Town and Country Resource Conservation and Development Inc

Urban Wood is lumber from trees removed for reasons other than harvest.  Every year, trees from streets, backyards, parks, and other green spaces come down due to storms, construction, or pests such as the Emerald Ash Borer.  Most end up as wood chips or logs in municipal landfills.We can do better.  If milled into lumber, those trees would yield almost 30% of the nation’s yearly commercial hardwood lumber output.  With over 74 billion trees in U.S. metropolitan areas, and plantings outpacing removals, Urban Wood is a sustainable resource.  Urban Wood transforms our communities’ fallen or condemned trees into functional -even beautiful- products we can use.Town & Country supports Urban Wood Market Development to highlight this economic opportunity to turn a readily available resource into sustainable, local products.

Town and Country RC&D originated the idea for this innovative new program, and helped forge the partnerships that brought it to a reality. The purpose of Water Star is to reward communities that provide exemplary leadership is protecting all their local waters, and to inspire others to continually upgrade the protection and management of our precious water resources.

Slow Money Wisconsin is a regional chapter of the Slow Money Alliance. We are bringing people interested in investing in local food enterprises and sustainable farms here in Wisconsin together with the sustainable farms and local food entrepreneurs seeking investment. We are also looking to have some fun along the way.

Eat Here. Eat Well. is a food systems improvement project based in Jefferson County, Wisconsin.

Mission
To improve the health of our community while preserving it's rural character by connecting small farmers with consumers.

Description
Since the fall of 2010 individuals from organizations across the county have been coming together to discuss how to increase access to fresh, locally grown food from area farms for the people of Jefferson County. Lead organizations include Fort HealthCare, Town & Country Resource Conservation & Development and CESA#2. Farm To School programming is of high priority but other strategies are being explored.