Clean water, local food a collaborative effort

By Jim Massey 

SPRING GREEN – Members of a pair of groups in the Spring Green area believe they have something special in their midst, and they want others to discover and appreciate it as much as they do. 

The Lowery Creek Watershed Initiative and Savor the River Valley, partnerships with different but somewhat compatible missions, are reaching out to area residents and visitors in an attempt to help farmers and food producers within the region. They are planning a Farm and Food Tour, monthly field events and a farm-to-table dinner at the Hilltop, near the Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin, to bring producers and consumers together. 

The Lowery Creek Watershed Initiative’s mission is to protect and nurture soil and water quality, natural areas, viewsheds and cultural resources in the Lowery Creek Watershed. The watershed is an area in Iowa County that includes land east and west of Lowery Creek from about 10 miles south of Spring Green to the Wisconsin River.

The watershed project is coordinated by the Driftless Area Land Conservancy. Barb Barzen, community conservation specialist for the organization, said promoting agriculture and food producers and processors in the region makes perfect sense for the group....

(See the rest of the story in the April 18, 2024 Chronicle issue)