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Michael Gasper, director of nutrition services for the School District of Holmen, and Daisha Rand, nutrition manager at Holmen High School in Holmen, Wisconsin, serve locally supplied smoked pork, along with beans, in the school’s kitchen.

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Michael Gasper, director of nutrition services for the School District of Holmen, gives a tour of what he calls his state-of-the-art kitchen at the Holmen High School in Holmen, Wisconsin. The school has about 1,200 students.

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Michael Gasper gives a tour of the Holmen High School’s greenhouse. He says they have various growing systems – vertical hydroponics, trellis growers, free-floating systems, microgreens and raised beds. They are just starting in aquaponics. The school was able to build the greenhouse thanks to a grant.

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Lettuce grows in a vertical hydroponic growing system at Holmen High School. The school serves the vegetables they grow in school lunches.

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Michael Gasper says on Facebook, ‘(I) smoked a pork brisket on Sunday that I got from Creamery Creek Farms in Bangor. If you have not tried one you have to! Great flavor and easy to do. Topped it off with some garlic green beans and some twice-cooked roasted potatoes.’

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Michael Gasper says on Facebook, ‘Here are the results of smoking the brisket (from Miller Wagyu) overnight. I know you can’t smell or taste through the internet but trust me, fabulous! Our students are in for a treat!’

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HOLMEN, Wis. – Miller Wagyu is home to a herd of beef cattle that supply what’s consider a premium meat. Located near La Crosse, Wisconsin, it’s owned by Steve and Sally Miller. It has a long history of farming in the region. According to their website, they purchased the farm from his father in 1983.

Sarah Pfaff-Cavadini and her husband, Tim Cavadini, have six children and 13 grandchildren. They enjoy their 175-acre farm near Mindoro, Wisconsin, where they raise registered-Angus and Simmental beef cattle as well as horses and other small animals.