“What I had to show for a typical 60-hour workweek was a paycheck and a big stack of papers,” smiles David, explaining how he went from a 12-year career as a chemist in an environmental laboratory to that of a fine craftsman making early American era furniture in an old renovated garage. His wife, Maria, […]
Phyllis Hogan’s Winter Sun
Reverence and Reciprocity Flagstaff, Arizona · By Ashley Rood and Rose Houk Phyllis Hogan lives life according to her own script. Applied ethnobotanist-trader, mother-community leader, mentor-scholar, activist-musician – these are the many roles she assumes as part of her philosophy of reverence and reciprocity. Phyllis’s business, Winter Sun Trading Company, is in a historic building […]
Sweet Meadow Farm
Leaving the City Behind Tucked away in a rural southern Minnesota town, a husband and wife have been transforming their way of life. Alice and Walter Field discovered Zumbrota, Minnesota in 1975, as they were driving along Highway 52 to visit a daughter in Shakopee. Shortly after, they happily purchased an 80-acre farm near Zumbrota […]
Science and Math Summer Program
Reconnecting with Nature and Culture For Generations, the Ojibwe people lived off the land in what is now northern Minnesota. They harvested wild rice, medicinal herbs, and wild fruits, hunted and fished, collected maple sap and boiled it down into syrup, and built canoes, baskets, and seasonal lodging. Their way of life requires strong analytical […]