Northland College sophomores Hal Welch and Patrick Shea departed Friday, April 28 on a 34-day, 1,800-mile bike trip from Ashland to New Orleans. As part of their May term semester, they will be biking along the Mississippi incorporating observations, interviews, and photographs of the people who live along the route….
…that in 1916 focused on China. After graduation, Kenneth Olson went on to become an award-winning journalist (starting his career at the Ashland Daily Press); and Albin and Margueritte married. In 1919, the newlyweds boarded a ship to China, where they worked as missionaries. Three of their four children were…
ZEKE ROTH-REYNOLDS ’16 Like any other six-year-old boy, Roy Cook of Ashland wanted to learn to ride a bike. But because Roy was born with a condition called spina bifida, meaning that Roy’s spinal cord and meninges didn’t form properly, Roy relied solely on a wheelchair for mobility. Roy’s father,…
…summers on Lee and Judy Stadnyk’s organic dairy and vegetable farm, south of Ashland. “That experience and hours discussing ideas with Lee got me hooked on farming,” he said. He went on to earn a master of sustainable agriculture degree at the University of London, then applied to Whole Foods…
…Simpson manages the day-to-day operation of the gardens and the Larson Food Lab and led the initiative to make Northland College an official refuge for pollinators. He was recently elected to the new Ashland/Bayfield County chapter of the Farmer’s Union alongside fellow alums Todd Rothe ’10 and Evan Flom ‘14….
…old Ashland Farmers Market back in 1999 and having to explain to people what the term “organic” meant. Now, you can find local and organic products everywhere. Ten years ago the main concern was whether there were enough producers to feed our communities. There has been progress made to meet…
…cooperative. Van Beest chose Northland College sight unseen because she received a postcard in the mail with a red canoe. The first thing she did when she arrived was to join the Chequamegon Food Co-op, located in downtown Ashland. She majored in English literature and unofficially minored in small business…
At tiny Northland College in Ashland, on the shores of Lake Superior, most if not all students have a compost bucket in their dorm room or apartment. Once or twice a week, community residents, in addition to students, come to campus with buckets of food waste to dump in the…
