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  • A Cleaner Norzwich

    The Fish Creek Market saves trash with new sandwich packaging.

  • DC Farmers’ Markets Open

    • Jacksonport Farmers’ Market opens June 15, 9 am – 1 pm, and each Tuesday thereafter. • Settlement Shops Farmers’ Market opens June 16, 10 am – 2 pm, and each Wednesday thereafter.

  • Is Your Water Dangerous?

    “The Dangers of Nitrates in Your Drinking Water” is the subject of the Door County Environmental Council’s (DCEC) next free program. Dr. Roger Kuhns, geologist and world-traveler, will speak at the event scheduled for Monday, June 21 at 7 pm at Crossroads at Big Creek in Sturgeon Bay.

  • Egg Harbor’s Bay Point Inn Earns Travel Green Certification

    Long committed to sustainability, the Bay Point Inn of Egg Harbor is now recognized by Travel Green Wisconsin as one of more than 270 Travel Green Certified businesses in the state.

  • Green Quote

    “To waste, to destroy our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase its usefulness, will result in undermining the days of our children the very prosperity which we ought by right to hand down to them amplified and developed.”

  • Green Facts

    $384: The amount spent by people who live within two miles of their office to commute back and forth to work.

  • An Earth-Friendly Norzwich

    For over three decades the Fish Creek Market has been famous for its affordable sandwiches: the Norzwich in the language of Door County, in honor of its late originator Gerald Norz.

  • Farmers’ Markets Open for Business

    • Jacksonport Farmers’ Market opens June 15, 9 am – 1 pm, and each Tuesday thereafter. • Settlement Shops Farmers’ Market opens June 16, 10 am – 2 pm, and each Wednesday thereafter.

  • DCED Seminar Features the Dangers of Drinking Water

    “The Dangers of Nitrates in Your Drinking Water” is the subject of the Door County Environmental Council’s (DCEC) next free program. Dr. Roger Kuhns, geologist and world-traveler, will speak at the event scheduled for Monday, June 21 at 7 pm at Crossroads at Big Creek in Sturgeon Bay.

  • Bay Point Inn Earns Travel Green Certification

    Long committed to sustainability, the Bay Point Inn of Egg Harbor is now recognized by Travel Green Wisconsin as one of more than 270 Travel Green Certified businesses in the state.

  • Quotes on the Oil Spill

    “The Gulf of Mexico is a very big ocean. The amount of volume of oil and dispersant we are putting into it is tiny in relation to the total water volume.

  • USDA Invites Applications for Renewable Energy Funding

    Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA is seeking applications to increase the production and use of renewable energy sources. Funding is available from four USDA Rural Development renewable energy programs authorized by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Farm Bill).

  • Restoring Shore Vegetation at Potawatomi Park

    In recent years a dense growth of Eurasian Honeysuckle shrubs have developed in Potawatomi Park, a popular park for walking, bicycling, and observing nature.

  • Newport State Park Seeks Volunteers

    For the past few weeks several individuals have been helping spray for garlic mustard at Newport State Park. The spraying is paying off, but there are still garlic mustard plants in the park that need to be pulled before they go to seed.

  • Green Facts

    90 Percent of soybeans that carried a Mansanto patented gene as of 2006 2 Percent of soybeans that carried the gene in1990 75 People Mansanto employs

  • “Green Business Quarterly” Recognizes Virge Temme Architecture, Inc. of Sturgeon Bay

    Two Wisconsin companies were featured in the latest issue of Green Business Quarterly, a national publication which spotlights the top North American companies involved in green business throughout the world.

  • Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly Protected Habitat Doubles

    The greenest celebration on Earth Day revolved around the Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly and the announcement that the critical habitat supporting America’s sole endangered dragonfly species would more than double in size.

  • May Green Drinks Topic: Transition Town Initiative

    The last scheduled meeting of Green Drinks will be held on Wednesday, May 26 from 4:30 – 6 pm at Glas, the green coffeehouse on Sturgeon Bay’s west side.

  • Settlement Shops Host Annual Early Market Plant Sale

    The Settlement Shops of Fish Creek will host its Annual Early Farmer’s Market Plant Sale on Saturday, May 29 from 10 am – 2 pm. This annual event features a variety of plants for sale including Grandma’s Old-Fashioned Perennials, local Door County perennials, annuals, hanging baskets, vegetable plants, and herbs.

  • Sign Up Early for a CSA Share

    Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs have sprouted up throughout the United States since 1984 and have gained popularity in recent years. CSA involves individuals (called “members”) who make an investment in their local farmer at the beginning of the season in return for a portion of vegetables (called a “share”) throughout the growing season.