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Coach welcomes conservation connection

Lynn Grooms
Jul 28, 2021
Jul 28, 2021

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Ayla Graden-Dodge, James Dodge and children

James Dodge and Ayla Graden-Dodge take time from harvesting vegetables to pose with their daughter, Ronia Willow, 6, and son Edwin Oak, 4. They farm near Amery, Wisconsin.

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Ayla Graden-Dodge raises vegetables for a 160-member community-supported-agriculture business and local restaurants. The farm also sells direct to consumers through an online farm store.

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Scottish Highland cattle graze at Blackbrook Farm. Ayla Graden-Dodge says she and her husband want to rely more on pastured-raised meats in the future.

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Ayla Graden-Dodge examines red clover in a planting at her farm.

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Editor’s note: This article is part of a series featuring women who are serving as conservation coaches for Wisconsin Women in Conservation.

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Lynn Grooms writes about the diversity of agriculture, including the industry’s newest ideas, research and technologies as a staff reporter for Agri-View based in Wisconsin.

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Ayla Graden-Dodge

Blackbrook Farm

Amery, Wisconsin

Family: James Dodge, husband; daughter, Ronia Willow, 6; and sons Edwin Oak 4, and Willem Hawthorn, 7 months

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