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Making a Planet-Friendly Farm Bill

Feb. 12, 2024

Making a Planet-Friendly Farm Bill

The federal Farm Bill isn’t just vitally important to farmers, it impacts every American community—urban, suburban and rural. This massive legislation shapes national policies dealing with everything from nutrition and hunger to climate change and natural resource conservation. Hear how a new Farm Bill can be turned into a force promoting agricultural practices that are good for farmers, the land, air and water quality, consumers, and future prospects for life on our planet. Find out what you can do to influence what the next Farm Bill ends up looking like.

SPEAKERS

Darin Von Ruden is a third-generation dairy farmer who is president of Wisconsin Farmers Union. Darin has been active with Farmers Union at the local, state and national levels and is a seven-time recipient of the Silver Star Award, National Farmers Union’s highest recognition of membership development. He and his wife JoAnn live in Westby and transitioned the farm to the fourth generation when their son Brett purchased the machinery and 50-cow dairy herd.

Margaret Krome has spent over 30 years developing federal and state programs and policies supporting sustainable agriculture. Margaret’s interest in agriculture dates back to her childhood, as the grandchild of a Florida avocado and citrus grower. She is policy program director at Michael Fields Agriculture Institute and previously worked for the Wisconsin Rural Development Center.

Mike McCabe is a member of a team promoting regenerative agriculture for the climate action group 350 Wisconsin. Mike got his start milking cows and working the land on his family’s farm before going on to lead the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign for nearly two decades and establish the grassroots group Blue Jean Nation. During a two-year stint in the Peace Corps, he served as an agriculture education adviser in the West African country of Mali.

HOSTED BY
Farley Center for Peace, Justice, and Sustainability
Southwest Wisconsin Area Progressives (SWWAP)
Brix Cider
Blue Jean Nation
350 Wisconsin

Farley Center Fall Festival with Yid Vicious

10-6-24

Come join us and listen to Yid Vicious who will be playing at the Farley Center Center Fall Festival from 10:30-12:30!
https://yidvicious.com/

Yid Vicious has been engaging and delighting audiences throughout the Midwest since 1995. The group has released five CDs, toured on three continents, and has received numerous Madison Area Music Awards for its unique blend of traditional and contemporary klezmer. Indoors and out, in ramshackle bars and luxurious ballrooms, on high festival stages and on bare sod, Yid Vicious brings the party to life with Yiddish dance music spanning generations from the old world to our world.

For any questions, please contact us at 608-845-8724 or e-mail

Farley Center Fall Festival with Noah James Hittner

10-6-24

Come join us and listen to Noah James Hittner who will be playing at the Farley Center Center Fall Festival from 12:30-2:30!
https://www.facebook.com/events/250896704703530

Musician and author, Noah James Hittner, was born and raised in the beautiful driftless region of the rural Midwest, where his work has led him to appear on both radio and network television.

About Noah’s music…
Despite being raised the son of a local Country-Rock legend, Noah procrastinated for well over three decades before finally picking up the guitar to begin the new year in 2009. Influenced by everything from folk-rock to hip-hop, Noah has recorded and released several albums which blend the singer-songwriter, acoustic, rock, urban, and electronic styles into a singular Acoustic-Tronic genre. This collage of influences creates a sound that begs listeners to feel something. Currently based out of Madison, WI and regularly touring the Midwest, Noah performs with the use of a looper pedal and various effects, creating a wildly entertaining, full-band sound.
Noah James Hittner’s 3rd solo album, willing, was written, performed, recorded, mixed and produced entirely by Noah in his tiny basement home-studio on the blue-collar east-side of Madison, WI. Using Blues, Folk, Hip-Hop, R&B, and Electronica, this 12-song multi-genre journey touches on social issues, loss, consciousness, parenthood, and of course love, to successfully paint a sonic canvas which not only emotes—but grooves hard. willing is available now on all major streaming and download platforms.

About Noah’s books…
Warming the heart and inspiring the mind, Noah has written and published several books on the topic of human consciousness, spirituality, and personal freedom. Currently, he is working on his first novel, an epic journey tale of love and friendship.

About Noah’s former company…
Noah is also the former creator, owner and operator of, The Ark of Music LLC (TAOM LLC), which strives to enrich the music culture by connecting independent and small label musicians with the music-loving public. TAOM LLC now continues its mission under new ownership.

For any questions, please contact us at 608-845-8724 or e-mail

Farley Center for Peace, Justice & Sustainability Trivia Game Day

1/21/24

Join us at the Farley Center for a delightful afternoon of Trivia Game Day* focusing on Peace, Justice & Sustainability. Put your knowledge to the test and learn interesting facts about these important topics while having a great time!

For those who would like to contribute, we invite you to bring a charcuterie board filled with locally sourced ingredients. Let’s share the joy of sustainable, delicious food together.

As a token of our appreciation, all participants who bring a charcuterie board will receive a Farley Center t-shirt, beanie, mug and tote!

We believe in spreading awareness about Peace, Justice & Sustainability and this trivia game day is just one of the ways we can engage and educate ourselves in a fun setting on a winter day.

Mark your calendars! See you there!

*Long time Volunteer Katrina Krueger will be organizing the Game Day Trivia game. Thank you Katrina!

Trivia Game Day Flyer

The Ants and the Grasshopper Mt. Horeb Screening

October 18, 2023

SouthWest Wisconsin Area Progressives, (SWWAP) and 350 Wisconsin and the Farley Center invites you to a FREE screening of The Ants & The Grasshopper, a full-length documentary shedding light on an amazing woman’s quest to save the world.

Anita Chitaya has a gift; she can help bring abundant food from dead soil, she can make men fight for gender equality, and she can end child hunger in her village. Now, to save her home from extreme weather, she faces her greatest challenge: persuading Americans that climate change is real.

Traveling from Malawi to California to the White House, she meets climate skeptics and despairing farmers. Her journey takes her across all the divisions shaping the US, from the rural-urban divide, to schisms of race, class and gender, to the thinking that allows Americans to believe we live on a different planet from everyone else. It will take all her skill and experience to persuade us that we’re all in this together.

This documentary, ten years in the making, weaves together the most urgent themes of our times: climate change, gender and racial inequality, the gaps between the rich and the poor, and the ideas that groups around the world have generated in order to save the planet.

WHAT: The Ants & The Grasshopper, followed by discussion and Q&A with members of the Agriculture Policy and Practices Team
WHEN: Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 7pm
WHERE: Mount Horeb Community Center, 107 N. Grove Street
Mount Horeb, WI 53572 See less See less

Farley Center/SWWAP/PFLAG of Mt. Horeb Summer Concert – John Duggleby

7/8/23

John Duggleby

Hosted by the Farley Center and the Southwest Wisconsin Area Progressives (SWWAP), PFLAG of Mount Horeb

Cost: $10 Suggested Donation
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL MUSICIANS!
All proceeds will go to the musicians

Come join us for a concert with “John Duggleby” at the Farley Center under the Bur Oak Welcoming Area (BOWA ). Weather permitting, a campfire open mic will follow the concert.

FOOD: Perez Produce will be selling tamales ($2.50 each) and cold drinks (cash only). They will also offer tamales by the dozen if you want to pre-order those and they will be ready for pick up from the concert – pre-order at )

Please bring your own chairs and blankets. There will be one of our farmers selling fresh, organic vegetables and Farley Center honey will be available (cash or check only).

John Duggleby: Weaned an Iowa “river rat”, aged for 12 years in Chicagoland, and still maturing after three decades in the Madison area. An award-winning writer who’s chased music as a side hustle ever since—at age five– warbling “You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby” in a supper club for a nickel. John was named 2020 and 2021 Madison Area Music Association’s Children’s Performer of the Year, and has received 2 nd place for Singer/Songwriters in the Isthmus “Madison’s Favorites” reader’s poll. His 2014 album Better Late Than Never and 2019 double album Castaway can be heard at https://soundcloud.com/duggleby.

Poster of John Duggleby  Concert
Poster of the full Summer Concert Series

HOSTED BY:

Farley Center
www.farleycenter.org

Southwest Wisconsin Area Progressives (SWWAP)
https://www.facebook.com/MtHorebProgressives

Natural Path Sanctuary
naturalpathsanctuary.org

Farley Center Farmers
https://www.facebook.com/farleyfarmers

Farley Center/SWWAP Summer Concert – Yid Vicious Klezmer Ensemble 

8/26/23

Yid Vicious Klezmer Ensemble Concert
https://yidvicious.com/

Hosted by the Farley Center and the Southwest Wisconsin Area Progressives

Cost: $15 PAY AT THE DOOR
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL MUSICIANS!
All proceeds will go to the musicians

Come join us for a concert with “Yid Vicious” at the Farley Center under the Bur Oak Welcoming Area (BOWA ). Please bring your own chairs and blankets. There will be one of our farmers selling fresh, organic vegetables and Farley Center honey will be available (cash or check only).

FOOD: Perez Produce will be selling tamales ($2.50 each) and cold drinks (cash only). They will also offer tamales by the dozen if you want to pre-order those and they will be ready for pick up from the concert – pre-order at )

We are offering an informational tour with Farley Center Board Member Jeanne Meier at 4:00- one hour before the concert. No charge for the tour.

We are also offering a Farley Center Food Forest Tour with Kalev Kristjuhan/Wisc. Food Forests following the concert from 7:00-8:00. No charge for the tour.

Yid Vicious has been engaging and delighting audiences throughout the Midwest since 1995. The group has released four CDs and has received numerous Madison Area Music Awards for its unique blend of traditional and contemporary klezmer. In 2009, Yid Vicious became the first performing arts ensemble in Wisconsin to receive a USArtists International grant, to perform at Argentina’s KlezFiesta, an international klezmer festival spanning three cities and including bands from ten countries.

In 2006, Yid Vicious toured Chiba Prefecture, Japan as part of the Wisconsin-Chiba Sister State Goodwill Delegation. Yid Vicious is committed to keeping traditional klezmer music and dance alive, and collaborates frequently with internationally renowned klezmer dance instructor Steve Weintraub. The group has participated in the New York-based “KlezKamp: The Yiddish Folk Arts Program”, and was a featured performer at the “KlezKamp Roadshow” directed by Yiddish scholar Henry Sapoznik at the University of Wisconsin in April 2009.

Yid Vicious has presented concerts, workshops, and clinics at performing arts centers, cultural festivals, universities, and K-12 schools in Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, and Michigan, and has performed to statewide audiences on Wisconsin Public Radio and Wisconsin Public Television.

Poster of the Yid Vicious Klezmer Ensemble Concert
Poster of the full Summer Concert Series

HOSTED BY:

Farley Center
www.farleycenter.org

Southwest Wisconsin Area Progressives (SWWAP)
https://www.facebook.com/MtHorebProgressives

Natural Path Sanctuary
naturalpathsanctuary.org

Farley Center Farmers
https://www.facebook.com/farleyfarmers

Farley Center Fall Festival with Saideira Pagode

10-1-23

Come join us and listen to “Brazilian ‘pagode” music! “Saideira Pagode” will be playing at the Farley Center Center Fall Festival from 12:30-1:45!

“Saideira Pagode (pronounced “sai DAY ruh, pa GOH jee,”) consists of several longtime members of The Handphibians. They perform Brazilian ‘pagode’ music, a roots samba style featuring small percussion and strings, sung around tables in bars and backyards. In essence, a quintessential Brazilian party music.”

More about the Farley Center Fall Festival

“Pagode (Portuguese pronunciation: [paˈɡɔdʒ(i)]) is a Brazilian style of music that originated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as a subgenre of Samba. Pagode originally meant a celebration with food, music, dance, and party.”

For any questions, please contact us at 608-845-8724 or e-mail

Farley Center Fall Festival with Down from the Hills

10-1-23

Come join us and dance to the bluegrass band “Down from the Hills” at the Farley Center Center Fall Festival. Down from the Hills will be playing from 10:30-12:15!

http://downfromthehills.com/

More about the Farley Center Fall Festival

Down from the Hills – Band Members
Pat Downing: mandolin, fiddle, melodion, vocals
Bill McWilliams: banjo, guitar, vocals
Dan Hildebrand: guitar, mandolin, fiddle, vocals
Brad Wolbert: upright bass, guitar, vocals

For any questions, please contact us at 608-845-8724 or e-mail

Farley Center Fall Festival with the Raging Grannies

10-1-23

The Raging Grannies will be back at the Farley Center! Come join us at the Farley Center Center Fall Festival. The Raging Grannies will be playing from 1:45-2:30!

http://raginggrannies.madisonwi.us/

More about the Farley Center Fall Festival

The Raging Grannies have participated at the Farley Center festivals in 2016. 2017 and 2019. We look forward to hearing them sing again!

For any questions, please contact us at 608-845-8724 or e-mail