by Miriam Hall | Oct 16, 2015 | Magazine Article
Over soup lunch in Hackberry’s Restaurant, upstairs from the bustling La Crosse food cooperative, Ellen Moore darts her vibrant eyes from one loving student to another. Ten of us have gathered for an afternoon of conversation and lunch with the retired dance...
by Meredith Keller | Oct 16, 2015 | Magazine Article
We all know that words have power. But there is an equal amount of power in the absence of words. Take for instance the recent example of Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) ban on using certain scientific terms in all official emails, reports, or...
by Curt Meine, Jill Metcoff | Oct 16, 2015 | Magazine Article
At times it feels as if we are exploring Mayan ruins in the forests of Yucatán, or searching deep in the jungles of Cambodia for unknown temple chambers of Angkor Wat. We sweat and stumble and hack our way through thickets of autumn olive and barberry, prickly ash,...
by Annaleigh Wetzel, Dan Howard | Oct 16, 2015 | Magazine Article
While dining at American Bounty, the Culinary Institute of America’s flagship restaurant in New York City, Chef Luke Zahm was surprised to see three dishes on the menu made with ingredients grown in his hometown of La Farge, Wisconsin. After a decade of creating...
by Allen M. Young | Oct 16, 2015 | Magazine Article
La Tirimbina, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica—As I walk along a narrow path, slicing through the tangle of vines bordering the stately tropical rainforest here, shafts of sunlight reflect from rain-slick leaves and highlight the aerial dances of butterflies everywhere I turn....
by Elysse Lindell | Oct 16, 2015 | Magazine Article
Humans have descended from an evolutionary branch that includes divergent species such as Australopithecus africanus, which lived around 3 million years ago, and Homo erectus, which lived around 1.5 million years ago. But the discovery of Homo naledi, a new species...
