Repeat after me – I am not a quitter - I am not a quitter. Well I guess “life” happened since my last blog post, as I have blissfully ignored the fact I haven’t yet completed my list of lessons.

Keeping chickens is now legal in the city of Milwaukee.

The old factory space that has become home to Sweet Water Organics in Bay View has undergone quite a transformation in recent years. But it's newest role - as a modern dance venue - is certainly its most intriguing incarnation yet.

The nuclear crisis in Japan has triggered a run on potassium iodide supplements in the US, but is it much ado about nothing?

A new program run by Milwaukee's Growing Power that hopes to boost inner city food production and provide up to 150 jobs has received funding from the city.

The city of Milwaukee today will consider a proposal by Growing Power to create urban farms that would offer employment and training to inner city residents.

I’m no Betty White, but I stopped accepting the things I didn’t like and began to do something to change them.

I can still feel the weight of the door as it opened up to reveal the sweet fragrance of sugar and spices, as well as I can still hear my grandma calling out, "I heard noise that - what are you kids up to?"