Rooted in Wyoming - In the News
In the Press
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Gardens build community, support food security
November 9, 2024 — At Rooted in Wyoming, we share a passion for local food with many community partners, and are proud of the work being done to grow more fresh local food in our community.
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Arvada-Clearmont School Farm to Table Community Lunch
October 2, 2024 — Nearly 30 Clearmont community members and other interested people attended the recent Farm to Table community lunch at the Arvada-Clearmont K-12 School on Wednesday.
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Season of Harvest Celebration
September 21, 2024 — During this harvest season, the Board of Directors of Rooted in Wyoming and its staff want to acknowledge and celebrate the hard work and dedication of the many local food producers in our community.
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Accessibility Pathways for VA Garden
September 9, 2024 — For two years, the Sheridan Veterans Affairs Health Care System has been working to allow veterans to participate in a gardening program, regardless of physical ability. That goal will soon become a reality with the help of Rooted in Wyoming.
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Rooted in Wyoming Fundraiser Draws Large Crowd
September 8, 2024 — The annual fundraiser for Rooted in Wyoming was held on Sept. 7 at their new location at Bridgers at 5 Lane Lane. According to Ian Cannon-Wallace, over 200 advance tickets were sold, with many being sold at the door as well.
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Rooted in Wyoming Grow Local Eat Local Food Festival
September 7, 2024 — Click below to see Sheridan Press photos from the Food Festival.
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Rooted in Wyoming Incubator Garden
The Incubator Garden at Rooted in Wyoming is growing well. David Johnson, Executive Director of Rooted in Wyoming, explains what the garden is. Currently they are growing potatoes, tomatoes, cabbage, cucumbers, beets and other plants, on a quarter acre.
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Public Pulse
August 26, 2024 — Board Member Hanne Wellborn and Executive Director David Johnson chat with Floyd Whiting of Sheridan Media about Rooted in Wyoming’s projects and the Grow Local Eat Local Food Festival (on the air after Museum at the Bighorns).
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An Intern's Reflections
Outdoors column by Zia Robbins
August 3, 2024 — This summer, I’ve been officially tasked with implementing impact assessments to measure the effectiveness of Rooted’s programs and projects.
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A look at our local food economy
June 22, 2024 — As we welcome the summer solstice, we at Rooted in Wyoming find ourselves busy planting in our new Teaching Garden with Sheridan Recreation District campers, and preparing to implement a pilot incubator garden. The incubator space is intended to help support the expansion of our local food market here in Sheridan County.
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Love Tito's Partners to create Teaching Garden
June 17, 2024 — Late last week, Tito’s Handmade Vodka partnered with Sheridan-based Rooted in Wyoming through the company’s Block to Block program to create another community garden to use for produce growth and teaching opportunities.
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Arvada-Clearmont Students Learn to Plant Vegetables
May 28, 2024 — Arvada-Clearmont elementary students joined with Rooted in Wyoming to transplant vegetable plants at a garden space donated by Bob and Carol LeResche, outside of Clearmont.
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Agricultural Research in Sheridan
May 11, 2024 — Rooted in Wyoming is proud meaningful contributions are being made to help develop the future of agriculture right here in our home town at the University of Wyoming Watt Agriculture Center. Located on the south end of the Sheridan College campus …
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Sheridan County Ag Update
April 26, 2024 — Liz Reynolds with Sheridan Media sat down with Rooted in Wyoming Board Member Micah Most, and Ian Cannon-Wallace, Program & Outreach Coordinator to talk about Rooted’s mission and activities.
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Seed starting: Woodland Park gets involved in growing cafeteria food
April 19, 2024 — Students’ curiosity always leads to one simple question: Why? Woodland Park Elementary students were able to ask that question a lot April 18 as they joined Rooted in Wyoming for a school trip.
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Arvada-Clearmont Students Attend Seed Starting Workshop
April 18, 2024 — Arvada-Clearmont elementary students joined Rooted in Wyoming at the Joe and Arlene Watt Regional Agriculture Center Greenhouse on the Sheridan College campus for a seed planting workshop.
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Local Gardeners Partner to Combat Food Insecurity
April 4, 2024 — Sheridan County gardeners will have an opportunity to help Wyomingites with food insecurity this summer. Several gardeners gathered earlier this week to learn more about Grow a Little Extra, a program within Wyoming First Lady Jennie Gordon’s Wyoming Hunger Initiative. The program is intended to encourage Wyoming’s gardeners to grow extra produce to donate to those in need.
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Jumpstarting Spring With Seed Starting Program
Outdoors Column by Ian Cannon-Wallace
March 30, 2024 — Rooted in Wyoming is so excited to have students from across Sheridan County coming to participate in the Garden-to-Cafeteria Seed Starting Program this spring.
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Spring Has Sprung - Let's Learn Something New
Health Watch Column by Ann Perkins
March 30, 2024 — Happy Spring! Although we have had a mild winter weather-wise, there is something about moving into the official spring season that sparks my soul…
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Vote with Your Fork
Outdoors Column by Beth White
February 17, 2024 — Three times a day we have a chance to manage for the kind of world we want this to be. By knowing a bite's connection to the land we are empowered to manage for the type of community we want to live in, strengthening our local economy.
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'POSITIVE REWARDS' Schiffer students explore philanthropy through local nonprofits
February 17, 2024 — Students at John C. Schiffer Collaborative School are serving the community through a new initiative that partners students with local nonprofits.
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Seven join Rooted in Wyoming board
January 30, 2024 — The Rooted in Wyoming Board of Directors added seven new members and appointed elected officers at their annual meeting on Jan. 22. Rooted works to educate children and the broader community about the importance of eating local and being involved in food production.
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School District 2 still eyeing development of multi-use facility
January 8, 2024 — The greenhouses are being used for te SHS horticulture class, and the district plans to eventually use them to produce around 100 pounds per week of lettuce and leafy greens fo the district’s school lunch programs.
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Help produce a bountiful harvest for our community
Outdoors Column by Ian Cannon-Wallace
January 6, 2024 — The wintertime is when gardeners make plans for the coming spring, and the springtime planting in a vegetable garden is planned to produce a harvest later during the summer & fall. This reminds me of one of Stephen Covey’s 7 habits - begin with the end in mind...
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School District 2 using greenhouses for horticulture, lunch program
December 19, 2023 — Sheridan County School District 2 is ramping up use of the greenhouses on its Fifth Street property.
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THE GIFT OF SPACE Bridges property offers a 'democratic' future of open spaces for allNew List Item
October 10, 2023 — When Jenny Craft, executive director of the Homer A. and Mildred S. Scott Foundation, tours the 226-acre Bridges property just outside of Sheridan, she sees a lot of wide open spaces, and even more potential.
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Cultivating gratitude beyond the Thanksgiving table
Outdoors Column by Ian Cannon-Wallace
November 25, 2023 — It is a tradition in many families to slow down at the Thanksgiving table and have each person take a turn to express something that they are thankful for.
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Making the most of fallen leaves
The bright yellow and red leaves that mark this season are striking in their beauty, but their value to us as gardeners only increases as they accumulate on the ground.
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Cannon-Wallace Welcomed to New Role at RiW
July 13, 2023 — Rooted in Wyoming recently announced the addition of Ian Cannon-Wallace as its new project and outreach coordinator. Cannon-Wallace will replace Jodi Kenney in the position at the end of July.
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Rooted in Wyoming welcomes new executive director
June 29, 2023 - David Johnson’s career in and passion for agriculture took him many places around the world…
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Johnson named executive director of Rooted in Wyoming
June 19, 2023 — Rooted in Wyoming announced David Johnson as its new executive director. He brings vast experience in agriculture, plant breeding, agricultural policy, international research and development and business management…
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Rooted in Wyoming hosting community garden build day
June 22, 2023 - The Who’s Blue Garden project began as a mini-grant request for two raised beds from Easterseals Wyoming to Rooted in Wyoming in February 2022. Still, the staff at Easterseals imagined a larger space…
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Rooted in Wyoming hosts another year of seeding classes for over 500 students in Sheridan County
April 29, 2023 — Rooted in Wyoming (RiW) is providing students in the Sheridan community the opportunity to learn the process of growing plants through seed-starting classes. The seed starting classes, which began in 2019…..
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Growing, healing - RiW resurrects VA community garden
November 11, 2022 — A garden was given new life this summer a community partners seek to provide benefits for veterans living in the area.
The Sheridan Veterans Affairs Health Care System campus has included a gardening plot for a large part of its history. Over the years, the plot was neglected until last summer when Rooted in Wyoming stepped in as a community partner to resurrect the space to once again benefit veterans.
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Rooted in Wyoming Hoedown receives match donation up to $100,000
September 17, 2022 — The sixth annual Farm to Table and Hoedown Fundraiser for Rooted in Wyoming is scheduled for Sept. 24 from 4-7 p.m. at Born in a Barn, this year with an extra incentive. Donations to the organization will be matched dollar for dollar up to $100,000 thanks to the generosity of Pam and John Standish. Matched offerings include sponsorships, ticket sales and online and live action proceeds….
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Time in the Garden is Time Well Spent
September 9, 2022 — As the end of summer draws near, it can be a challenging time to be a gardener. The weather is hot and dry and the pressure from pests and bindweed is real.
The things we harvest from our gardens are made up of so much more than zucchini and tomatoes…they are things not measured just in pounds or bushels …
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Rooted in Wyoming Receives $15,000 Grant
August 24, 2022 — Rooted in Wyoming recently received a $15,000 grant to construct a teaching greenhouse from Unicity Make Life Better Foundation, which partners with nonprofit organizations to help people live their best life. The Unicity Make Life Better Foundation focuses on finding ways to empower people to better health and increased opportunity.
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Making a Difference
June 25, 2022 — Sheridan’s Garrett Key can be found hopping between The Food Group and Rooted in Wyoming through the AmeriCorps service. He spends two days a week at each location, working to benefit the Sheridan community.
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Rooted in Wyoming brings community partners together with Smith Alley farm walls
June 21, 2022 — The farm walls have returned to Smith Alley with a brand-new look; once again transforming Smith Alley Brewing Company into an edible work of art. Rooted in Wyoming, Papa Joe’s Produce, Joseph Decker and Smith Alley will host an open house at the farm walls at Smith Alley on June 24 between noon and 6 p.m. to learn more about the farm walls two unique aquaponic garden systems.
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Rooted in Wyoming Hires New Executive Director.
May 9, 2022 - Rooted in Wyoming, the non-profit organization that partners with community organizations and schools to facilitate outreach programs and cultivate educational gardens, has hired Jamie Hoeft as their new executive director…
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Weeding Out Barriers to Gardening for Older Adults
April 16, 2022 - Guest Column by Charlotte Walter “The benefits of gardening abound, especially for older adults. Gardening provides opportunity for socialization, physical activity and learning something new as well…”
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Effects of ambient sound on ecosystem health
April 16, 2022 - Home & Garden Section by Garrett Key
“Researchers observed the plants that received a continuous stream of music during their development had higher yields and suffered less from aphids and other pests. They even were able to identify plants that had a preference for…”
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Rooted in Wyoming guides students through seed-starting process for school gardens
April 8, 2022 — Highland Park Elementary School first-graders took the first steps in implementing a school garden Wednesday with a seed-starting class in conjunction with Rooted in Wyoming and the University of Wyoming Extension office. Each year, Rooted in Wyoming provides students throughout Sheridan County an opportunity to…
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Rooted in Wyoming seed-starting class with Highland Park first-graders
April 8, 2022 — Rooted in Wyoming hosted a seed-starting class for Highland Park Elementary School first-graders Wednesday, April 6, 2022. Rooted in Wyoming will work with six different elementary schools throughout Sheridan County to start their gardens, in which a garden leader furthers the mission of students learning the process of growing their own food for school lunchrooms…
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Rooted in Wyoming Welcomes New Board Members
January 28, 2022 — Rooted in Wyoming recently welcomed four new board members to its team following a search to fill board seats in December. The response to the search brought 11 inquiries from interested community members.
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Rooted in Wyoming Announces Teacher of the Year
January 12, 2022 — Rooted in Wyoming announced Caroline Houck of Big Horn Elementary as the recipient of the 2021 Teacher of the Year Award.
Houck has been with Big Horn’s Ram Harvest Garden, Rooted in Wyoming’s first garden, since…
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For a Master, Gardening Year-Round Pursuit
January 2, 2022 — For Harold Golden, gardening season lasts all year.
“Some people look at a travel magazine and dream. Well, gardeners will sit down with a seed catalog and just lose themselves,” said Golden, a Master Gardener. “Planning, learning from what didn’t work last year, coming up with a new plan. … You would think winter is a down time, but it’s not. It is always gardening time.”
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What are you cultivating?
Opinion Column by Jodi Kenney
December 21, 2021 — In the garden, the definition of cultivate is to assist the growth of crops by tilling, labor or care. Likewise, on a more personal level, cultivate is defined as improving or developing by careful attention, training or study. Cultivation is a choice. What we cultivate in our lives is, by careful attention, care and labor, an active choice.
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Rooted in Wyoming, The Food Group welcome intern
December 17, 2021 — Rooted in Wyoming and The Food Group welcome Garrett Key as an AmeriCorps member for the service term 2021-2022. Key will allocate his internship between RiW and TFG through a partnership with The Antelope Butte Youth Recreation Corps, which has expanded its vision of providing northern Wyoming communities affordable avenues for health and wellness…
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Join in on a neighborhood garden
Opinion Column by Jodi Kenney
December 14, 2021 — Joining a neighborhood garden means getting involved in a community of like-minded people who are working together for a common goal, to provide a space where people can contribute their gardening skills, share knowledge and grow produce for themselves or others.
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Rooted in Wyoming seeks board members
October 16, 2021 — Rooted in Wyoming is looking for new board members to join the nonprofit’s team. In August 2021, the board of directors underwent year two of strategic planning to measure achievement of, and further conceptualize, goals for the organization in the coming three to five outreach efforts in every elementary school in the county. years. One of the identified strategic directions was expanding and enhancing the leadership of the organization.
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All about food
October 1, 2021 — Despite two musical acts, loads of vendors and a silent auction, the star of Rooted in Wyoming’s Farm to Table & Hoedown was the food Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021.
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Rooted in Wyoming
September 29, 2021 — Bonnie Gregory, right, checks guests in as they arrive at Rooted in Wyoming’s Farm to Table & Hoedown Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021.
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Back porch jam
September 29, 2021 — Singer and songwriter Justin Parker, right, plays songs on the back porch, backed by Jobe Jennings, during Rooted in Wyoming’s Farm to Table & Hoedown Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021.
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Roping Practice
September 27, 2021 — Five-year-old Carsyn Cates practices roping while attending Rooted in Wyoming’s Farm to Table & Hoedown Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021. Cates said, “I practice at home all the time. You have to practice if you wanna get good.”
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Bubbles!
September 27, 2021 — Elizabeth Lansing, 10, blows bubbles for her little sister Edith, 2, at Rooted in Wyoming’s Farm to Table & Hoedown Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021.
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Fall into nature
Scene Column by LINETTE SUTPHIN
September 25, 2021 — Here at The Brinton, we have been sharing the natural wonders of the Quarter Circle A Ranch with our visitors through our nature trails, gardens and cooperative programs with Bighorn Audubon, Audubon Rockies, Science Kids, Rooted in Wyoming and Sheridan Community Land Trust. We hope you will join us this fall as we team up with researchers to present three enjoyable and informative nature programs through our “Fall Into Nature” series.
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Tickets still available for Rooted in Wyoming's Hoedown
September 18, 2021 — Tickets for Rooted in Wyoming’s fifth annual Farm to Table Hoedown remain available for purchase.
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Fried green tomatoes
September 9, 2021 — Jodi Kenney, outreach and project coordinator for Rooted in Wyoming, looks on as Woodland Park Elementary School student Blakely Treide lifts her fried green tomatoes out to cool while participating in a cooking lesson Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. Sixteen students took part in the fun Sept. 3, including picking fresh produce from the school’s garden and then preparing it with help from Chef Aaron Schanzenbach at Cottonwood Kitchen + Home.
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Tasty Tutorial
September 7, 2021 — A group of fourth- and fifth-graders from Woodland Park Elementary School participated in a hands-on cooking lesson Friday using produce they helped grow a collaboration between local schools, businesses and Rooted in Wyoming, a nonprofit dedicated to nurturing and promoting community gardens.
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