Hemmed in by development, small farmers are part of conservation effort in a Wisconsin county

Hemmed in by development, small farmers are part of conservation effort in a Wisconsin county

One mile outside Milwaukee, 25 farmers — most of them Hmong — grow produce at the Mequon Nature Preserve. They're part of a project by a Milwaukee farmer's market, which broke ground at the preserve in 2018, aiming to relieve the pressure of dwindling affordable farmland on the market's vendors. The post Hemmed in by development, small farmers are part of conservation effort in a Wisconsin county appeared first on WPR.