Zirkel
RR 1, Box 234
Richland Center, WI 53581
Phone: (608) 538-3109
E-mail: bzirk@mwt.net
Les Holtz
6091 6th Ave
Rudolph, WI 54475
Phone: (715) 435-3274
John Cockrell
UWEX-Lafayette County
627 Washington St., Darlington, WI 53530
Phone: (608) 776-4820
North Central Graziers Network
Andy Hager
UWEX-Taylor County
925 Donald St., Room 103, Medford, WI 54451
Phone: (715) 748-3327
Greg Williamson
W5213 Hilldale Dr
Porterfield, WI 54159
Phone: (715) 789-3060
E-mail: williamson@cybrzn.com
Jim Reimer
Gary Schmiedlin
Courthouse-Ag Center
Barron, WI 54812
Phone: (715) 537-6315 or (715) 537-6317
Jim Brown
Rt. 3, Box 174, Yuba, WI 54634
Phone: (608) 528-4544
Karl Hakanson
505 Broadway, Baraboo, WI 53913
(608) 355-3258
E-mail: karl.hakanson@ces.uwex.edu
Waupaca County Grazing Network
Robert and Barbara Eder
N3775 Richie Road, New London, WI 54961
Phone: (414) 867-2674
Wisconsin Sustainable Agriculture Networks
Eastern Wisconsin Sustainable Farmers Network
Richard Wittgreve
N9030 Little Elkhart Lake Road, Elkhart Lake, WI 53020
Phone: (414) 876-2182
Farm Family Support Group Network
Roger Williams
Health and Human Issues Department
University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Continuing Studies
610 Langdon St., Madison, WI 53703-1195
Phone: (608) 263-4432
Northeast Wisconsin Sustainable Farmers Network
John Bobbe
9896 County D, Brussels, WI 54204
Phone: (414) 825-1369
FAX (414) 825-1369
E-mail: jbobbe@mail.wiscnet.net
Western Wisconsin Sustainable Farming Network
Diane Kaufmann
5207 70th Street, Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
Phone: (715) 723-2262
E-mail: dkaufman@discover-net.net
Wisconsin Women's Sustainable Farming Network
Diane Kaufmann
5207 70th Street, Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
Phone: (715) 723-2262
E-mail: dkaufman@discover-net.net
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