p. 3 ...... Opinion: FoodShare Benefits to be Cut p. 4 ...... Further Down Stream p. 5 ...... Neighborhood News & Notes p. 6 ...... Spotlight: Jan Christensen p. 7...... Elyve Composting p. 8...... Long Arm Farm RSA p. 9-12...... Special Urban Ag Ordinances p. 13 ...... Chickens in the Yard pp. 14-15 .. Calendar p. 16 ...... Secret of the Green Revolution Outdoor Environmental Film Fest p. 17...... Classifieds Friday August 1st.- On the river p. 18 ...... The Sweet Life: Eat Local Resource Fair 2134 N Riverboat Road (ad page 2) p. 19 ...... Comics 11 short films at dusk FREE! News You Can Use • Riverwest, Harambee and The East Side Vol 13 Issue 8 August 2014 The Riverwest Food Pantry - A Loaf of Bread, a Can of Beans and So Much More by Peggy Schulz The motto of the Riverwest Food Pantry is, “Not by bread alone.” Those four words capture the operation of the pantry, in that it strives to provide as broad a selection of fresh, prepared and canned food as possible. The motto also speaks to figurative and longer-term objectives to improve the quality of life of the pantry’s clients. Because “food insecurity” is so pervasive in Milwaukee’s neighborhoods, the immediate need for the pantry – to fill emergency gaps in a family’s food supply – likely won’t be going away anytime soon. But the pantry’s director, Vincent Noth, has broader goals. They include addressing the root causes of food insecurity, looking at the types of food that frequently come through the pantry and improving the diets of the pantry’s guests. A Re-Occurring Problem The generally-accepted definition of “food insecurity” is a lack resources for consistent access to adequate food. Noth, the pantry’s director, explains that for many residents of the Riverwest and Harambee neighborhoods served by the pantry, food insecurity is episodic and cyclical. Charles Davis and Patricia Holland, two of the hundreds of pantry/garden volunteers, display the beginnings of the St. Casimir’s garden crop in early May. ~Photo by Peggy Schulz According to the pantry’s website, approximately 35% of residents in the Pantry was the beneficiary of a “Lenten Almsgiving” “We need to transition from being just a food pantry to a community Riverwest and Harambee neighborhoods project at the four Catholic parishes listed above. An food center,” Noth says. anonymous donor gave a $50,000 challenge grant and have an income level at or below the poverty St. Casimir’s Gets a Garden parishioners of the four parishes were able to meet line, which is $23,850 for a family of four To help meet the specific goal of providing more fresh produce to pantry and even exceed that amount, resulting in more than in 2014. In terms of being food insecure, guests, a second vegetable and fruit garden was established this year, on $100,000 coming to the Riverwest Food Pantry. the figures are about 18% of Riverwest the Our Lady of Divine Providence/St. Casimir’s grounds, in addition residents, but more than 70% of those living “The generous support of the four parishes ensures our to the existing garden at the Three Holy Women/St. Rita’s location. in Harambee. successful launch (as an official non-profit organization) Meta House had been using four raised beds at the edge of the church and will enable us to broaden our level of service beyond RW Food Pantry - A Brief History parking lot, but recently decided to stop gardening. Julie Trafton, a food,” Noth says. The Riverwest Food Pantry began in the late member of the Riverwest Food Pantry’s strategic planning committee, 1970’s as a project of the East Side Housing Food From Many Sources put the seed in Vincent Noth’s head about taking advantage of the Action Committee (ESHAC). The two current Area grocery stores, bakeries and community unused beds to grow fresh produce for pantry clients. The four locations, at Our Lady of Divine Providence/ organizations provide donations on a regular basis, smaller beds were taken apart and a single, larger raised bed was built St. Casimir’s, 924 E. Clarke St., and Gaenslen, in addition to the religious organizations. The pantry along the northern border of the St. Casimir’s property. an MPS school, at 1250 E. Burleigh, have been also is part of the Hunger Task Force, a free and local Garden volunteers already have harvested more than 100 pounds of home to the pantry for decades. Hundreds network of food providers. fresh produce from the St. Casimir’s site as of mid-July, according to of volunteers work at growing, rescuing, Noth pointed out on a recent Tuesday at Gaenslen the Laurie Jacobs and Kathy Blair, the two volunteers who coordinate the sorting and preparing food, and thousands table full of “mistakery” from the Colectivo bakery in new garden spot. of neighborhood households donate food on Bay View. That’s Noth’s word for the fortunate accident a weekly basis. It is the hope of all those involved with both garden locations that of the bakery making too much of one product that food pantry clients will eventually establish their own, individual Noth reports that the number of clients using won’t sell in a timely fashion in their coffee houses. gardens and do what Trafton likes to call “square-foot gardening.” the pantry varies between 500 and 1,000 per Noth also notes that providing clients with emergency month. In 2012, more than 10,000 clients “If we can show people that it’s really not hard to grow your own fresh food isn’t enough to solve the often long-term problems were served over the course of the year. stuff, and expose them to new produce they haven’t tried before, that many of the pantry’s clients face, including diabetes and Roughly one-third of all clients are children. will be great,” Trafton said. heart disease. The Riverwest Food Pantry is a “choice Check out the pantry’s website at riverwestfoodpantry.org for more “Healthy food access is a real challenge,” Noth says, pantry,” meaning clients are able to select information, including days and hours of operation for the two beyond just something to fill peoples’ stomachs. from the available options on the day they Riverwest Food Pantry locations. visit. The majority of the food offered to clients Milwaukee is home to more than 80 food pantries and is donated, primarily from four Catholic meal sites. But, “if that’s all they’re doing, what a waste,” Riverwest Currents Noth says. PO Box 716 parishes: Three Holy Women, Ss. Peter & Milwaukee, WI 53201-0716 Paul, Our Lady of Divine Providence and A Community Food Center Old St. Mary’s. Christ Redeemer Anglican “A food pantry should be a springboard, a platform Church, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church and the to engage those must susceptible to all these other St. John’s on the Lake Retirement Community factors that create intractable poverty,” he says. “Our also support the pantry. vision is to create an environment where new ideas A Generous Boost can be introduced, including fresh produce, cooking In April of this year, the Riverwest Food demonstrations and gardening.” 2 August 2014

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editorial Some Wisconsin Residents Will Lose FoodShare Benefits in 2015 by Maureen Fitzgerald, Director of Advocacy, Hunger Task Force cut benefits in 15 states including Wisconsin. that if an able-bodied person without Hunger is increasing in Wisconsin. Some neighborhoods experience it Ten Governers took swift action to correct the dependents is not working or in a SNAP more than others. Some communities struggle more than others. One federal cut, but Wisconsin did not. This cut training program, that person could only of our best defenses against hunger is support from federal nutrition eliminated Wisconsin’s “Heat & Eat” program, receive food stamps for three months which streamlined benefits to people whose within a three year period. The time limits PUBLISHER assistance programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps. Unfortunately, heat is included in their rent. As a result, over have been lifted nationwide due to high Vince Bushell [email protected] SNAP is under attack and Wisconsin families are seeing cut after cut 255,000 Wisconsinites lost an average of $90 levels of unemployment. Typically, States editor to their monthly food aid. in FoodShare benefits per household. This request the federal government waive translates to $276 million in federal funding. the time limits due to unemployment Janice Christensen [email protected] SNAP, known as FoodShare in Wisconsin, helps over 844,000 low- The true victims are low-income seniors and levels. Wisconsin has maintained a income people in our state who are struggling to feed their families. adVERTISING manager people with disabilities who suffer massive waiver of these federal Able Bodied Adult The largest group receiving nutrition assistance is children under cuts to their food budget. For the nearly 40% Without Dependents (ABAWD) time Lee Ann Gutowski [email protected] four, and one-half of FoodShare recipients in Wisconsin are under 23 of FoodShare households which have at least limits for specific counties struggling with years old. FoodShare is distributed over the first half of each month contributors one member who is elderly, blind or disabled, unemployment since 2002, and statewide by looking at the eighth digit of a participant’s social security number. continued cuts to these vital programs are since 2007. Bonita Bruch Josef Bieniek Each digit corresponds with a different day of the month that the causing great distress. benefits will first appear. Governor Walker’s 2013-15 budget Vince Bushell Janice Christensen Despite these challenges at the federal level, included language to eliminate the Margaret Fitzgerald Lorraine Jacobs Over the last four years, Wisconsin has averaged the lowest average SNAP Wisconsin is planning additional cuts, some FoodShare waiver for the State of Greta Jochem Jim Loew benefit in the nation. Despite this and the fact that FoodShare benefits are of which are expected to decrease enrollment Wisconsin, meaning that this population Judie Papadakis Tess Reiss not designed to cover the entirety of a family’s food costs, these benefits rather than just reduce the monthly benefits. will soon be required to seek employment are still being slashed repeatedly by shortsighted policymakers. Last Peggy Schulz Ellen C. Warren Historically, there has been a time limit on or training through the FoodShare Bruce Wiggins November, everyone receiving FoodShare in Wisconsin had their monthly Employment and Training program, food aid cut with the expiration of the SNAP boost contained in the how long single adults without dependents can receive food stamps, with the assumption regardless of the local unemployment coMICS EDITOR American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA.) All SNAP participants levels, which are higher now than they across the country lost money; in Wisconsin these cuts totaled $9 million that this group can and should be seeking Laura Maker work in a healthy economy. The rule states were in 2007. What does this mean? So, a month in federal aid just before the winter holidays. for example, an unemployed Wisconsin COMICS CONTRIBUTORS Another federal cut to FoodShare hit in March, 2014, when the Farm Bill veteran with no dependents would only David Beyer, Jr. Annie Carrell be eligible to receive FoodShare for three Michael Cothroll Dan Hernandez letter to the editor months in a three year period. Laura Maker Dear Currents and RNA- Administration of ABAWD time limits began to be piloted in Kenosha, Racine, design and layout In the July Riverwest Safety column, RNA’s and Walworth counties starting on July Julie Papadakis suggested contacting the Vince Bushell [email protected] 1, 2014. These will be starting statewide neighborhood association for things that are in January 2015. The Legislative Fiscal WEBMASTER “not police issues but issues that need help, as Bureau estimates this will impact 62,000 Vince Bushell in the neighbor you believe is mean to their dog. The police can do very little with this unless FoodShare recipients statewide, and it is photographers they see it.” This is not true: animal abuse is a estimated to cause the disenrollment of 31,500 ABAWDs from SNAP. This will cut Vince Bushell Janice Christensen police issue, and for a good reason. According to a recent statistic, 76% of animal abusers also an additional $71.9 million of nutrition Peter DiAntoni Peggy Schulz abuse a family member. Animal abuse is often assistance from supporting Wisconsin Ellen C. Warren a sign of domestic abuse. The MPD and the communities. ACCOUNTANT Wisconsin Humane Society are currently working These three cuts are combining to eliminate together on the Spot Abuse campaign to $455 million in federal funding annually Brian Dettmering, Riverwest Accounting encourage people who see animal abuse to call from Wisconsin. These dollars are spent 911. MPD officers are trained to look for signs distribution manager in grocery stores and farmers markets in of domestic abuse when responding to animal our communities. The continuous assault Vince Bushell abuse calls. If Riverwest residents see an animal on the FoodShare program will increase being abused, they should call 911. For more hunger in our community and increase circulation Currents Inc. information, visit spotabuse.com assistance needed at emergency food 10,000 copies 1st of the month Thank you, outlets. The Riverwest Currents is a monthly newspaper Erin Christman serving Riverwest and surrounding neighborhoods. Copies can be picked up free of charge at most public neighborhood Classified advertising info Riverwest Neighborhood locations. Distribution includes Riverwest, September, 2014 ISSUE deadline: Noon, Fri, Aug 15, 2014 Harambee, the east and lower east sides and rate: 50 cents per word, per month (phone nos & dates are one word) Association ~ Monthly Meeting downtown Milwaukee. Wednesday, August 13, 7-9 PM contact us name (NOTE DIFFERENT DAY) address Snail Mail: Gordon Park Pavilion city, state, zip Riverwest Currents 2828 N. Humboldt Blvd. (Humboldt and Locust) payment PO Box 716 # of words x .50 x months Get involved with RNA: Milwaukee, WI 53201-0716 (TOTAL) $ P: 414.265.7278 F: 414.265.7278 aCome to the monthly RNA membership meeting, NOTE SPECIAL SUMMER ( Circle Months Below­ ) SCHEDULE, second WEDNESDAY of the month at Gordon Park Pavilion. E-mail the Editor: [email protected] aBring an item of non-perishable food for our local food bank. 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Linneman’s RW Inn Scardina Specialities Colectivo © 2014 Currents Inc. Truly Spoken Cycles 4 August 2014 ugust Send your Further Down Stream news items to [email protected] A Reclamation Parade and Pageant SUMMER EVENTS Saturday, August 30, 11:30 a.m. * RIVERWEST * EAST SIDE * HARAMBEE * Milwaukee Public Theatre will explore the story of ~ compiled by Tess Reiss Riverwest and Harambee with a Parade and Pageant NYC People’s Climate March Aug 1-5 ...... Hunger Book Sale at All Saints Cathedral (see ad Page 7) performed on the Beerline Trail, starting at the Richards Half a Million Strong Aug 2-9 ...... Bronzeville Week (milwaukee.gov/Bronzeville) Street access and going north to Capitol Drive. Other Do you care about the effect of Climate Change Sat, Aug 2...... Center Street Daze (see ad Page 2) arts groups joining MPT at the halfway point about on our planet’s food supply? Sat, Aug 9 ...... Lanterns for Peace at Pere Marquette Park (see ad Page 16) 12:30 include Erick Ledesma, Kameelah + Yazmin An Invitation To Change Everything! Sat, Aug 9 ...... Hank Aaron Run (hankaaronstatetrail.org) Muhammad, STITCH Milwaukee, and Ina Onilu Drum & Join the Historic People’s Climate March in NYC Aug 6 & 7 ...... Candidate Forums (see Ballot Box, Page 4) Dance Ensemble. Sunday, September 21 Fri, Aug 8 ...... Riverwest Blood Drive, 1:30-5:30PM at Milw Friends Meeting “the artery” projects are supported by Creational Trails For Busses from Milwaukee contact: Tue, Aug 12 ...... Fall Primary Election (see Ballot Box, Page 4) Devon Cupery 414.617.5843 or project, funded by ArtPlace America. MPT received Sat, Aug 23 ...... Flea Market, at St Casimir parking lot Julie Enslow 414.964.9478 additional funding for the Reclamation Parade from Sat, Aug 30 ...... Reclamation Parade & Pageant, Beerline Trail the City of Milwaukee/NIDC and the MPS Partnership On-line tickets: picatic.com/pcmmke for the Arts and Humanities. Milwaukee Public Theatre Sign up today to get on the bus. The goal is half a receives ongoing support from UPAF, Milwaukee County million people! You can be one of them! MUSIC UNDER THE SKY BIKE FUN! Learn More: CAMPAC, and the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from Colectivo at the Lake Amazing Milwaukee Race on Bikes peoplesclimate.org or 350mke.org the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for Thursdays, 7PM, thru Aug 21 Sun, Aug 10, Noon-5PM the Arts. Lake Park Urban bike adventure with clues & checkpoints. THE BALLOT BOX 2975 N Lake Park Dr Register at amazingmilwaukeerace.com (at the new Lake Park Summer Stage) by Tess Reiss Bike-In Movie Series Musical Mondays, 6:30PM, thru Aug 25 CANDIDATE FORUMS, AUGUST 6 & 7 Fri, Aug 15, Sep 19, Oct 10 (at dusk) The Riverwest Neighborhood Association (RNA) is sponsoring candidate forums on Wed, Aug 6 and Thu, Aug River Rhythms Marsupial Bridge Media Garden, Holton St Viaduct 7 at Milwaukee Friends Meeting (3224 N Gordon Place) of interest to voters in Riverwest, Harambee, and the Pere Marquette Park facebook for more info East Side. Written questions will be taken from the audience and the forums will be moderated either by the Wednesdays, 6:30PM, thru Aug 27 Ladies Night League of Women Voters or using the LWV process. Canoe down the Milw River to River Mondays, 6:30-9PM 2910 W Clybourn St Rhythms, WED, AUGUST 6, 6PM: Space for women & girls to learn about & work on bikes. sign up at UEC, 414.964.8505 bikecollective.org Forum for State Assembly, District 19 with Democratic candidates Jonathan Brostoff, Marina Demitrijevic, Skyline Music Sara Geenen, and Dan Adams, and Pirate Party candidate Joe Klein. This is an open seat currently held by Jon Underwear Bike Ride Kadish Park (see ad Page 2) Richards who is running for state Attorney General. Thu, Aug 14 & Sep 11, 8PM Tuesdays, 5:30PM, thru Aug 19 Meetup location TBD (adults welcome) THU, AUGUST 7, 6PM: mkebke.com or facebook for more info Forum for State Assembly, District 10 with Democratic candidates David Bowen, Bria Grant, Sara Lee Johann, and Tia Torhorst. This is an open seat currently held by Sandy Pasch who is not running. FARMERS MARKETS THU, AUGUST 7, 8PM: RIVERWEST GARDENERS MARKET Forum for State Assembly, District 16 with Democratic candidates Leon Young (incumbent) and Tracy Dent. Garden Park, Locust & Bremen (see ad Page 5) FONDY FARMERS MARKET IN-PERSON ABSENTEE VOTING Sundays, 10AM-4PM, thru Oct 25 2200 W Fond du Lac Mon, July 28 thru Fri, August 8 • 8:30AM-5PM, Mon-Wed • 8AM-7PM Thu & Fri (no weekends) [email protected] or 414.367.9389 Sun, Tue & Thu 8AM-2PM, Sat 7AM-3PM, thru Nov 1 at City Hall, 200 E Wells St, in Room 501 riverwestmarket.wordpress.com [email protected] or 414.933.8121 fondymarket.org PRIMARY ELECTION DAY, TUESDAY, AUGUST 12 EAST SIDE GREEN MARKET Polls will be open from 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM. Voters do not need to show a photo ID to receive a ballot. Beans & Barley Parking Lot After the polls close, results will be reported on local news stations and the web. Saturdays, 10AM-2PM, thru Oct 11 [email protected] or 414.502.9489 SAMPLE BALLOT theeastside.org To view a sample ballot with the candidates for your ward, go to myvote.wi.gov. VOTING INFORMATION Tamarack Waldorf School: For polling locations or how to register to vote, call the Election Commission at 414.286.3491 or milwaukee. gov/election. New Ninth Grade Near Riverwest BILINGUAL POLL WORKERS NEEDED Tamarack Waldorf School is expanding into the ninth socially relevant activities, we may be just the school Bilingual poll workers are needed (English/Spanish). Election Inspectors are paid $130 for a full-day shift and grade this fall, at a location near Riverwest! Our new for you! are required to attend one paid training class. For more info, call the Election Commission at 414.286.3491 or pioneering class of ninth graders is almost full, but if Tamarack Waldorf School was recently awarded a city.milwaukee.gov/election. you have a rising ninth grader – or an eighth grader $375,000 high school start-up grant by the Walton this year looking for 2015-2016 – who would thrive Family Foundation and is using these funds to start in a hands-on, experiential learning environment their new ninth grade (and grades 10, 11 and 12 in ON THE BALLOT AUGUST 12 featuring vigorous academics, artistic creativity and the next three years) robustly and viably. The winner from each party advances to the Fall Election on November 4. The Waldorf High School curriculum includes four US REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT 4 STATE SENATE - DISTRICT 7 Food Preservation and years of chemistry, biology, physics and life sciences, Gary R. George (Democratic), Gwen Moore (D, inc), Chris J. Larson (D, inc), Jason Red Arnold (R) alongside four years of history and literature, arts, Dan Sebring (R), David D. King (R) STATE ASSEMBLY - DISTRICT 10 (open seat) Salsa Making Workshops music, world language and sports/movement. GOVERNOR Sara Lee Johann (D), David Bowen (D), Tia Torhorst Milwaukee County UW-Extension is offering food Weekly experiential learning days and yearly Mary Burke (D), Brett Hulsey (D), Scott Walker (R, (D), Bria Grant (D) preservation and canning classes to teach you how service learning trips will connect adolescents to the inc) to prepare fresh, healthy food from your garden or community around them, and to those in the world STATE ASSEMBLY - DISTRICT 16 farmer’s markets for your friends and family. modeling good work on behalf of the whole. LT GOVERNOR Leon D. Young (D, inc), Tracey Dent (D) August 13 – Introduction to Food Preservation Geared to be small so that teacher-student-parent John Lehman (D), Mary Jo Walters (D), Rebecca STATE ASSEMBLY - DISTRICT 19 (open seat) 2:00 – 3:15 PM or 5:30- 6:45 PM $10 per person relationships can thrive, and each child “seen” in the Kleefisch (R, inc) Jonathan Brostoff (D), Marina Dimitrijevic (D), Sara (Registration deadline August 8) most positive light, and helped to blossom into who August 27 – Canning Salsa Demonstration Workshop ATTORNEY GENERAL (open seat) Geenen (D), Dan Adams (D), Joe Klein (Pirate) s/he wants to be, Waldorf high schools are found 1:45 – 3:45 PM or 5:45 – 7:45 PM $35 per person – Susan V. Happ (D), Ismael Ozanne (D), Jon Richards over the entire world. Ours will be the forty-first SHERIFF, MILW COUNTY includes recipe book and a jar of salsa (D), Brad Schimel (R) Waldorf High School in North America, and the first Chris Moews (D), David A. Clarke, Jr. (D, inc) (Registration deadline August 20) ever in southeastern Wisconsin. More information SECRETARY OF STATE You can register for both classes for $40. can be found on our website, tamarackwaldorf.org. TREASURER, MILW COUNTY (open seat) Doug La Follette (D, inc), Julian Bradley (R), Garey Dawn Marie Sass (D), David Cullen (D) Be part of the “eat local, eat fresh” movement and fun Tamarack Waldorf School is a private school Bies (R), Jerry Broitzman (Constitution) in the process. welcoming students of all walks of life. We currently CLERK OF COURTS, MILW COUNTY STATE TREASURER (open seat) Classes will be held at the Milwaukee County UW- have 32 zip codes represented in our lower school, John Barrett (D, inc) Dave Leeper (D), David L. Sartori (D), Matt Extension office, 9501 W; Watertown Plank Road, and already ten different zip codes in our new ninth Adamczyk (R), Randall Melchert (R), Andrew Zuelke Wauwatosa. For more information and registration grade! Private pay and Choice students are warmly (Constitution) forms visit UW Extension on Facebook or call 414-256- welcomed. We believe that diversity is our strength. 4600. Call Tamarack Waldorf School: 414.277.0009 x 102. www.riverwestcurrents.org August 2014 5

Hey Guys and Gals: There are so many fun things going on! Riverwest Elder Action Network: The Rhythm Of Unity Here is a list of ideas to help keep us safe in Riverwest. Clip out and post where you see it regularly. by Josef Bieniek You’re invited to participate at the Riverwest Elders Action Network’s annual Drum Circle on Tuesday, 1. Pay attention to your surroundings (don’t become distracted by electronics). There are moments when the raging, ongoing blathering of our inner voice – that incessant stream August 12 at 11AM at Gordon Park. We’ll start with 2. Never walk home alone, use the buddy system. Hey - you guys too! a potluck at the shelter and begin the dance of 3. If confronted by a robber, cooperate, as resistance typically equals injury. of noise the pulls us from being simply present here/ now is silenced. One experiences a shift into an energies at noon. Please bring a dish and a percussion 4. Do not walk in the alleys. instrument if you have one. Jahmes will bring an 5. Install and enroll in tracking software for your smart phone and tablet experience of presence in which individuals also blend into one space for a moment, and into awe and unity. assortment of instruments. Bring your own seating or 6. In your car, lock your doors and windows. blankets. In case of rain the event will be at Linneman’s 7. Call a cab. The human hunger for this experience is encoded in Riverwest Inn, 1001 E. Locust St. 8. Stay safe, neighbors and friends. Look for us monthly in the Currents. our biological heritage for survival as well as spiritual ~Riverwest Neighborhood Association Safety Committee 2014 and social needs. This explains our attraction to Riverwest Elders August Events watching sports events, firework displays, and, sadly, “We are a diverse group of Riverwest and nearby neighbors nationalistic displays of violence. over 50 years old. We come together to share wisdom, live to our full potential and give back to the community.” Riverwest Safety There is a deep spiritual and evolutionary need to by Judie Papadakis Riverwest Walkers emerge out of our clutching the armour of self- Wisdom Gathering Tuesday, August 12, 11AM – 1:30PM Every month I try to give ideas and solutions to Neighbors who are interested in the Walking Group, please attend the identity and shift into a vaster experience of the self. next Safety Committee Meeting (see below). This is a great idea that When it happens we realize we are part of something Look for us at the Gordon Park Picnic Shelter near the north promote safety in Riverwest. With that said, this section of the park along Locust Street All welcome, please is a bit awkward of an article to write this month. just needs a bit of organization to keep it going. larger then we imagine. There is deep silence and for bring a friend. I go to the District 5 meetings and take notes a moment, awareness of the Deep Now within us all. Descriptions Annual Gordon Park Potluck Picnic and Drumming Circle and share that information with my friends and I have seen concerns on social media about how we describe a suspect Participating in a Drum Circle is a transformative neighbors. I chair the Riverwest Neighborhood Led by Jahmes Finlayson. Plenty of drums for everyone, but when calling the police or putting it out on social media. A good rule ritual that can lead us to experience union and awe. bring your own if you prefer. Association safety committee where, again, I take of thumb is to report behavior, not looks. Below are a few examples of It’s a conversation with other members of the circle. We’ll eat first then gather under a tree for the drumming. notes and talk with the ones “in the know.” I then what the police look for in descriptions. share that information with you via this column • Describe what you see as suspicious or concerning behavior. What is The facilitator, a Shaman of sorts, attunes himself and Bring a chair. Bring a dish to pass. in the Currents and at the monthly RNA meetings. the person doing? Looking into cars? Breaking into a home? Having becomes a conductor of different energies. A skilled Coffee provided by Fuel Café. Bring your own eating utensils/ The last D5 meeting I attended highlighted that a domestic issue? circle leader can, like a canoeist on a raging river, play plate/cups to save resources. all crime is down in the neighborhood except car • Describe the face: eye color, glasses, facial hair, earrings, arms, with the various rhythms and move the members to Craft and Art Group thefts. The cars most taken are older models in hands, voice, tattoos. finally let go into the experience of stillness at the last Thursday, August 21, 1 – 4PM the Chrysler, Plymouth and Dodge family; they • Describe the clothing: hat, shirt, pants, jacket, shoes, jewelry. beat – the experience of communion emerges out of Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts, 926 E Center St can be stolen in less then 15 seconds. • Describe the person: gender, race, complexion, hair color and the varied persons and inner mental chatter. Work on your own project or stop by to visit and see what So with that information, I don’t lock my car length, eyebrows. Height, weight, build, scars, tattoos, birthmarks, Jahmes Tony Finlayson will act as transformer and, others are doing. Bring a snack to share if you have it. doors (car windows do not get broken). I do not speech, and accent. • Describe the vehicle: license number, color, size, year, 2/4 door, shape like a “priest,” will set the stage for “communion.” His Games Group & Conversation Gathering use a club or have a kill switch, all deterrents that tempered and skilled presence within the drum circle Tuesday, August 26 I suggest in Currents article and at meetings. My of head/rear lights, condition, direction, number of occupants. • Describe any weapons: rifle, shotgun, revolver, knife. will guide a “conversation” among and with members 2 – 4PM Games Group reasoning is that my van is full of bumper stickers of the circle. It will be an interpersonal and intra- 4 – 6PM Conversation & Coffee. of a political nature, a peace sign or two and Dogs at Center Street Daze psychic experience that will nurture a moment of joy. Dry Hootch Coffee House, 1030 E Brady St. restaurants and venues I frequent. Who would It has been asked if dogs are allowed at Center Street Daze. It is preferred Games are facilitated by Arlene, call 289-0806 to find out steal something so noticeable? that dogs not be at the festival. It is not a good environment for dogs, so Finlayson is well known to many in this community. which game is on deck today. Well it was stolen. Not in Riverwest, but in a please keep them at home. Thanks from Center Street Daze Committee. He began to be interested in music as a child, Conversation has no agenda, it’s a social time. Buy a downtown parking lot probably in that 15-second Always call 911 about violent crimes, weapon use and crimes in supported by his parents, but with some concern since beverage & share a snack. time frame. progress. Also call 911 if you believe shots have been fired. Call the non- their vision for him was to move into the medical field like his father, well-known as one of the first African Birthday Lunch Group A person noticed suspicious behavior around my emergency number for other concerns. 933-4444. American physicians in Wisconsin. Thursday, August 28, 12:30 – 2PM van, came into the building the van was parked in Contacts: Café Corazon, 3129 N Bremen St. front of, reported that a van with lots of bumper Judie Papadakis , Safety Committee Jahmes has honed his skill by participating for several Hopefully we’ll be able to sit outside. We get together stickers was just driven away by someone she did [email protected] decades in a variety of music and dance ensembles, because it’s someone’s birthday somewhere, sometimes not believe was the owner. Community Liaison Officer including being part of Kirtan gatherings. He has right at our table! Enjoy good conversation and excellent I went out to the parking lot and yes, my van was Lori Lammers [email protected] 935-7141 played with world music and jazz artists as well as food. gone. What a shock. Who would steal my van Riverwest Bicycle Patrol Officers3PM to 11PM with the group, One Drum. He’s been part of the Earth Contact: Lorraine 562-6608 with all the deterrents on it? P.O. Steven Roufus and P.O. Philip Poulos 935-7252 559-2651 (cell) Poets who perform regularly on Earth Day, expressing RNA Safety Committee meeting The police found the van within about 30 hours, through poetry and song their acknowledgement and Monday, August 4 7pm, Colectivo on Humboldt and now it is back. My bumper stickers did not concern for the Earth Mother. help the police find the van. The thieves had covered them by painting my whole van black. Riverwest Artists Association Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts I now have a club thanks to my sister, who asked by bonita bruch August 2 Center Street Daze Race & Music Schedule MUSIC ($5 suggested donation) me, “Why didn’t you have a club?” A very good ART Noon: Art Cart Race Saturday August 16, 7pm Montauk Project [Classic Jazz] question. I do now and will use it everywhere. A Tuesdays, July 8-Aug 26. RAA artists run a children’s art Outside Stage: Saturday August 30, 7pm Three.Stacks.Eliot with special lesson learned the hard way. area during the Skyline Music concerts at Kadish Park. Co- Thing Thing Thing, Brandenburg Four, Carlos Adames, guests [Jazz hip-hop fusion] Another discussion at the Safety Committee sponsored with COA Youth & Family Centers. Three.Stacks.Eliot Every Tuesday, 7pm Open Jazz Jam & Artists’ Sketch meeting were the robberies at Marsupial Bridge Inside Stage First Tuesday MYSO Jazz with Chris Mell and Manty Ellis that occurred while the victims were on foot or Friday July 25-Saturday August 30. For five weeks, Jazz 7-9:30pm: Breadfest [organized by Myles Coyne] Second Tuesday MATC - Julie Brandenburg & friends bike. One arrest has been made and there have Gallery will become a Habeas Lounge Meeting Place to Soul Low, Ugly Brother, Island of Misfit Toys Third Tuesday Brandon Miller & friends not been any more reported criminal activities. It explore Riverwest’s dynamic arts and cultural life. The Jazz Fourth Tuesday Cody Steinmann & friends was suggested that we use whistles as a deterrent when walking or riding bike. Three sharp blasts is Gallery will play host to the multiple layers of Riverwest’s Saturday August 16, 10am-7pm RAA/JCGA Information SOS. If you hear this, call 911 or offer assistance if creative civic life with programs of music, art, and Bayshore’s Eighth Annual Chalk Art Festival at Bayshore Riverwest’s Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts you feel it is safe. marketplaces. The gallery will be open most days. Events Shopping Center in Glendale. 926 East Center Street include mapping exercises, pot luck gatherings, music, Enjoy watching chalk artists complete and compete for If you have a smart phone there is a flashlight riverwestart.org & Facebook: R app, and on mine it will flash out SOS. Check it hip-hop, spoken work, art and dance. Los Angeles-based prizes. Vote for your favorite artwork up to 5pm. out, carry it in the flashlight mode so all you have artist Linda Pollack, RAA’s summer artist in residence, has Also, there will be art project tables for children. JGCFTA Gallery Hours: to do is to start it. The RNA has Safety Whistles at developed a Riverwest program similar to Habeas Lounge Sunday, August 17 11am-5pm View completed art Every Saturday Noon-5pm their booth at Gardeners Market and Center St Projects she has staged in New York, California and Poland. drawings and learn the category winners. Every Tuesday 7-9pm Daze. Stop by and get one for a small donation. Third Thursday of the month: 1-4pm 6 August 2014

Neighbor Spotlight • Jan Christensen by Greta Jochem ~ photo by Peter diAntoni as well as “communities including a relatively new idea in comparison to the Urban Agriculture Policy Group, It’s hard to talk about both urban Dreamtime Village and Rhine Center its prehistoric farming roots. While whose work from the past few years agriculture and Riverwest without Jan Village in Wisconsin; Colorado she acknowledges that it is easier produced the ordinances outlined Christensen’s name coming up. When Springs; San Gregorio, California; to produce some agriculture – like in the special section in this issue of I suggested that she be the Neighbor and Eugene, Oregon.” One day she meat and grains – in rural areas, she the Currents. Her achievements over Spotlight, Jan looked at me quizzically, found herself standing across from believes that a city and its people can the past fifteen years as a community put her head on her desk, and laughed. Fuel Café with her partner Dr. Dave reap benefits from producing their organizer in Riverwest earned her But no one in the Currents office could happily proclaiming, “This is good. own food. For example, she points recognition as a finalist for the 2014 deny that it did made sense to feature This is very good.” Since that fateful out that some foods, “especially those MANDI Awards (Milwaukee Awards her for the urban agriculture issue. day in 1999, she has lived in Riverwest that are fragile, difficult to ship or for Neighborhood Development Despite her hesitation, I interviewed and advocated for urban agriculture that lose nutrition quickly – are best Innovation). her and found that from urban through organizations like Milwaukee grown and distributed locally.” In As part of her job as a community agriculture, to community organizing, Urban Gardens, Milwaukee Urban addition, locally grown food has a organizer, Jan helped write and design to the Riverwest Currents, Jan Agriculture Network, and the positive impact environmentally – some of the first issues of the Riverwest Christensen has a significant impact Milwaukee Food Council as well as a tomato from your backyard has a Currents. After an unfair housing on the Riverwest community. through collaborations with Will much smaller carbon footprint than practices lawsuit led to a small grant, Allen, the Chief Executive Officer a tomato grown on a farm thousands “Farming and raising food has the paper grew from a newsletter to of Growing Power. In 2001, she and of miles away in Florida. Jan believes a tabloid-sized publication and the always been a part of my life,” Jan her partner Dr. Dave worked with that this new farming concept will explained. She grew up on a potato staff recruited enough advertisers to local Riverwest youth to construct continue to develop. “If we look at our maintain it as the monthly newspaper farm in Waupaca, Wisconsin where raised bed gardens, some of which needs to save fossil fuels associated she worked alongside her part-time it is today. Jan has worked, mostly on a can still be spotted in use around the with long-distance shipping and volunteer basis, as editor of the paper co-op employee and full-time farmer neighborhood. But by far, her most preservation of highest nutritional father, part-time psychiatric nurse since 2004, managing writers, artists, notable urban agriculture project value, I think urban agriculture will and photographers to create “the best and full-time farm-wife mother, and is the Kilbourn Park Community play an increasingly important part in two older siblings. After finishing record of our neighborhood we are Garden. After Milwaukee Water our food system.” able to produce.” It’s a job that she college, she and her husband, Tom Works converted the reservoir into a Masaros, managed the farm for Although she graduated from describes as “fascinating, infuriating, park, the head of Water Works casually Harvard Divinity School with her exhausting and very gratifying.” nearly a decade. After that, she lived suggested that the park would make a in an “intentional community” in Master in Theological Studies, she is When asked about Riverwest’s greatest good home for a garden. Jan took this also “interested in how communities Plymouth, Wisconsin. There, she seriously, and in collaboration with strength, Jan confidently declares, worked on various organic farming of people work and interact with each “Without a doubt, the people.” COA Youth and Family Centers, the other, and the decision-making process endeavors while fellow community Riverwest Health Initiative and many Although the community isn’t perfect, members “were experimenting with that moves civilizations…and found she believes, “It’s real people who others, the site has since flourished a meaningful way to follow all those alternative ways to live, incorporating into the home of 141 beds as well know each other in real ways. We things like renewable energy and interests by working in community don’t all love each other. We don’t even as an internship program and the organizing.” She has worked as a consensus process governance in their Young Farmers of Milwaukee that like each other sometimes. But we’re lives.” community organizer in a position real about it. pays students to grow food through funded by Community Development Her route to Riverwest from Plymouth a Community Supported Agriculture Block Grant (CDBG) since 2001. “That’s not magical, but I think it was anything but boring, taking her to (CSA) program. Recently, this job has involved her with might be rare.” Harvard Divinity School in Boston, Jan explains that urban agriculture is the policy side of agriculture through www.riverwestcurrents.org August 2014 7

DAVID FLOWERS, VOCALS AND DAVID NUNLY, PIANO JAZZ AT THE PUBLIC HOUSE, SUNDAY AUGUST 17 Mark your calendars – third Sundays of the Month. Sunday Evening Jazz, 8 to10 PM, at the Public House 815 E Locust St The music of Nat King Cole, Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Mel Torme, and more. David Flowers and David Nunley have been performing around Milwaukee for many years and are pleased to bring their music to the Riverwest Public House.

James Burks, Damian Coleman and JaVern Taylor are the founders of Elyve Composting. Elyve Composting – Getting “Green” from Garbage by Jim Loew The material they pick up is then brought back to the Elyve Composting. Neat name, huh? It’s actually an company’s 1,500-square-foot warehouse and garage, acronym that stands for Equal Living Youthful Vibrant located at 30th and Clybourn Streets in the Merrill Park Educators. To pronounce it properly, think of the word neighborhood. “We use our tiller to turn it, which adds “alive,” only drop the “a” and add a long “e” in its place oxygen,” explained Coleman. “The heat and moisture – thus, “E-live.” turn it into fertilizer or soil amendment. We don’t use any animal manure; it’s all organic.” Once this process Elyve Composting is in the – you guessed it – is done, the results are packaged and sold. “We sell to composting business, and it’s been doing it since five different garden centers,” Coleman said. February of 2012, when three gentlemen – Damian Coleman, James Burks and JaVern Taylor – got There is no actual store at this time, but looking ahead, together and formed the proprietorship. What Coleman and his partners have some ideas about that. they’ve been doing since that time is picking up “We would like to have a designated store and even organic refuse from, as Coleman says, places “like offer tours in the future,” he said. “We would like to the Outpost, coffee grounds from coffee shops and lead the way that makes a viable product for the city woodchips from the city of Milwaukee to make rich of Milwaukee. To create jobs. To reduce stuff that goes soil amendments.” A soil amendment is anything into landfills.” added to soil that improves its physical properties. Listening to Coleman speak, it is evident that he has a real passion for what he does. “Elyve Composting is an up-and-coming compost business with ideas that I think the city of Milwaukee needs,” he said. For more information, call Elyve Composting at 414.688.3152. Also, check out the website at elyvecompost.com. 8 August 2014

Long Arm Farm has 14 acres, and it’s all in perennials. market for things like ethically raised meat.” O’Herlihy leases two acres for annual row crops. She Long Arm Farm is also home to lots of animals. chooses unusual varieties, like purple velour French Currently, O’Herlihy sells breeding stock. They keep filet beans and mrihani, an extremely rare African pigs, geese, goats, and chickens. “We also have a draft basil. “I grow lots of mustard greens and lots of kale horse,” O’Herlihy grinned. I’m learning to work with to feed my goats. Actually, I’m looking for a wholesale horse power for field work. contract for kale,” she laughed. The kids are all involved with the work at Long Arm “I grow lots of purple stuff. I like Purple Majesty Farm. “My daughter, Oota (age six) was probably most potatoes, and Magic Mollies – purple fingerling helpful when I built my greenhouse,” O’Herlihy said. potatoes, and Purple Graffiti cauliflower. I grow lots of heirloom tomatoes, many of which are black and At 15, son Thurman keeps all the small engines purple.” running and helps with computer work and marketing. “Although he’d probably rather be in Restaurants are also ready markets for the value- Facebook,” O’Herlihy admits, grinning. added products that O’Herlihy produces. She and the interns who work on her farm make a variety of “Lugh (age four) kills pest bugs. Oota loves seeding fermented products, plus elder flower socata (a fizzy flats and transplanting – she’s almost as fast as I am.” elder flower drink), and milkweed cordial. She also The 14-month-old, Ursai, “eats dirt and entertains delivers maple syrup and sorghum syrup. us. We’ve found a rhythm where there’s a lot of play “I deliver some product that I buy from my Amish involved in our work.” neighbors,” O’Herlihy explained, especially larger O’Herlihy chose the CSA or RSA model to market quantities of annual vegetables that need more space her vegetables for economic reasons. In that model and mechanization. “I’m not a big fan of row cropping,” the clients pay at the beginning of the season, then she admitted, although she does do some row crops, receive their food in “shares” throughout the year. This Long Arm Farm: like mustard greens, radicchio, new potatoes and relieves the farmer from having to take out a loan to green beans. get the crops in the ground. Relationships, Ethics, Trust… and Amazing Food She drives to Milwaukee once a week to deliver to “That’s important for me because I’m a mom and Story and photo by Janice Christensen agriculture) this year. restaurants, a 200-mile trek each way. She is also I have a mortgage and I’m not particularly credit- Long Arm Farm in Westby, Wisconsin is a long way “I needed to streamline the operation,” O’Herlihy selling at the Newaulkee Night Market once a month worthy,” O’Herlihy explained. “I can’t go the bank from Riverwest, but Micaela O’Herlihy has found a explained, “so I decided to focus on working with – the next market will be August 13. every spring for a loan. As a woman farmer, a mom way to farm, and to make her relationships in the city chefs. I like to grow weird stuff and they know what Long Arm Farm currently has three interns, all women, farmer, I couldn’t do it otherwise. I need to know I can pay off. to do with it. plus one toddler, along with O’Herlihy’s three children, feed my kids and pay the mortgage for the year.” O’Herlihy grew up in Los Angeles, California. She “With a CSA there was a lot of educating that needed ages 15, six, and four. “Our youngest intern is 14 The model also appeals to her because of the level of came to Milwaukee in 1999 and became an adjunct to be done to teach people to use the crops I grew. It months old,” she laughed. trust between farmer and client. “Some weeks the professor in the film department at UW-Milwaukee. took me out of the field a day every week looking up “I think it’s important to note that the farm is ‘woman- shares are a little skimpy, but then mid-July hits, and it makes up for the skimpy weeks. “I got very involved in Riverwest gallery life,” O’Herlihy recipes and preparing educational materials. powered,’” she said. “There is a huge contingency recalled. “I did art shows in Riverwest and Bay View, “Chefs know what to do with the foods I deliver, of organic farmers out here, and many are women. “The chefs know I’m going to bring them high quality, and got involved with Pumpkin World – Riverwest especially wildcrafts. I don’t have to teach them what Agriculture used to be male dominated, but if you look unusual produce. And frankly, there are a lot of Film & Video. I was also involved in community to do.” at the numbers, women are now a dramatically rising culinary awards out there, and I’m giving them things proportion of organic farmers. to work with that are really experimental. It makes gardens here, and in women’s groups like Feminists Long Arm Farm currently delivers to six restaurants in their menus more adventuresome and interesting.” for Fornication.” the Milwaukee area. “I think it has to do with scale and sustainability. Women are looking at healthy ways to raise their Relationships are what make Long Arm Farm run. For She moved with her family to Long Arm in 2009 “I work with Ardent, Balzac, C.1880, Goodkind, children and are very conscientious and humane in Micaela O’Herlihy and her family, agriculture is more and focused on raising goats and making artisanal Juniper 61 and Odd Duck. They get a share every their practices. People want to support that. There’s a than a living – it’s a life. cheeses. She is still working on getting her cheese week, and I dictate what goes into it. maker’s license and building a facility for aging cheeses. “We focus on rare, seasonal, high-value heirloom products that are hard for them to get their hands More recently she established a Community Supported on through normal venues. We have lots of wildcrafts Agriculture business to sell the vegetables from the and local value added products, and hard-to-find farm. She also began selling and delivering to chefs in herbs like Monarda and hyssup. This week we had restaurants. For several reasons, she decided to make black caps, josta berries, currants, and wild and the switch from a CSA to an RSA (restaurant supported cultivated gooseberries and elder flowers.” www.riverwestcurrents.org August 2014 9

Special Section City of Milwaukee Urban Agriculture Ordinances Growing Milwaukee New Laws and Current Procedures for Farming, Community Gardening, Bees, and Hens by Bruce Wiggins ultimately is unsustainable. Milwaukee Common Council passed new rules and procedures. The City’s new ordinances to set out protocols to HOME GR/OWN program will soon Bruce is a retired city planner, gardener, and We need a new food system, and many garden advocate who was involved, along people are responding to the challenge. begin farming in the city. The new law have a “Frequently Asked Questions” with the Urban Agriculture Policy Group and Local food systems are emerging in is ordinance Sub121382 for those of you section on its web page with extensive many others in getting the ordinance changes many cities across the country. People who want to look it up. This Riverwest details and links to applications, forms discussed in this insert. are putting in backyard gardens and Currents insert covers the basics of the and contact information. We are approaching a cliff. Some say we community gardens are becoming have already gone over the edge. But in more popular. Farmers markets are Additional Resources any case, our traditional food system is proliferating. Community Supported For detailed information on the new rules related to any broken. We are seeing problems with Agriculture subscriptions are increasing. of the subjects covered here, contact: food-related illnesses, food prices are Young farmers want to grow food in the increasing to the point where many City. Teachers are using agriculture to HOME GR/OWN Office people cannot afford nutritious food. teach science, math, reading, and social Tim McCollow, Program Manager Too many people go to bed hungry, and studies. 414.286.3748 too many people die as a result of the Milwaukee is a leader in urban [email protected] food they eat. Food-related diseases like agriculture, and the City of Milwaukee Real Estate – Department of City Development diabetes, high blood pressure, and obesity is helping. The city’s sustainability plan, Yves LaPierre 414.286.5762 are killing people or overburdening our Refresh Milwaukee, emphasizes urban [email protected] medical system. Our current industrial agriculture. In July of this year, the food system depends on fossil fuels and Finding and Securing Land Finding Land Whether you are starting a community the city website as described below. garden or starting a commercial farm You might ask neighbors who owns a business, you need to gain access to land piece of land, or consult Map Milwaukee and obtain permission to use it for an to find the city’s real estate records online. Securing Land extended period of time. You don’t want See the Resources box for info on Map Gardening on City of Milwaukee Property - Obtaining Permission to go to all the work of creating a farm or Milwaukee and how to use it. You can also garden and then have the owner show up contact the city’s Real Estate staff (listed The city has several methods for making land available for community gardens. and kick you off the property. If you find above) to obtain a list of city property for ɶɶ Seasonal Permit: This permit allows a group to start a community garden and a piece of land that you are interested in sale. farming, you can look up the owner on operate it during the growing season, typically March 1 through October 31. The permit is a two-page license agreement (a form of legal document) specifying the rights and responsibilities of both the owner (the city) and the garden operator. Resources This permit allows a group to gain the experience of gardening and demonstrate ɶɶ City of Milwaukee land and property records are that they can manage the garden. It might be renewed the next year or even year available online. Information includes property after year, but the city makes no promises that the lot will be available in future owner’s name and address, zoning, aldermanic years. There is no cost for this permit. district, tax information, and much more. ɶɶ Three-Year Agreement: Typically after a garden group gains some experience ɶɶ Search for Map Milwaukee on your browser or go to with a Seasonal Permit for a year or two, the city can issue a three-year lease or the City of Milwaukee home page city.milwaukee.gov license a property to a community group, a local land trust such as Milwaukee Click on the Residents or Business tab, then click on Urban Gardens, or another community institution such as a church or the “M” to reach the Map Milwaukee link. Under Map Milwaukee County Extension Service. A license agreement allows you to enter Applications, click on Property Information. You onto the property and use the land for gardening. City Real Estate staff has the can enter the address of the property or zoom in on authority to license properties to MUG or the Milwaukee County Extension the map to find the property. Click on the property Service. Other agreements, such as a long-term lease, require legislative action and an information box will pop up. through the Common Council, which can be a time-consuming process. This ɶɶ Map Milwaukee provides much useful information, permit currently costs $25/year and is a longer legal document. such as the Aldermanic District (you will want to ɶɶ Sale of Property: The city can sell land to a garden group, land trust, or institution work with the alderperson) and the zoning district such as a church. Sale of property requires Common Council approval, so groups (what you propose to do and any structures you build must work closely with the District Alderperson. will be regulated by the Zoning Code, as described in the Buildings section on the next page.) When Farming on City of Milwaukee Property – Obtaining Permission you click on a property and a pop-up box appears, The city’s new HOME GR/OWN program was created partly to promote urban click on “View Additional Details” at the bottom to farming and reuse of vacant lots. Sale OR long-term lease of land for a commercial access that information. farm requires special legislation with Common Council approval. If you want to secure ɶɶ Vacant Lot Handbook: A Guide to Reusing, Reinventing, long-term access to a property, start by working with HOME GR/OWN staff and the and Adding Value to Milwaukee’s City-owned district alderperson. Vacant Lots is available in PDF format. Navigate to Other Ownership milwaukee.gov > Department of City Development If you find land that is owned by an individual, a company, an institution such as > City Real Estate > Vacant Lot Handbook a church or hospital, or a unit of government other than the city, you will need to ɶɶ Milwaukee Urban Gardens (MUG) at Groundwork negotiate directly with that owner. You may be able to obtain a lease or agreement of Milwaukee. MUG is a nonprofit land trust established sale. to secure land for community gardens. Staff can help All matters can be negotiated – such as term (for example, one year or multiple you find the owner and obtain permission to use the years,) uses (farming or community gardening), plans (the layout of activities and land. Call 414.763.9947 any buildings, etc.), costs or fees, and insurance. All these should be specified in the agreement signed by both parties. You should have an attorney help you with the final agreement. 10 August 2014

Special Section City of Milwaukee Urban Agriculture Ordinances

Urban Farming The city’s new ordinance allows Raising Of Livestock means the use of BOZA hearing. CFEs are not allowed All CFE’s will require a Certificate of growing of crops for commercial land or buildings for aquaculture, or the in the Downtown zoning areas. See the Occupancy (CO) issued by the city’s purposes, defining such a farm as a keeping of bees, cows, cattle, horses, sheep, Buildings section of this insert regarding Development Center. There is a $25 Commercial Farm Enterprise (CFE): swine, goats, chickens, ducks, turkeys, the requirements for buildings on the processing fee. The city may issue a Commercial Farming Enterprise geese or any other domesticated livestock farm property. You should start working temporary CO until any potential BOZA means a premises used to grow and if permitted by the health department with your district alderperson and approvals are received. The processing harvest plants or compost for sale to under the provisions of Chapter 78 of the neighbors as soon as you have identified fee for a temporary CO is an additional the general public, retail businesses City of Milwaukee Code of Ordinances. a parcel of land you want to farm. $150. or wholesale establishments. This This insert does not cover the special use does not include community procedures and rules for raising of livestock Resources gardens or outdoor storage facilities. other than hens or bees. Contact HOME GR/OWN staff or the resources listed here City of Milwaukee Development Center Edible plants (vegetables and herbs) 841 N. Broadway, First Floor and non-edible plants (trees, bushes, for additional information on raising of livestock. [email protected] perennials, flowers) can be grown Suzanne Hanson 414.286.8542 on a CFE. Composting can be a Permits & Certificates: A CFE operator (a [email protected] primary use on a CFE. Chickens farmer) needs to obtain a permit from the (hens) and bees can be raised on city’s Development Center (see Resources Food Enterprise Development Network (FEDN): a CFE under the same rules as box). You will need to develop a site plan This project of the Urban Economic Development ordinary permits for those animals showing where you will be growing crops Association (UEDA) in partnership with the Wisconsin (see other sections of this Insert.) along with the location and type of any Women’s Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC) aims to help startup food businesses and small farmers. The city now differentiates a farm structures on the land. A CFE is allowed fednmke.wordpress.com with and without animals. A farm or in an industrial or institutional zoning uedawi.org business with animals must follow a district without a special hearing. A CFE (414) 562-9904 different set of rules than a CFE does. in a residential or commercial district The new ordinance definition for will require a special use permit and a Growing Power: Will Allen’s internationally known raising animals is the following (note public hearing at the Board of Zoning project and the only farm now operating in the city. that aquaculture is included in this Adjustment (BOZA), which has a special growingpower.org definition). application process, an application fee, and 414.527.1546 it may take several months to schedule the Community Gardening All community gardens will now need crops grown on-site. This use does not the community outreach efforts made to the surrounding neighborhood. a permit from the city – whether on city include a commercial farming enterprise neighbors. The permit application form for ɶɶ The community garden will not be land or private property. As defined in the or outdoor storage facilities. gardening on city-owned property is to be in compliance with the applicable ordinance: If your community garden existed on sent to Yves LaPierre (contact information standards and requirements of the Community Garden means any use of land June 1, 2014, you do not need a permit previous page). The permit application City Code. or a premises for the growing of crops, for this year. You can continue without for gardening on privately-owned land is Once a Community Gardening Permit plants or other vegetation by a group a permit. But all community gardens in processed at the Development Center. is issued, it can be revoked by the city if of individuals or by a public or non- 2015 will need a permit, including gardens A new procedure in the permit process there have been multiple code violations profit organization. This use includes that existed in 2014 or new ones being is approval by the district alderperson, found by inspectors of the Department composting and the raising of crops, created. There is no cost to obtain the so you should contact him or her early of Neighborhood Services (DNS). The native vegetation or fruit not otherwise permit. The city will soon have a permit in your planning and organizing process. presence of rats, weeds or uncut grass, cars in violation of this code. It also includes application form online. The garden group When you submit your application to the parked on the property, and late-night the sale of produce and ornamental is asked, among other things, to describe city, the Development Center will notify parties are examples of activities that may the alderperson and he or she has 10 days cause a permit to be revoked. to decide whether the permit should be For the first time, gardeners are allowed Additional Resources granted or denied based on the following Some of these organizations have lists of active to sell produce at the garden (fruits narrow criteria. community gardens. Many offer workshops on and vegetables) along with ornamental gardening and supply assistance with planning along A garden permit can be denied if: crops (flowers, perennials, shrubbery). with help obtaining soil, seeds, and other materials. They cannot sell compost, packaged, or ɶɶ The applicant is not a group of They are listed in alphabetical order. All are outstanding processed food. individuals or a public or non-profit organizations. organization. The city requires raised beds filled with Alice’s Garden twelve inches of clean soil or compost ɶɶ The applicant has had a community to be used in community gardens on 414.687.0122 alicesgardenmilwaukee.com garden permit revoked in the past city-owned land. Community gardeners Groundwork Milwaukee and three years. usually build four foot by eight foot beds Milwaukee Urban Gardens ɶɶ Operation of the community garden of two-by-twelve lumber. This allows ease 414.763.9947 will unreasonably disrupt the safe of access, and since these beds hold about groundworkmke.org and orderly use of any street, alley one yard of soil, makes ordering easier. milwaukeeurbangardens.org or other public place as a result of You can compost at your community vehicular traffic or parking related Milwaukee County Cooperative Extension garden, but the size and placement are to the community garden. restricted under current regulations. 414.256.4600 milwaukee.uwex.edu Compost bins must be no taller than five See also FEEDS (Food and Ecosystem Educational ɶɶ Operation of the community feet and cannot exceed 125 cubic feet Demonstrations Sites) feeds.uwex.edu garden will degrade the surface of the adjacent public right-of-way (for example, a cube-shaped bin five feet Urban Ecology Center (Three centers in the city.) through the tracking of dirt and on a side). See Sec. 79-12.5 of the City urbanecologycenter.org other materials onto the public Code of Ordinances (available online at right-of-way, damaging of turf, Milwaukee.gov) for further details. Walnut Way Conservation Corp. creation of ruts, damaging of curbs 414.264.2326 walnutway.org/ You may want to visit some successful and so forth. community gardens to see how they work. Victory Garden Initiative ɶɶ Operation of the community garden There are now more than 100 community 414.431.0888 victorygardeninitiative.org will occur at such hours or at such gardens in Milwaukee proper. See the intensity as to disturb the peace of Resources list. www.riverwestcurrents.org August 2014 11

Special Section City of Milwaukee Urban Agriculture Ordinances

Buildings

A major goal of Milwaukee urban ag advocates, identified several years ago, was accomplished this year with the new ordinance that includes definitions and rules for structures on community gardens and farms. Three types of accessory structures are now allowed on CFEs and community gardens: hoop houses, large agricultural structures, and sheds. Hoop House means a temporary or permanent structure typically constructed with, but not limited to, piping or other material covered with translucent material for the purpose of growing food or ornamental crops, but nor for storage of inorganic materials. A hoop house is considered more temporary than a greenhouse. Large Agricultural Structure means an accessory structure that does not fit the definition of a hoop house and that is greater than 150 square feet in area. This term includes rain catchment systems. Shed means an accessory building of not No building permit is required for a small hoop house to extend the growing season on a raised bed. more than 150 square feet of floor area and not more than 14 feet in height. “Accessory” means a structure customarily incidental or suordinate Accessory Structure Restrictions to the principal building or use on the property. Shed Large Ag Structure Hoop House So, for example, a shed up to 150 Front, side or rear street setback Avg* + 5 feet Avg* + 5 feet Avg* + 5 feet square feet (10 by 15 feet in floor area) is permitted at a community garden for Side or rear setback 5 feet 5 feet 5 feet storage of tools and materials. Temporary Maximum height of sidewall 8 feet 10 feet 14 feet farm stands for selling of produce are also allowed as accessory to the garden Maximum overall height 10 feet If on a vacant lot, 14 feet. 14 feet for selling produce. If on a lot with a building: Permitting Process * Avg refers to the average 24 feet or the height of the While these structures are now permitted setback of adjacent properties principal building on both city-owned and privately-owned land, they may still need special review will review them and issue the permit or hand-drawn site plan and description Getting Help With Plans and may need building permits issued by tell you what additional information you of your construction. You will need Plans Examiners in the city’s the city’s Development Center. must supply or requirements you must more elaborate drawings by a design Development Center can provide permit information and requirements specific The normal procedure for obtaining meet. professional for a large building or to your site. The Development Center a permit is to take your plans to the The plans you take to the Development complex of buildings. is located in the City Hall complex of Development Center. A Plans Examiner Center can be, for a simple structure, a Combinations of Structures Here are specific requirements for buildings downtown. combinations of these structures: It doesn’t cost anything to meet and Do you need a building permit for … consult with Plans Examiners. So if you ɶɶ An Accessory Shed under 150 sq. ft. and set back at least three feet from ɶɶ Not more than one shed and one are planning a business or a community the property line? ...... N O large agricultural structure may be garden with structures, you should set But no more than two sheds are allowed on a residential vacant lot. Note located on a single lot. up an appointment at the Development that the standard license agreements for use of city-owned lots do not allow ɶɶ The total lot coverage of sheds and Center (see Resources). concrete foundations or concrete floors. Alternatives may be patio block or large agricultural structures cannot Note, however, that fees are required two inches of macadam laid on three inches of gravel. exceed 15% of the lot area. when it comes time to obtain a permit. ɶɶ Rainwater harvesting on the shed? ...... NO ɶɶ The total lot coverage of all sheds, ɶɶ Rain barrels? ...... NO large agricultural structures and hoop houses on a single lot must not ɶɶ Farm stand (not mobile)? ...... NO exceed 70% of the lot area. ɶɶ A Large Agricultural Structure? ...... YES ɶɶ A hoop house? ...... YES Note that the permit for a hoop house is a no-fee permit, and a plan review Resources is not required. There is no limit on the number of hoop houses on a single City of Milwaukee Development Center lot. Note also that a greenhouse, a structure with glass or non-flexible plastic 841 N. Broadway, First Floor walls, has separate rules defined in City Code. [email protected] ɶɶ A rainwater harvesting system that is larger or more unconventional than Suzanne Hanson 414.286.8542 rain barrels or rainwater harvesting on a shed? ...... YES [email protected] 12 August 2014

Special Section City of Milwaukee Urban Agriculture Ordinances

Bees From the City of Milwaukee Bee Keeping page: insect populations are usually and flowerbeds. have a voice in the permit approval The honeybee (apis mellifera) is a significantly smaller than in rural Hives of honeybees are currently process. critical pollinator for flowers, fruits areas. Managed colonies of bees help established in almost every major Here are a few of the particulars and vegetables. The new ordinances to increase the yields and the quality city in the United States. Beehives regarding rules and procedures: allowing backyard bees is of great of a large variety of plants found in are successfully kept in small back benefit in the city, where pollinating backyard gardens, municipal parks, yards, on balconies and rooftops ɶɶ A permit and inspection is in congested urban environments required. Permit applications with little, if any impact to adjacent may be obtained from the Resources property owners. Department of Neighborhood City of Milwaukee Beekeeping Page Services Environmental Section. In addition to the benefits of plant There is an $81.12 permit fee. city.milwaukee.gov pollination, the honey, beeswax, Search for “Bee Keeping” then click on “Bee Keeping in pollen and other hive products are ɶɶ A simple map with dimensions Milwaukee” high in nutritional value and are showing the apiary and Urban Apiculture Institute at Milwaukee County a local, renewable and sustainable surrounding area must be provided with the application. Cooperative Extension resource. 414.256.4600 milwaukee.uwex.edu In 2010, the City of Milwaukee passed ɶɶ Neighbors within 200 feet will be The Institute promotes healthy beekeeping practices and a new law allowing residents to keep notified and given an opportunity offers a Certified Beekeeper Course. up to two colonies of honeybees on to voice any concerns they may have. You might also be required Wisconsin Department of Agriculture private property within the city limits. See Chapter 78-6 of the Milwaukee to get written permission from Craig Petros, State Apiary Inspector your immediate neighbors if your 262.968.5391 Code of Ordinances, available on the City of Milwaukee web site. hives are within 50 feet of their Free hive inspections Spring and Fall. dwellings or certain structures. If you want to keep honeybees, you Milwaukee/Waukesha Beekeeping Association should learn about best practices. You ɶɶ Proof of beekeeping competency mwbeekeepers.org can take a course at the Cooperative must be provided with the Meets monthly, provides workshops, mentoring, Extension (see Resources box.) You application. networking, a lending library and other helpful resources. should also talk to your neighbors ɶɶ You will be responsible for Charlie Koenen before applying for a permit to monitoring your bees on a BeePods, Inc. explain the behavior and benefits of regular basis for the health of the facebook.com/charlie.koenen beekeeping. Be prepared to address hive and to ensure that you have Courses and beekeeping supplies. their concerns, as your neighbors will not created a nuisance to others. Hens Since the passage of an ordinance in July 2011, Milwaukee residents have been allowed ɶɶ One of the forms required as part of the application is a site plan. A site plan form to keep hens for egg production. Here are a few specifics of the rules: and sample are available at the DNS office or online to help guide the applicant. ɶɶ Residents may keep up to four hens (no roosters) on their property. Hens are not ɶɶ Another required form is the Neighbor Approval Statement signed by any allowed on commercial or mixed-use properties. neighbor whose property touches the applicant’s, including across an alley (but not across the street.) This form is also available at the DNS office or online. ɶɶ A permit is required and is issued by the Dept. of Neighborhood Services (DNS) at 4001 S. 6th St., 2nd floor Monday through Friday 8am to 4pm. The permit fee ɶɶ An enclosed structure, called a chicken coop, is required. The coop plus a yard is a one-time cost of $35.49 provided must add up to 16 square feet per bird. The coop cannot be higher than 10 feet and cannot be larger than 50 square feet. ɶɶ Enclosures (the coop and yard) can be no closer than 25 feet to a residence on an adjacent property, and cannot be in the applicant’s front yard. Resources ɶɶ At all times, including winter, fresh water and feed is required and the coop must City of Milwaukee Chicken Information Page be kept clean. city.milwaukee.gov ɶɶ Slaughter of the hens is not allowed in the city. Search for “hens” then click on “Milwaukee Residents can Now Keep Chickens” ɶɶ DNS will respond to complaints from neighbors. A permit can be revoked for For information on the permitting process, failure to keep the coop clean or for failure to follow the rules of the hen ordinance call Marcie Otto 414.286.328 and City Code. A permit that has been revoked cannot be reinstated. With other questions, call DNS Environmental and Nuisance Section at 414.286.3280 Special Section Sponsors Cream City Hens This Urban Agriculture Section was Projects of Groundwork Milwaukee: 414.301.EGGS (3447) made possible by our generous sponsors. ɶɶCommunity Garden in Kilbourn Park creamcityhens.com Bliffert Hardware ɶɶMilwaukee Urban Gardens [email protected] 1014 E Chambers St, ɶɶYoung Farmers of Milwaukee This community-based nonprofit teaches kids and adults Milwaukee, WI 53212 Outpost Natural Foods about urban henkeeping. bliffertlumber.com 100 E. Capitol Drive 414.264.5700 Internet and Library Milwaukee, WI 53212 Search for information on raising backyard chickens, Mary Beth Driscoll outpost.coop 414.961.2597 design of chicken coops, care and feeding, different Executive Director, Groundwork Bay View, Wauwatosa, Mequon breeds of hens, where to buy them, etc. Milwaukee Riverwest Food Co-op Urban Hen Owners Groundwork Milwaukee 733 E. Clarke St., Milwaukee, WI 53212 According to the HOME GR/OWN Facebook page, 54 1845 N. Farwell Avenue #100 riverwestcoop.org 414.264.7933 permits for chickens have been issued in Milwaukee. Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202-1715 Riverwest Currents Several of them in the neighborhood are profiled in an groundworkmke.org PO Box 716, Milwaukee, WI 53201 article in this issue of the Currents. 414.763.9947 riverwestcurrents.org 414.265.7278 Questions? Contact Bruce Wiggins 414.372.4991 www.riverwestcurrents.org August 2014 13

Chickens in the Yard Story and photos by Ellen C. Warren case of Wesley who has taken on the role of Let’s call this “Backyard Chickens 101.” Or “Intro rooster-like protector over Luke (Skywalker). to Urban Chickens.” Or something like that, “I’ve heard that some chickens can, like, gender- because you’re learning along with me. Unless bend a little bit,” says owner Jessica. She reports you already know a lot about raising chickens in that her hen, Wesley, “will go up on the top of your yard. Then, I suppose, you can just enjoy the the fence in the morning. She won’t crow, but pictures. she’ll cackle for a while.” As a wanna-be chicken owner I’m getting as Not only do the chickens have personal clucks, much information as I can from Riverwest folks, they also have very definite personalities. Katherine Wilson, Claire Moore, Jessica Lane and Sebastian has a lot of character and is very Keith Hayes, who are tending their own flocks. smart. “She’s a fast twitch one,” says Claire, Here are some basics. which means she is high-energy, hard to catch, has good survival skills. Star, the golden-rust girl To keep chickens you need a coop and a run. The is pretty but stupid. Fluffy is docile, lackadaisical, coop is a fully-enclosed building with various easy to get along with and to catch. Jessica’s door and ventilation possibilities. Wesley is, not surprisingly, hard to catch and According to Katherine, “There’s lots of ways to Keith’s Biscuit is not people-friendly, although I design a coop.” watched her share with coop-mate Sam. Keith’s coop is a winner from a “coopetition” that was held in 2012 to design a chicken coop from reused materials, in this case, white plastic barrels. The run is a cage. It’s an open, fenced structure that can take many forms. There are Claire Moore checks her chicken coop for eggs. requirements of sizing per animal. Claire’s eight- by-ten foot run is sufficient for her three hens. Different breeds of chickens lay different color And eggs you will collect, as long as your hens A variety of roosting choices is pretty much a eggs. After the recent relocation of community are content. In their prime last year, Keith says requirement as one never knows which will members who took their run and chickens with his Sam and Biscuit laid five to six eggs per week. tickle a chicken’s fancy on a given day. them, Katherine’s flock is composed of two Summer comfort has provided about an egg Every backyard chicken is female. Roosters are pullets. One is a Lavender. She’ll lay pink eggs per hen per day for Claire. In winter the number prohibited in the urban programs. So the pullets when she matures. The other “teenager” is a blue decreases, but they do still lay. I met are teen-aged girls and the adults are hens. egg layer, an Ameraucana. The chickens remain outside for the winter. There It only takes a few months for them to mature. “In total my plan is to get two more laying hens are cold-hardy breeds that can just do fine in the Hens often have a comb – the red growth on top so that all four will lay different colored eggs – a snow. Claire says hers like a snow-free area in of the head – and a wattle – the red part that pink egg, a blue egg, a dark chocolate-colored their run. hangs down from the chicken’s cheeks. egg, and a brown or white egg,” says Katherine “Chickens need a certain amount of daylight It is quite possible your neighbors will barely delightedly. A Blue Copper Marans will supply and heat in order to produce eggs,” explains notice the coop’s presence. Chicken-keeping is the chocolate brown egg. Katherine. You can simulate a longer day by a rather quiet activity. Only roosters crow. Hens having a lamp in the coop, as she does. Keith cluck. And each girl has her own unique cluck. adds warmth and light with red lamps and Claire describes her black hen Sebastian’s cluck heated animal pads. as “low and growly, while Fluffy has a higher, Claire’s hens get the benefit of a dog kennel melodic cluck.” heater in winter. “Just enough to keep above However, there are minor exceptions, as in the freezing.” Jessica’s birds winter over without the help of anything other than shared body heat. Even in the city one must protect the birds from predators. Most of the coops get locked up at night and run fencing may reach well into the ground. Rats, raccoons, opossums, cats, and large birds number among the possible threats. Unfortunately, Jessica learned the hard way that people can also be on that list. She had two of her four hens stolen. One of them was her buddy Kilbourn, a bird with a wonderful personality who left a trail of tales behind. The other was Buttercup, named for Wesley’s true love in The Princess Bride. Everyone I talked with allows their chickens to forage, scratch and adventure in their yards. The From top: Claire Moore, Jessica Lane and hens find tasty grubs, insects and greens to feast Katherine Wilson with friends. upon. Of course, for the less twitchy, there’s need for a human to keep an eye on the sky. The more I learn, the more I look forward to walking out to my backyard coop to find a freshly-laid egg for my breakfast. After, that is, Top: A chicken run saying, “Good Morning!” to my feathered friends. Bottom: Chickens love to forage in the garden. 14 August 2014

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thru AUG 3 HAGGERTY MUSEUM Mequon-Thiensville Dam to White CD release, Midnight Magic Park 5 Card Studs (see ad Page 2) 530 N 13th St EXHIBIT: Scrutiny Kletzsch Park Noon-5PM 8PM / DJ Seedy 10PM 5:30PM After the Glimpse FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE 3224 UPTOWNER 1032 E Center, thru AUG 17 GROHMANN 4 MONDAY N Gordon Pl, Riverwest Blood Turntable Tuesday w/ DJ Doc B MUSEUM 1000 N Broadway, LINNEMAN’S 1001 E Locust, Poet’s Drive (make appt at bcw.edu/ EXHIBIT: Working (photography by Monday 7:30PM / TBA 9PM riverwestblooddrive) 1:30-5:30PM 13 WEDNESDAY Art Shay) MAD PLANET 533 E Center, Retro ALL PEOPLES CHURCH 2600 N thru AUG 17 INOVA 2155 N 5 TUESDAY Dance Party 9PM $5 2nd St, Food Pantry, 1-2PM Prospect EXHIBIT: The Uncertainty ART BAR 722 E Burleigh, Live RIVERWEST PUBLIC HOUSE 815 ALL PEOPLES CHURCH 2600 N of Enclosure Music w/Ryan M. Brewer, 10PM E Locust, Cody Frei’s Going Away 2nd St, Food Pantry, 1-2PM thru SEP 1 MILWAUKEE ART CAFÉ CORAZON 3129 N Bremen, Party 9PM free CLUB TIMBUKTU 520 E Center, Hip MUSEUM 700 N Art Museum Tu y Yo Tuesdays: $2 Tacos & 2-4 RIVERWEST YOGASHALA 731 Hop Open Mic Dr, EXHIBIT: Kandinsky: A -1 Drinks 8PM / Free Spanish Class E Locust, $5 Restorative Focus, FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE Retrospective 10PM (see ad Page 8) 5:45PM 3224 N Gordon Pl, Non-Violent thru AUG 30 JAZZ GALLERY 926 E FIRST TUESDAY DRUM CIRCLE Communication Practice Group, Center, HABEUS LOUNGE Quaker Meeting House, 3224 N 9 SATURDAY 7-9PM AUG 2-AUG 9 BRONZEVILLE Gordon Pl, Bring instruments or ART BAR 722 E Burleigh, Live FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE WEEK Bronzeville District Cultural use one provided, 7-9PM Music w/Paul Doffing, 3224 N Gordon Pl, Non-Violent and entertainment events; see GAENSLEN SCHOOL 1250 E CIRCLE A 932 E Chambers, The Communication Practice Group, milwaukee.gov/Bronzeville Burleigh, Food Pantry, 4:30-6:30PM Tritonics 8PM / DJ Mildew-Jays 7-9PM AUG 1-SEP 11 ART BAR 722 E JAZZ GALLERY 926 E Center, Open 10PM GORDON PARK PAVILION Burleigh, EXHIBIT: Copa Presents Jazz Jam w/Chris Mell & Manty EAST SIDE GREEN MARKET Humboldt & Locust, RNA Monthly Beautiful Blur Ellis, 7-9PM 1901 E North Ave (more info at Meeting: All Riverwesters AUG 1-AUG 31 RIVERWEST COOP MIRAMAR THEATRE 2844 N theeastside.org) 10AM-2PM welcome! 7PM 733 E Clarke EXHIBIT: Drawings by Oakland, Tuesday Open Mic (see HANK AARON RUN LINNEMAN’S 1001 E Locust, Rachel Sanders ad Page 14) 7:30PM $2 (hankaaronstatetrail.org) 8AM Acoustic Open Stage: Justin and NIA CLASS 2550 N Weil, w/ Barb LANTERNS FOR PEACE Pere Lizzy, 9PM Sign-up, 9:30 Start 1 FRIDAY Wesson (see ad Page 14) 4:30- Marquette Park, Live music; guest MIRAMAR THEATRE 2844 N ART BAR 722 E Burleigh, Art Show 5:30PM speakers; floating of lanterns on Oakland, Talent 414 (local musician Opening: Beautiful Blur w/live PEOPLE’S BOOKS 804 E Center, In Milw River (peaceactionwi.org) event) 8PM music by Strategic, 7PM Liberty’s Name reading, discussion (see ad Page 16) 5:30-10PM RIVER RHYTHMS Pere Marquette BEER BISTRO 2730 N Humboldt, w/Eva Augustin Rumpf 7PM MAD PLANET 533 E Center, The Park, Vic and Gab, Fever Fever 6:30- Beer-Infused Accordion Music (see RIVERWEST PUBLIC HOUSE 815 Get Down, spinning Funk and Soul 9PM ad Page 13) 6-9PM E Locust, Bingo, Burlesque & Drag, 10PM $5 RIVERWEST PUBLIC HOUSE 815 E CIRCLE A 932 E Chambers, 8PM $5 MIRAMAR THEATRE 2844 N Locust, Trivia, 8PM free BREADFEST: Lady Cannon, Jamie RIVERWEST YOGASHALA 731 E Oakland, Haywyre w/Artifakts, Yanda 8PM / DJ 80HD 10PM Locust, Gentle Yoga, 11AM MrGat, Fooki Wonton 8PM $8 14 THURSDAY LAKESHORE STATE PARK 500 N RIVERWEST YOGASHALA 731 E PEOPLE’S BOOKS 804 E Center, CLUB TIMBUKTU 520 E Center, Harbor Drive, Urban Island Beach Locust, Womyn of Color, 7:15PM Riverwest Cooperative Alliance Chocolate Ice 2 Party w/ music, kayaking, fish fry & SKYLINE MUSIC SERIES Kadish New Member Training 2PM COLECTIVO AT THE LAKE 1701 pig roast (urbanislandparty.com) Park Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound RIVERWEST FOOD PANTRY 924 N Lincoln Memorial Dr, Florentine NOON-11PM (see ad Page 2) 5:30PM E Clarke, For residents of 53212 & Opera at the Lake, 7PM MAD PLANET 533 E Center, Retro UPTOWNER 1032 E Center, 53211 zip codes, 8:30-11AM NIA CLASS 2550 N Weil, w/ Barb Dance Party 9PM $5 Turntable Tuesday w/ DJ Doc B RIVERWEST PUBLIC HOUSE 815 Wesson (see ad Page 14) 4:30- RIVERWEST PUBLIC HOUSE 815 E Locust, Chain and the Gang, The 5:30PM E Locust, BREADFEST: Calliope, 6 WEDNESDAY Trusty Knife, more 9PM $8 PEOPLE’S BOOKS 804 E Center, The Aluar Pearls, Light Music, more ALL PEOPLES CHURCH 2600 N URBAN ECOLOGY CENTER 1500 Thursday, August 14, 6pm BREADFEST Calliope + 2nd St, Food Pantry, 1-2PM E Park Pl, Milwaukee Centennial Industrial Workers of the World The Aluar Pearls + Light CLUB TIMBUKTU 520 E Center, Hip Arboretum Docent-Led Tour Meeting 6PM Music + Mortgage Freeman Hop Open Mic 10:30-11:30AM UNDERWEAR BIKE RIDE Adults BREADFEST Calliope + The Aluar FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE welcome! (mkebke.com or Pearls + Light Music + Mortgage 3224 N Gordon Pl, Non-Violent 10 SUNDAY facebook for meetup info) 8PM Freeman 9PM $6 Communication Practice Group, CIRCLE A 932 E Chambers, RIVERWEST YOGASHALA 731 7-9PM Indonesian Junk, Ornerys 8PM / DJ 15 FRIDAY E Locust, $5 Restorative Focus, FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE 3224 Sheppy 10PM ART BAR 722 E Burleigh, Live 5:45PM N Gordon Pl, RNA sponsors District RIVERWEST GARDENERS Music w/Dizzy Bats, 10PM 19 candidates forum (see article MARKET 821 E Locust, Texas Dave BEER BISTRO 2730 N Humboldt, 2 SATURDAY Page 4) 6PM (see ad Page 7) NOON-3PM Beer-Infused Accordion Music (see ART BAR 722 E Burleigh, Live LINNEMAN’S 1001 E Locust, RIVERWEST PUBLIC HOUSE 815 ad Page 13) 6-9PM Music w/Greg Herriges, 10PM Acoustic Open Stage: Zach Steiner, E Locust, Enabler, Dagorath, Texas CIRCLE A 932 E Chambers, CENTER STREET DAZE & ART 9PM Sign-up, 9:30 Start Tapeworms, Deadset 7PM $5 Midwest Beat acoustic night 8PM / CART RACE, (on Center St, MIRAMAR THEATRE 2844 N URBAN ECOLOGY CENTER 1500 E DJ Brian Kirk 10PM Humboldt to Holton) Cart Race Oakland, Talent 414 (local musician Park Pl, Full Moon Canoe; contact LINNEMAN’S 1001 E Locust, at noon, music stages, family event) 8PM Leslie Sheridan for registration info Castle Thunder w/TBA 9PM $6 activities & more (see ad Page 2) RIVER RHYTHMS Pere Marquette (lsheridan@UrbanEcologyCenter. MAD PLANET 533 E Center, Retro 11AM-7PM Park, Tallymoore 6:30-9PM org) 7:30-10PM Dance Party 9PM $5 CIRCLE A 932 E Chambers, RIVERWEST PUBLIC HOUSE 815 E RIVERWEST PUBLIC HOUSE 815 E Laughing Eye Weeping Eye, Locust, Trivia, 8PM free 11 MONDAY Locust, The Turn Up! 9PM free Pleasure Thief 8PM / DJ Brett Allen WOODLAND PATTERN 720 E LINNEMAN’S 1001 E Locust, Poet’s RIVERWEST YOGASHALA 731 10PM Locust, GIFTS: Curated, performed Monday 7:30PM / TBA 9PM E Locust, $5 Restorative Focus, EAST SIDE GREEN MARKET by Conrad Bishop & Elizabeth 5:45PM 1901 E North Ave (more info at Fuller, 7PM 12 TUESDAY theeastside.org) 10AM-2PM FALL PRIMARY ELECTION. VOTE!! 16 SATURDAY JAZZ GALLERY 926 E Center, 7 THURSDAY BOSWELL BOOKS @ Purple Door CIRCLE A 932 E Chambers, Circle BREADFEST: Soul Low, Ugly 5th DISTRICT CRIME Ice Cream 205 S 2nd St, Interview, A Presents … 8PM / DJ The Brains Brothers, Island of Misfit Toys 7PM PREVENTION MEETING 2920 ice cream w/Jeff Miller, author 10PM LINNEMAN’S 1001 E Locust, N. 4th St, All residents welcome, of Scoop: Notes From a Small Ice EAST SIDE GREEN MARKET BREADFEST: The Championship, 5:30PM Cream Shop 7PM 1901 E North Ave (more info at Lawrence Peters Outfit, Thriftones, CLUB TIMBUKTU 520 E Center, CAFÉ CORAZON 3129 N Bremen, theeastside.org) 10AM-2PM Lousy Trouts 9PM $6 Chocolate Ice 2 Tu y Yo Tuesdays: $2 Tacos & 2-4 LINNEMAN’S 1001 E Locust, MIRAMAR THEATRE 2844 N COLECTIVO AT THE LAKE 1701 N -1 Drinks 8PM / Free Spanish Class Arthur Fowler w/ Jack Grassel, Jen Oakland, Joe Marcinek Band Lincoln Memorial Dr, Música del 10PM (see ad Page 8) Cintron, Susan Howe 8:30PM $5 feat Special Guest Allie Kral Lago: De La Buena, 7PM GAENSLEN SCHOOL 1250 E MAD PLANET 533 E Center, Stereo Frontier, Evergreen, FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE 3224 Burleigh, Food Pantry, 4:30-6:30PM Supernature: DJs Asher Diamonds, Conundrum 8PM $10 N Gordon Pl, RNA sponsors District GORDON PARK PAVILION Locust Slim Brit, more 9PM $4 RIVERWEST FOOD PANTRY 924 10 candidates forum (see article & Humboldt Riverwest Elders PEOPLE’S BOOKS 804 E Center, E Clarke, For residents of 53212 & Page 4) 6PM Wisdom Gathering - Annual The Punk Singer, film showing, 53211 zip codes, 8:30-11AM FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE 3224 Potluck Picnic, Drumming Circle fundraiser, discussion 7PM RIVERWEST PUBLIC HOUSE 815 N Gordon Pl, RNA sponsors District 11AM-1:30PM RIVERWEST FOOD PANTRY 924 E Locust, DJ Armahn The Hammer 16 candidates forum (see article HISTORIC MILWAUKEE 207 E Clarke, For residents of 53212 & 9PM free Page 4) 8PM E Michigan Ste 406 Book talk: 53211 zip codes, 8:30-11AM RRF OFFICE 2134 N Riverboat Rd, MAD PLANET 533 E Center, Klassik Milwaukee Then and Now by RIVERWEST PUBLIC HOUSE 815 E Walking Group, all welcome! 10- & Showyousuck w/Auggie the 9th, author Sandra Ackerman (RSVP call Locust, Tigernite, North by North, 11AM Sean Anonymous, Hurt Everybody 414 277-7795) 6-7:30PM Mortgage Freeman 9PM $5 9PM $7 JAZZ GALLERY 926 E Center, Open STONEFLY BREWERY 735 E Center 3 SUNDAY MIRAMAR THEATRE 2844 N Jazz Jam w/Julie Brandenburg & St, Creme de la Creme Burlesque CIRCLE A 932 E Chambers, Bryan Oakland, The Moth Storytelling friends, 7-9PM Festival Fundraiser, 10PM $8 McPherson 8PM / DJ Sun Ra Series 7PM MIRAMAR THEATRE 2844 N Sanctuary 10PM NIA CLASS 2550 N Weil, w/ Barb Oakland, Tuesday Open Mic (see 17 SUNDAY MAD PLANET 533 E Center, Wesson (see ad Page 14) 4:30- ad Page 14) 7:30PM $2 CIRCLE A 932 E Chambers, Techno- BREADFEST: WebsterX, WC Tank, 5:30PM NIA CLASS 2550 N Weil, w/ Barb Babble Extract 8PM / DJ Publique D’Amato, Birong, Conundrum 8PM RIVERWEST PUBLIC HOUSE 815 Wesson (see ad Page 14) 4:30- 10PM $6 E Locust, Night School: History of 5:30PM RIVERWEST GARDENERS RIVERWEST GARDENERS Resistance at UWM: Lessons from RIVERWEST PUBLIC HOUSE 815 MARKET 821 E Locust, Sam MARKET 821 E Locust, Soulfoot the 1970’s 6PM free E Locust, Bingo, Burlesque, Drag, Rodewald (see ad Page 7) NOON- Mombits (see ad Page 7) NOON- 7PM $5 3PM 3PM 8 FRIDAY RIVERWEST YOGASHALA 731 E RIVERWEST PUBLIC HOUSE 815 RIVERWEST YOGASHALA 731 E BEER BISTRO 2730 N Humboldt, Locust, Gentle Yoga, 11AM E Locust, Jazz Series w/ Dave Locust, Intro Gift Class, 2PM Beer-Infused Accordion Music (see RIVERWEST YOGASHALA 731 E Flowers & Friends (see ad Page 18) URBAN ECOLOGY CENTER 1500 ad Page 13) 6-9PM Locust, Womyn of Color, 7:15PM 7PM donation E Park Pl, Milwaukee River Paddle: CIRCLE A 932 E Chambers, Terry SKYLINE MUSIC SERIES Kadish RIVERWEST YOGASHALA 731 E www.riverwestcurrents.org August 2014 15

[email protected] AUGUST 2014 Locust, Intro Gift Class, 2PM MIRAMAR THEATRE 2844 N 10PM 28 THURSDAY SUMMER SUNDAYS ON THE Oakland, Talent 414 (local musician LINNEMAN’S 1001 E Locust, The LINNEMAN’S 1001 E Locust, Josh LAWN 2934 N Weil, The Lafayette event) 8PM Midwestern Charm release show Hardy and John Statz 8:30PM $6 Project 2PM RIVER RHYTHMS Pere Marquette w/The Midwest Beat, Dinny Bulca NIA CLASS 2550 N Weil, w/ Barb Park, MadiSalsa 6:30-9PM 9PM $3 Wesson (see ad Page 14) 4:30- 18 MONDAY RIVERWEST PUBLIC HOUSE 815 E RIVERWEST GARDENERS 5:30PM BOSWELL BOOKS 2559 N Downer, Locust, Trivia, 7PM free MARKET 821 E Locust, The Kitchen Dan Epstein, author of Stars and Boys (see ad Page 7) NOON-3PM 29 FRIDAY Strikes: Baseball and America in 21 THURSDAY SUMMER SUNDAYS ON THE BEER BISTRO 2730 N Humboldt, the Bicentennial Summer of ‘76 CLUB TIMBUKTU 520 E Center, LAWN 2934 N Weil, John Stano w/ Beer-Infused Accordion Music (see 7PM Chocolate Ice 2 Tom Schwark 2PM ad Page 13) 6-9PM LINNEMAN’S 1001 E Locust, COLECTIVO AT THE LAKE 1701 N CIRCLE A 932 E Chambers, Poet’s Monday 7:30PM /TBA 9PM Lincoln Memorial Dr, Música del 25 MONDAY Savannah Smith, Saint James 8PM RIVERWEST PUBLIC HOUSE 815 E Lago: La Chazz, 7PM LINNEMAN’S 1001 E Locust, / DJs Wild Wendy & Ryan Killawatt Locust, Theology on Tap 7PM free JAZZ GALLERY ART CENTER 926 Poet’s Monday 7:30PM /TBA 9PM 10PM SALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH 2400 E Center, Riverwest Elders Craft & LINNEMAN’S 1001 E Locust, Ugly N Cramer, Narcotics Anonymous Art Group, 1-3:30PM 26 TUESDAY Brothers CD release 9PM $5 Meeting: Open to the public every MAD PLANET 533 E Center, CAFÉ CORAZON 3129 N Bremen, RIVERWEST PUBLIC HOUSE 815 third Monday, 7:30PM Howler, Sat. 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and boys who live around the community garden The One Straw Revolution next to his house on 9th and Ring in the Harambee Masanobu Fukuoka wrote the One Straw Revolution in neighborhood. He told them to come to the garden 1978. People called it “the little green book” because on Saturday mornings, and gave them work to do in its ideas were so inflammatory. Fukuoka writes, “The the gardens and picking up garbage in the streets. ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, At the end of the morning’s work he gave each one but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.” $20. He asked his adult neighbors and friends to As we move toward the idea of urban agriculture contribute the money so he could pay the young men. as an industry that needs to be supported by city On Saturday, July 26, Andre posted this on his government and institutions, it’s important to Facebook page. remember that agriculture – farming, gardening, “62 young men showed up in the garden today the care and harvest of plants – also changes us as by 8 am. We sent 8 boys home because they can human beings in a fundamental way. not be late, period. The support system today was So when you see a garden in the city, look carefully at phenomenal. By noon we had just what we needed what is going on nearby. You might well find the first to pay them. God is really shining in this.” shoots of the green revolution. WE GOT THIS! Program at the garden at 9th and Ring Streets. The Secret of the Green Revolution by Janice Christensen would go. In less than 12 weeks the dynamic duo with additional writing by Ben Koller and Andre Lee Ellis with the help of unlikely collaborators Miguel Castro, Community gardens can grow more than food. Tim Green and Farmer Pete Ochs, have “flipped” a once hoarders fantasy into a vortex for healing, There’s something about putting your hands in the learning and creating. earth that brings about transformation, unleashes energy, and gives people hope. The Heart Haus is now home to a digital conferencing center, three rentable guest rooms, two urban Here are two projects growing up around community gardens and a garage vermicomposting and gardens in Milwaukee that grow food, and something wheatgrass operation. When asked what the Heart else, as well. Haus is, Ben Koller quickly replies, “The Heart Haus is Heart Haus a Boys & Girls Club for adults. It’s like summer camp 325 East Euclid Avenue, Bay View year round over here!” Ben Koller writes: WE GOT THIS! The Heart Haus came to be out of necessity, a boomer Project in the community garden at 9th and Ring with a vacant property in need of some major TLC Andre Lee Ellis started working with the young men and a millennial in search for a new community. In May, 2014 James Godsil and Ben Koller decided to join forces and embarked on a journey to transform an old beater home in Bayview into a neighborhood hub for collaborative living, working and playing. The plan was simple; do some minor repairs and see where it goes from there, little did they know how far and fast down the rabbit hole they Heart Hause on East Euclid in Bay View. www.riverwestcurrents.org August 2014 17

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sampling of topics that will be presented. supply their food, whether it be vendors at their local Representatives from Bliffert’s Hardware will also be farmers’ markets or those who offer CSA (community on hand with a display of all the equipment they offer supported agriculture) shares. Barbara Kingsolver for those who want to put up food for the winter. wrote Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, a whole book about Whether it is canning, freezing or drying, Bliffert’s what happened when her family of four took on the Hardware at 1014 E Chambers St in Riverwest carries challenge of eating locally. all the necessary supplies and offers information on Here in Milwaukee, you can check out the website food preservation. of Eat Local Milwaukee at eatlocalmilwaukee.org. At Events at the Eat Local Resource Fair are geared the same site you will also find more details about toward encouraging people to become locavores. the event at the UEC on September 6. The Fair itself is This is a new word that’s barely in the dictionary. free but lunch will be available for purchase that day Locavores are people who eat food grown close to – a meal you can bet will be put together by locally- the place where they live. This means that most of owned small businesses, guaranteed to be fresh and the money they spend for food stays within their tasty and very Wisconsin. No offense, California. community. It means that local family farmers can If You Go sell their harvest and stay in business. It means that less fossil fuel is spent transporting refrigerated Eat Local Resource Fair food across hundreds, sometimes thousands of eatlocalmilwaukee.org miles. It means that people tend to eat more of Saturday, Sep 6, 11AM to 3PM what is ripe in each season, putting them more in Urban Ecology Center - Riverside Park touch with the ecosystem where they live. It means 1500 E Park Place The Sweet Life: Eat Local Resource Fair that consumers build relationships with those who by Jackie Reid Dettloff plantations but most often comes from small farms Move over, California. or backyards right here in the Midwest. And it is delicious. Strawberries might not ripen in Wisconsin until late June; they might not be gigantic. But they are On Saturday, September 6, the Urban Ecology Center guaranteed to be juicy. will celebrate this abundance of locally-grown food at the annual Eat Local The same with peaches Resource Fair at their and plums. Fruit that Riverside Park center. grows in this part of From 11AM to 3PM they the world might ripen will offer workshops, in August or September demonstrations and, instead of June, it might yes, samples to please be small in size but it your palate. Folks from is big in flavor. We in Outpost Natural Foods, Wisconsin are blessed UW-Extension and Slow with an abundance Food will present tips on of locally-grown, growing fruit in your own scrumptious food crops. backyard, fixing quick Our produce doesn’t and nutritious snacks, have to be shipped across and incorporating more hundreds of miles. It’s home-cooked food into not grown on corporate your diet. And that’s just a www.riverwestcurrents.org August 2014 19 20 August 2014