Around the Farm Table is dedicated to connecting consumers to small, thoughtful producers through storytelling, forgotten recipes and entertainment.
Recent Episodes
Inga Witscher visits small farms and makers finding new ways to preserve traditional practices. She meets with a sheep farmer, a maple syrup producer, a beekeeper, and several small family farms in this PBS Wisconsin original production.
Inga visits the Mystic Water Fiber Mill in Mondovi and meets with Roxy, who shows how she and her husband, Dave, take wool and other animal fibers and process them into yarn.
Around the Farm Table host, Inga Witscher, travels to Monroe, Wisconsin to meet with Kalee Schaefer, a young woman who has taken over the management of a herd of cattle on the Wegmueller Dairy Farm. Kalee talks about her duties on the farm, and why she loves working with dairy cows.
Dairy farmer Inga Witscher makes cheddar cheese using the milk from a micro herd of Jersey Cows. She invites us into her pasture and explains why Jerseys are her favorite breed of cow and why they're a perfect fit for her farm.
Wisconsin is known for its expert cheesemakers and wide variety of artisanal cheeses. Around the Farm Table host, Inga Witscher shows her method for slicing up a large truckle of aged Wisconsin cheese in order to get it ready for market.
Using fresh ingredients and an easy method for making a pie crust from scratch, Inga walks us through her recipe for baking a simple yet elegant apple tarte.
People often ask Around the Farm Table host Inga Witscher why she wanted to create a television show about farmers. In this reply video, Inga explains her original motivation for starting the show, and what it’s meant to her to be able to tell the stories of so many farmers and food producers around Wisconsin.
Inga Witscher visits with members of a grassroots network of women farmers in southwestern Wisconsin called the Soil Sisters. She learns about habitat restoration from a woman who restores native prairie, visits with a farmer who is raising a heritage breed of pigs on pasture, and discusses the Soil Sisters group with one of its founders.