Ark of Taste Vegetables that may be well suited for growing in Wisconsin: Amish Deer Tongue lettuce Grandpa Admire's lettuce Speckled lettuce Tennis Ball lettuce (black seeded) Early Blood Turnip-rooted beet Beaver Dam pepper Bull Nose Large Bell pepper Fish pepper Hinkelhatz Hot pepper Jimmy Nardello's Sweet Italian Frying pepper Sheepnose pimiento Amish Paste Tomato German Pink Tomato Sheboygan Tomato Red Fig Tomato Aunt Molly’s Husk Tomato (ground Cherry) Valencia Tomato Lina Cisco’s Bird Egg Bean True Red Cranberry bean Hidatsa Shield Figure bean Yellow Indian Woman Bean Hutterite Soup bean Mayflower Bean Turkey’ Hard Red Winter Wheat Roy’s Calais flint corn
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Save Endangered Vegetables!
“300,000 vegetable varieties have become extinct over the last century” –
Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity Foods on the Ark of Taste are just a small percentage of the thousands of foods at risk of disappearing. By promoting them, we ensure they remain a part of our foodways. Eat It to Save It Support farmers who grow heirloom vegetables from the Ark of Taste! Slow Food WiSE takes pride in growers in our region who are Renewing America's Food Traditions. Pinehold Gardens, Afterglow Farm, Hedgerow Farms, and Earth Harvest Farms are run by a growing number of area farmers devoted to safeguarding our food heritage. To search for more farmers and producers offering products that have been boarded onto the Ark of Taste, search Local Harvest. Grow It
to Save It Whether in a front yard, a community garden plot, a school garden, in a pot, or in your own backyard; growing endangered foods you can help save these foods from extinction. This summer, the Boerner Botanical Gardens is showcasing vegetables from the Ark of Taste. Slow Food WiSE encourages you to visit & to grow these heirlooms in your gardens as well!
Boerner Botanical Garden's Ark of Taste Bed, Summer 2010 These vegetables have been boarded onto Slow Food USA’s Ark of Taste and either have historical ties to our region or may be good choices to grow in the Upper Midwest. Most of these seeds may be sourced through: Seed
Savers Exchange Save It to Save It Save your seeds! Learn how. Note: To qualify for the US Ark of Taste, food products must be:
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