Locally Grown by Lauren Rudersdorf

Ramp Round-Up

A peek into my crazed situation, and what I did with the 5+ pounds of ramps I was gifted

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Lauren Rudersdorf
May 20, 2022
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It has been a week my friends, in fact, it has been a couple of (very long, mostly beautiful but also a little overwhelming) weeks.

As some of you may have seen on Instagram, Kyle started a new job two weeks ago. I haven’t talked about it much, largely because it’s not really my news to share, but also because the position is very much still taking shape.

It’s a really exciting opportunity to help transition 260 acres outside Madison to regenerative, carbon-neutral permaculture and grow food for a group of local restaurants that is looking to expand regionally. Kyle will primarily be their vegetable guy, but is also part of the 4-person team getting this thing off the ground.

It is a dream position for Kyle in a lot of ways, but also a pretty big shift for our family who as of four weeks ago thought I would be freelancing full-time to sustain us during this gap year from the farm with the support of my husband who would be providing full-time childcare.

So now we find ourselves with Kyl…

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