About us

The Farm Fresh Atlas is brought to you by:

REAP Food Group. REAP is a non-profit organization promoting a local food system that is healthful, sustainable and just.

Dane County Farmers' Market. The DCFM is the largest producer-only farmers' market in the U.S.

Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems. CIAS is a sustainable agriculture research center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Friends of the Dane County Farmers' Market. Friends of the DCFM provides information and education about local food and farms to consumers, growers and educators.

The 2008 Southern Wisconsin Farm Fresh Atlas was generously underwritten by Heartland Credit Union.

Major financial support for the Atlas was provided by:

• Blue Marble Family Farm
• Bures Berry Patch
• Driftless Organics
• Eastside Farmers' Market
• Rustlin Brook Farm
• The Tree Farm
• Crema Cafe
• Fork and Spoon Cafe at RP's Pasta Company
• Greenbush Bar
• Harvest Restaurant
• L'Etoile Restaurant and Cafe Soleil
• Local Choice Farm Market
• Local Fare
• Lombardino's Restaurant
• Madison Area Community Supported Agriculture Coalition
• Nature's Bakery Cooperative
• Organic Valley
• Physicians Plus Insurance Corp.
• SavorWisconsin.com
• Slow Food Madison
• Viroqua Food Co-op
• The Washington Hotel, Restaurant and Culinary School
• Willy Street Co-op
• Wisconsin Farmers' Union

If you would like to be listed in the 2009 Farm Fresh Atlas....

Send an email to Miriam Grunes (miriam@reapfoodgroup.org) and we will send you an application form in the fall. Applications will be due in January 2009.

The Atlas is printed and distributed to a minimum of 30,000 customers in the Madison area, as well as being posted on the web. Listing charges for the 2008 Atlas were $55 for farms and $110 for non-farm businesses.

The Atlas lists farms that serve customers in Dane County and surrounding counties. Please see our map for more details about the geographic scope of the Atlas.

If you are looking for local food in other regions of Wisconsin.....

....check out this web site: Wisconsin's Farm Fresh Atlases.

2008 Atlas credits:

Cartography: Bill Buckingham

Layout and Design: Cris Carusi, CIAS, and Kayla Morelli

Cover art: Mark Harmon - www.markharmon.org

Photography: Gary Grzyb and Lori Compas

Educational Text: Rachel Armstrong and Laura Kearney

Data Entry: Sandy Hullopeter, CIAS

Web design: Cris Carusi, CIAS

Steering Committee:

• Rachel Armstrong, REP
• Cris Carusi, CIAS
• Miriam Grunes, REAP
• Judy Hageman, Friends of the DCFM, REAP
• Larry Johnson, DCFM
• Laura Kearney, REAP
• Rebecca Lamson, REAP
• Chris Rietz, REAP

If you experience any technical difficulties with this web site, or if you have trouble accessing any of the information listed here, please contact our web master: cecarusi@wisc.edu.

The Farm Fresh Atlas is brought to you by REAP Food Group, the Dane County Farmers' Market, the Friends of the Dane County Farmers' Market, and the UW-Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems. The 2008 Southern Wisconsin Farm Fresh Atlas is generously underwritten by Heartland Credit Union.