Author: Polly

Curbside Compost Collection

Formerly under Rising Sand Organics Farm, the curbside compost collection business is now – Bucket Ruckus – still serving the greater Stevens Point area. This service provides you with a 5-gallon bucket fitted with...

Food, Farming, and Monopolies

Listen to Oren and his antitrust Professor Peter Carstensen discuss Food, Farming, and Monopolies on WORT in Madison. Check out WORT December 3rd, 2018

CBD Hemp

Now available — our certified organic ‘CBD Straights’ and bulk hemp flower. Certified Organic CBD Products 1/2 lb Bulk Hemp flower $120.00 USD5 tins CBD Straights $75.00 USD10 tins CBD Straights $100.00 USD20 tins...

Welcomings (Outro)

There’s a certain intuition that precedes the start of a newly undertaken venture; a knowing, deep within, that a welcoming has taken place. The only decision is whether to heed the call, or pretend...

Market Morning

We’ve cut back our market presence as of late, due to seasonal decreases in business. Customers, it seems, identify farmers’ markets with high summer, and though the bounty of the fall is upon us,...

Onion Season (Zombie Mode)

On Thursday, I had the opportunity to join Kelly for a live interview on her weekly radio show, The Tuning Fork, on 90 FM. We talked at length about the upcoming Supper Club meal,...

Strange Calls

I’ve been fielding a lot of strange calls lately. The first one was actually a voicemail, left by a lady named Julie Something-or-Other, who apparently runs a weekly free meal at a place called...

The Kids

On Saturday morning, Fanni and I cruised up the driveway of Rising Sand, where we met a large group of people consisting, oddly, of no Sand Risers. There was a motley crew of students...