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Kipp Thomas is a culinary jack-of-all-trades inspired by giving back This chef, caterer, manager and food service worker holds many roles — but in all of them, he finds a way to do things for the community.

Tune in for another edition of Rooted's cooking virtual workshop! Forrest Smart shares how to make Watermelon Salad with Feta--a fresh, sweet and savory dish perfect for a summer day.

Watch on the Badger Rock Neighborhood Center page: https://www.facebook.com/BadgerRockNeighborhoodCenter/videos/1193541415100078
Or on the Rooted YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/8YoU5nBYYdI

Last week's cooking and gardening Virtual Workshops were all about green tomatoes! Learn how to harvest and prepare green tomatoes, both fried and baked, with the Rooted team.

Watch on the Badger Rock Neighborhood Center page: https://www.facebook.com/BadgerRockNeighborhoodCenter
Or on the Rooted YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4nayYFOnRsMT0Azd_eeTAaZFxKmajKpV&si=GUZ6fVg-xgmSWhcJ

The Badger Rock Community Market is on Sundays from 2:00-6:00, and this weekend features food, local vendors, the Badger Rock Urban Farm stand, and an in-person community workshop on How to Harvest Green Tomatoes & Making Fried and Baked Green Tomatoes! Sign up for the workshop: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/984732600717?aff=oddtdtcreator

The Troy Farm crew is dressed to take on poison parsnip on the farm--stylish garb is part of the job!

This year, Rooted is expanding the growing space we manage at the Anderson Farm County Park in Oregon by 13 acres, which we’re renting by the acre to farmers growing for market. We’re very excited about this, as the growers can use this land as a base of stable land tenure to grow culturally relevant crops and their expanding farm businesses. Pictured here is KO Thao, Community Gardens Network Manager, working on flagging out the plots and paths at the site. Thanks also to Laurie Lambert of Dane County Land and Water Resources Conservation, who also happens to help organize the St Paul Community Garden, for her guidance on practices to conserve the soil quality of the site as the site transitions to mostly vegetables! https://lwrd.danecounty.gov/

The Community Action Coalition, which works alongside Rooted, is surveying the communities they serve through their most recent Community Needs Assessment. Help identify needs, resources, and gaps by filling out the survey so the CAC can better create meaningful connections and be informed by those they serve!

Survey (English) Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CACCommunityMemberSurvey
Spanish Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CACCommunityMemberSurvey-Spanish
Hmong Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CACCommunityMemberSurvey-Hmong

The Badger Rock Community Market is on Sundays from 2:00-6:00, and this weekend features food from ThA Finest Cook, local vendors, and the Badger Rock Urban Farm stand. Our in-person and virtual workshops are on hold this weekend, but will return next week!

August 7 is the Madison Area Green & Healthy Schools Summit! Rooted staff will be presenting a session on our Rooted in Culture cooking program, alongside many other great educators. Join the summit to learn all about outdoor and environmental education. For more details and to register: https://sites.google.com/waee.org/maghss?pli=1

Our virtual and in-person workshops are taking the week off, and will return next week at Badger Rock Neighborhood Center. In the meantime, come see our staff at the Summit tomorrow!

Tune in for this week’s Gardening Virtual Workshop with Sarah Karlson on the Badger Rock Farm & Education team: How to Harvest! This is a perfect workshop for a new grower or an experienced grower trying some new crops--we will take you on a virtual walk through the Badger Rock Urban Farm and demonstrate how and when to harvest the many crops ready at this time of year.

Watch on the Badger Rock Neighborhood Center page: https://www.facebook.com/BadgerRockNeighborhoodCenter/videos/855566372740232
Or on the Rooted YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/UkfrjPI2c8E

Community connecting with food, land and learning! Picture perfect day!

Fun on the farm!

Join us!

The Badger Rock Community Market is on Sundays from 2:00-6:00, and this weekend features food from Bujiee with a Twist, local vendors, the Badger Rock Urban Farm stand, and an in-person community workshop on How to Harvest Seasonal Crops and Make Roasted Beet & Green Bean Salad! Sign up for the workshop here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-harvest-seasonal-crops-and-make-roasted-beet-green-bean-salad-registration-969072039557

Come on down to Troy Farm tomorrow for the Family Fun and Wellness Fair with Rooted and the Northside Wellness Partnership! There will be fun for the whole family, including food from The Walking Jerk, art from Northport Community Learning Center, yard games with The Packer Community Learning Center, and a variety of health and wellness resources and information! Transportation to Troy Farm will be available, with shuttles stopping at Packers, Northport, and Kennedy Heights Community Centers. For more details, see our event page: https://rootedwi.org/event/troy-farm-wellness-fair/ We hope to see you there!

Our next Troy Farm Community Event is coming up this weekend! Come to Troy for the Family Fun & Wellness Fair with the Northside Wellness Partnership on August 3rd from 12:00-3:00pm. This event will feature a variety of health and wellness resources, as well as games with The Packer Community Learning Center, an art table with Northport Community Learning Center, food from The Walking Jerk, and more! There will be shuttles available running between Troy and the neighborhood community centers: Packers, Northport, and Kennedy Heights Community Center. See the our event calendar for the full schedule and event details: https://rootedwi.org/event/troy-farm-wellness-fair/

Tune in for a cooking virtual workshop with Forrest Smart on the Rooted at Badger Rock Farm and Education team to learn how how to use those beets and green beans from your garden at this time of year to make a roasted beet and green bean salad with apple cider vinaigrette.

Watch on the Badger Rock Neighborhood Center page: https://www.facebook.com/BadgerRockNeighborhoodCenter/videos/3639406852975556/
Or on the Rooted YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/sJnXJ8gLL5U

Tune in for this week’s virtual Garden Workshop on Mid-Season Planting with Sarah Karlson, Badger Rock’s Farm & Education Manager, to learn about all of the crops you can still plant at this time of year for a fall harvest!

Watch on the Badger Rock Neighborhood Center page: https://www.facebook.com/BadgerRockNeighborhoodCenter/videos/1177071523535560/
Or on the Rooted YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/kTMp_1PbWPQ

The Badger Rock Community Market is this Sunday, July 28th from 2:00-6:00 at the Badger Rock Neighborhood Center! This week's market will include Sweets by Sweet, Mira Moon Light Hollistic's, Queen's Throne, Earthly Temptations, B.Denae Artistry, the Badger Rock Farm stand hosted by our Rooted Youth Employees, and more!

This week's Community Workshop is Mid-Summer Planting and Making Homemade Pickles! Sign up for the in-person workshop from 3:00-4:00 here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mid-summer-planting-and-homemade-pickles-registration-953663121067 or watch the virtual workshop on the Rooted YouTube channel and Badger Rock Neighborhood Center page.

Tune in with Sarah Karlson of the Badger Rock Farm & Education team for a demo on how to turn the abundance of cucumbers (or carrots, okra, beans, watermelon rinds…you can pickle so many things!) into delicious Homemade Dill Pickles!

Watch on the Badger Rock Neighborhood Center page: https://www.facebook.com/BadgerRockNeighborhoodCenter/videos/1877397059366719/
Or on the Rooted YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/8y5GMmiaEiQ

Posted • Our Naturalist-in-Residence has another awesome program planned for this weekend - Rustic Floral Arranging at Lakeview Library this Saturday, July 27 from 2-3:30pm!

Alex Booker will teach you how to use the local flowers, herbs, and greenery available outside our front doors to create beautiful floral arrangements that can liven up your interiors without having to purchase cultivated blooms. Registration is required and spots will fill quickly - sign up online at madpl.org/naturalist. Link in bio!

Plus, don’t miss a mindful Nature Walk with Alex planned for next Tuesday evening from 6-7pm at Owen Conservation Park! Registration is required, sign up online.

It’s potato harvesting time! Tune in with Forrest Smart from the Rooted at Badger Rock Farm and Education team to learn about harvesting, curing, and storing potatoes. Enjoy, and happy harvesting!

Watch on the Badger Rock Neighborhood Center page: https://www.facebook.com/BadgerRockNeighborhoodCenter/videos/862061905818939/
Or on the Rooted YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/eEzpi3Z8bTg

Cover Crop Workshop at the Westport Farm

Sam Douglass, Farm & Land Management Specialist of Groundswell Conservancy, will talk about how they use cover crops in their annual plots to control weeds, break up the hardpan, and rejuvenate the soil. Sorghum-sudangrass and other cover crop plantings will be shown, and Sam will share about how to plant, tend, and terminate cover crops. Westport growers will also be available to talk about their experience using cover crops in their fields.

July 24, 6-7 PM
5143 B**g Road, Waunakee, WI 53597
Turn into the gravel driveway and follow the signs to the parking area

We are saying goodbye and good luck to Hawthorn, who is moving on after serving as Rooted's Farm to ECE Manager. While we will miss having Hawthorn on Rooted staff, we are so excited to announce that they have started a position with the National Farm to School Network as a Farm to ECE Program Associate! During their time with Rooted, Hawthorn made a lot of friends within the Farm to ECE and Farm to School community. They also made a lot of beautiful resources! Favorites include Plants Want to Grow and Fresh Produce Recipes for Microwave and Toaster Oven. Hawthorn assisted with the statewide Farm to School/ ECE newsletter, spearheaded Rooted's Roots in the Grounds comprehensive Farm to ECE curriculum, and led many trainings about the benefits--and joy--of incorporating Farm to ECE activities into early care programs. We wish Hawthorn all the best and are thrilled to have them representing Rooted and Wisconsin at the national level!

The Badger Rock Community Market is this Sunday! Stop by for local market vendors, the Badger Rock Urban Farm stand with our Youth Employees, an in-person community workshop with our farm & education staff featuring potatoes and cabbage in several forms, and hot food for sale from Food Junkies. 2:00-6:00pm at the Badger Rock Neighborhood Center, Sunday July 21.

Sign up to attend the in-person community workshop at 3:00-4:00pm, or watch it virtually on the Rooted YouTube channel and Badger Rock Neighborhood Center page. Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-harvest-cure-potatoes-and-making-ethiopian-cabbage-colcannon-registration-948372897867

Come help construct an EQIP high tunnel July 20th and 21st! Led by Rooted Staff and other Go Farm Connect partners and Golden Sands RC+D, participants will assemble the hoophouse skeleton and attaching the plastic for a new hoophouse, with information sessions on the full hoophouse build process, working with the NRCS to obtain high tunnel costshares and other programs, and growing in a high tunnel. Breakfast, lunch and dinner provided to attendees. Find more information and RSVP free at gofarmconnect.org or call KO at 608-338-6982.

Tune in for a cooking Virtual Workshop with Sarah Karlson to learn how to use the potatoes and cabbages that are ready to harvest at this time of year to make two delicious dishes from different cultures: Ethiopian Cabbage and Irish Colcannon!

Watch on the Badger Rock Neighborhood Center page: https://www.facebook.com/BadgerRockNeighborhoodCenter/videos/916683356890540/
Or on the Rooted YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/LeVqes7y-eA

Tune in for our next summer Virtual Workshop with Sarah Karlson on the Badger Rock Farm & Education team to learn how to harvest and cure the garlic that is ready in the garden at this time of year! We will also demonstrate how to make your own garlic powder.

Watch on the Badger Rock Neighborhood Center page: https://www.facebook.com/BadgerRockNeighborhoodCenter/videos/3358542304451155/
Or on the Rooted YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/vyLVigAwBDQ