Fermentation Fest - A Live Culture Convergence

05/28/2022

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Save the date! The Farm/Art DTour returns to Sauk County, WI on October 1-10, 2022. Visit www.wormfarminstitute.org for more details

"Art amplifies what landscape quietly asserts." --Max Garland, former WI Poet Laureate Farm/Art DTour Returns Oct 1-10, 2022 Save the date for the Farm/Art DTour, returning to next year’s Fermentation Fest on October 1-10, 2022. Support Wormfarm Institute The Farm/Art DTour is free to attend but.....

12/17/2021

Request for Proposals: 2022 Farm/Art DTour Deadline to apply: Feb 15, 2022, 11:59 pm CST Wormfarm Institute will commission up to 10 original ArtWorks for the Farm/Art DTour in Sauk County, WI (Oct 1-10, 2022) The Farm/Art DTour is a self-guided, 50-mile drive through the beautiful working lands of....

12/01/2021

ArtPlace America, funded by some of the country’s largest grant makers, argued that arts and culture are community builders and not some esoteric good.

10/29/2021

Cow by Brian Sobaski made with Kernza straw from Tory Tepp's Sauk County ARK 🐄

📸 Katrin Talbot

10/29/2021

Shoutout to our Ferm Fest presenters! 👏 What a scrumptuous weekend learning about fermentation and tasting chocolate, fermented beverages, cheese, and more! Thanks to our class presenters:
✨Heidi & Julian Zepeda of Tortilleria Zepeda
✨Lou Bank of SACRED
✨ Laura Poe Mathes
✨ Grassland 2.0

10/22/2021

We spent the weekend of Ferm Fest grooving to the sounds of the Grassical Jamboree! 🎶 Grateful for all of the musicians who joined us at Witwen! 👏

Taylor Ackley and the Deep Roots Ensemble Kelly Jackson Felix B Sainz, Jr. Elm Duo Shotgun Mary Prairie Spies Band 85% (Katrin Talbot and Parry Karp), Jahmes Finlayson, Cait Vitale-Sullivan, Paul Rowe and Scott Gendel, Shawndell Marks

10/19/2021

What were your favorite goodies from the Food Chain?🍴

Thanks to our vendors!
Rhythm Bakery Fizzeology Foods Four Elements Chef K. Clark Pickles & Preserves Ernie's Kick Sauce Solace Creek Coffee Roasters Hillsboro Brewing Company Giant Jones Brewing Company Herbiery Vintage Brewing Co. Sauk Prairie Brix Cider and the Hispanic Knights of Columbus

10/13/2021

A huge thank you from Wormfarm Institute to you!🙏

We did things a little differently this year and we're so glad that you joined us! This special grassland edition of Fermentation Fest by Wormfarm & Grassland 2.0 gathered folks from near and far to to celebrate community, rural places, local food & drink, art & music! 👏🎉

10/05/2021

Join us in supporting a Sauk County historical treasure!

Wormfarm Institute is fundraising to preserve the Witwen Tabernacle, the charming open-air live music venue for Fermentation Fest - A Live Culture Convergence . Historic community treasures like Witwen are rare and need community support. Make a contribution today! 🙏

Wormfarm Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to building thriving rural places, is fundraising fo… Wormfarm Institute needs your support for Support Witwen Park