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We Moved!

Starting May 6th you can find us in a new suite at Summit Place: Suite 2250.  Please expect delayed responses to phone calls and emails while we move and get settled the week of April 29- May 3, 2024. 

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November 2016 Newsletter

Click here to read the Milwaukee County UW Extension November 2016 Newsletter IN THIS ISSUE: Meet FoodWIse Wisconsin Master Gardeners Receive First Place FoodWIse Teams Up With The Veterans Healing Garden Help Youth Excel As A 4H Volunteer -A Goodbye From UWEX Intern, Favian Gonzalez Check Out The Sherman Park Community Garden In Action

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Native Wellness Garden of the Gerald L. Ignace Indian Health Center

A unique garden is evolving on Milwaukee’s south side. The Gerald L. Ignace Indian Health Center’s Native Wellness Garden boasts a variety of heritage plants, both food and medicinal. It also includes a heritage orchard with an Oneida apple tree, a Milwaukee apple tree, chokeberry and hazelnut trees plus fruits such as blueberries and strawberries. […]

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Can Urban Gardening Pay Off? MicroFarming Program Explores Income Realities

  Can Urban Gardening Pay Off?  MicroFarming Explores Income Realities Urban agriculture is thriving in Milwaukee County as vacant lots are transformed into gardens and the University of Wisconsin Extension (UWEX) provides 72 acres of rental plots to eager urban farmers and community gardeners, providing fresh food for themselves, farmers’ markets, grocers and local restaurants. UWEX […]

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