Breitbach’s Mid-Week Market & Food Store
by Sandra Evans
In 1980, when Mike Breitbach moved back to Dubuque, he lived in a tepee and grew organic vegetables that he sold at...
Forgotten Valley is Remembered for Their Cheese
by Sandra Evans
Who doesn’t love cheese? It’s a rhetorical question, except for perhaps the unfortunate lactose intolerant among us. Just think aged cheddar crumbles...
Sandhill Farm
by Sandra Evans
The stars aligned when Andie Donnan and Ashley Neises met at the Dubuque Food Co-op in the Millwork District. Andie worked as...
Mission: Microgreens
by Sandra Evans
Kombucha and quinoa have been trendsetters in the food world, and now microgreens are trending big time.
For those unfamiliar with this latest...
Stone Hollow Gardens and Shroomery
by Sandra Evans
“Being able to work with the soil, having a close connection with our children, our soil, with the community, being grounded,...
O’Connell Organic Acres
by Sandra Evans
Driving west from Asbury, I admired nature’s artistic hand, with hoar frost as her medium. The brilliant beauty of the winter landscape...
The Incredible, Edible Egg
by Sandra Evans
Scrambled, poached, fried, over-easy. Quiches, omelets, strata, frittatas. There might be as many, or perhaps even more, ways to prepare eggs than...
Winter Farmers’ Market
by Sandra Evans
Oxford Dictionary declared ‘locavore’ word of the year in 2007. Two years prior four women in San Francisco encouraged residents to try...
