W1901 State Road 16
Fall River, WI 53932
920-484-3618
fountainprairie@gmail.com
Fountain Prairie Farm in the News
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- 03/2012 - RENEW Wisconsin recently did a project profile on our wind turbine.
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- During the summer of 2011, Gloria Hafemeister wrote this article for the Wisconsin State Farmer. Continue reading to find out what led us to become Conservation Farmers of the Year.
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- On Tuesday, November 15, 2011, Fountain Prairie Farms was featured on NBC 15. That week, NBC 15 featured area businesses during their 5 o'clock news, reminding viewers to buy local this holiday season. View the entire segment here. And don't forget, Buy Local!
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- Join us Sunday, November 13, 2011, from 1-4pm and Take the Bull by the Horns.
We will be featuring highland artwork by Kandis Eliot and other local artists, with many items available for purchase at the event. Items will very from hides to skulls, and from photographs to puzzles.
There is no admittance fee for this art show and is open to the public.
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- he Leopold Restoration Awards program marks its first decade celebrating the achievements of three couples—all receiving the John Nolen Award for Excellence in Ecological Restoration Practices.
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- A big thank you to Diana Henry and WKOW TV - Chennel 27 in Madison - for the opportunity to be featured on the "Someone You Should Know" segment. We hope you enjoy the video clip as much as we do.
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- The unique partnership shared by John & Dorothy Priske of Fountain Prairie Farms is highlighted in the winter edition of Edible Madison.
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- We are very honored to be named Conservation Farmers of the Year by the Wisconsin Land & Water Conservation Association (WLWCA). Read all about it in this article from the Beaver Dam Daily Citizen.
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- After much anticipation our wind turbine is off the ground, standing over 140 feet in the air on the west side of our barns. Once hooked up to the grid, it will generate more energy than the farm can use. 50% more energy - how cool? Visit our Facebook page for more photos from last Friday and check out the news article in the Portage Daily Register.
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- The Wisconsin Land and Water Conservation Association (WLWCA) recently announced that the 2010 Conservation Farmers of the Year is Fountain Prairie Farms owned by John and Dorothy Priske from Columbia County.
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- With a sprawling 1899 Victorian house, a herd of hairy Highland cattle and a warm welcome from John and Dorothy Priske, Fountain Prairie Inn’s trail of guests comes at no surprise.
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- This July Stumptown Films shot a short film on-site at Fountain Prairie Farms. Capillary Curried Cow was submitted to the 2010 Madison 48 hour film project. They won Best Film, Editing, Acting and Direction. See our inn, cows, pigs and more in their short film.
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- "At the Fountain Prairie Inn & Farms, an 1899 Victorian farmhouse in Fall River lovingly restored by John and Dorothy Priske, we take the two smaller rooms (of five total) and share a bathroom down the hall. The inn is airy and nice, not fusty and crammed with knickknacks like many B&Bs are. Dorothy is a sweetheart, and Shawnda develops a crush on Ace, the Priskes' manic English springer spaniel. We also get a kick out of watching the farm's Highland cattle in the pasture: They're magnificent creatures." Read the complete article and follow the weird and wonderful roads traveled by Budget Travel.
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- One longtime market vendor, John Priske from Fountain Prairie Inn & Farms in nearby Fall River, peddles philosophy with his grass-fed, dry-aged steaks and burgers. When he and wife Dorothy bought their 280-acre spread, the farm was "one big cornfield — neat, tidy and sterile," Priske recalls.
But over the past few years, the couple has replaced orderly rows of corn with native prairie, wetlands and lush pastures for their Highland cattle, a Scottish breed known for its long red hair and horns.
They've opened their 1899 Queen Anne farmhouse to overnight guests, many of whom they meet at the Madison market. And they've become evangelists for a notion that Aldo Leopold would no doubt applaud: "We're on the precipice of the day," Priske says, "when the most important person you know will be your local farmer."
That's an excerpt from an article printed in the September 14, 2007 issue of USA Today.
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- As you're pouring cornflakes from a box or grabbing an energy bar to start the day, do you ever long for a real breakfast?
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- The answer to that question is the Underground Food Collective. Those amazing young chefs will again be preparing dinner at our farm.
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- Lovable, charismatic moptops from the British Isles? No, they’re not the Beatles — they’re Scottish Highland Cattle. And you’ll find hundreds of them at Dorothy and John Priske’s Fountain Prairie Inn and Farms.
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- Tucked away in Fall River, on Highway 16 just outside of Columbus, John and Dorothy Priske are living their dream in a 5,400-square-foot 1899 Queen Anne home. And they're making the home and their 290-acre farm a getaway for city dwellers.
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- The importance of knowing where your food comes from has never been more apparent than since the discovery of mad cow disease in the United States. But if you’ve been reading the onslaught of news about the feeding and processing of cattle in our nation, you know how complicated it is to determine the purity of your beef. What should a beef-eater do?
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- That is the appeal that has led the owners to open the Fountain Prairie Inn and Farms to the public; sharing what has become their passion just west of Fall River on Highway 16.
