Four local producers will receive micro-loans totaling $13,070 from the Chequamegon Food Co-op to help with farm projects this summer. Micro-loan recipients for the Spring 2021 loan cycle are as follows:
- Owner Stan Ford of Two Creeks Farm in Marengo, Wis. will purchase a three-point round bale unroller to better utilize left-over hay.
- Owners Carly and Tyler Stephenson of Will O’ the Winds Farm in Washburn, Wis. will build a pole shed to increase the production and grow from seasonally raising feeder pigs on pasture to breeding and raising pigs year-round.
- Owner Eileen McCutchen of Angel Acres Farm in Mason, Wis. will purchase local certified organic hay.
- Owner Ryan Padrutt of ThroughDirt Farm in Washburn, Wis. will be purchase materials to build deer-proof fencing.