Category Archives: Compost

Time to Transplant: A School Visit and Harvest Handouts.

Yesterday afternoon garden director Matt Covert and I headed across town to Sandburg Elementary School with a small flat of brasiccas (mostly cabbage), tomatoes, peppers, eggplants and onions.  Invited by REAP farm-to-school nutrition educators Lani Skipper and Aly Miller, Matt … Continue reading

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MOSES: Our Weekend of Abundant Organic Information, Food and Coffee

Amazing small farmers and food policy advocates from around the Midwest, and many from much farther, alongside several Wisconsin students (and ten F.H. King members!) all traveled to La Crosse this weekend for the 23rd Annual MOSES Organic Farming Conference.  … Continue reading

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Underground Food Collective.

The fire that set an apartment building and well-respected, downtown Madison restaurant ablaze on Thursday, June 30th may be old news to many, but to the founders and employees of Underground Kitchen, there is still much to be uncovered.  Although … Continue reading

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We Conserve.

As you may or may not have noticed, last week at Harvest Handouts, there were 2 big green bins beside our produce stand.  These bins have been strategically placed (after being hauled across West Johnson every Friday before 1) to … Continue reading

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F.H. King’s newest addition: Full Cycle Freight!

Hello all, It’s Darin, one of the bike compost interns. I’ll be writing a few words while Lauren is on her travels A great big welcome to the newly expanded and renewed bicycle trailer program run by FHKing. This program … Continue reading

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