Where do we tour in this area?

We travel across the Mississippi River and valleys... Driving over and around the gorgeous hills of the Mississippi River, these tours pass through small mill and river towns, breath-taking scenery, plus vineyards, fruit, and field crops, and cattle and buffalo farms. We introduce you to some of the finest people on the earth- our farmers. Come with us and you will see what we mean...

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• Roger's Creek Grist Mill in Milledgeville
• Weidman's Asparagus Farm in Mount Carroll
• Bright Flower Nursery in Stockton
• Segers' Tree Farm with Shiitake Mushrooms in Thomson
• Arnold's Farm and Massbach Ridge Winery in Elizabeth
• Galena Cellars and Murphy's Garden in Galena
• Chief Shikshak Northwest Organic Bison Ranch in Sterling
• Famous Fossil Winery in Cedarville
• Iowa Grape Vines in Preston, Iowa
• Evergreen Hill Farm in Sabula, Iowa
• Iowa Healthy Edge Meats (goat cooperative), Spragueville, Iowa
• Bleu Mont Dairy in Blue Mounds, Wisc.
• Vogeli's Dairy Farm in Monticello, Wisc.
• And MANY MORE

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by Location

• Driftless Region
• Wisconsin & Bloomington-Normal

Types of Tours

Wine Tours:

We tour biodynamic vineyards and talk with winemakers Pam and Ken Rosmann of Famous Fossil Winery in Cedarville, and cook with Pat Lehnhardt at Great Galena Cookery, Galena, or cook al fresco with Chef Michael Staver at Bright Flowers Nursery, Stockton.

Mill Tours:

Historic equipment and gorgeous renovated mill barn highlight the tour and tasting at Rogers Creek Grist Mill in Milledgeville led by our hosts Bonnie and Roger Bork! Roger has found and rehabbed equipment from all over the midwest. This tour is an engineer's delight. We follow the tour with a cooking class and meal at Learn Great Foods Kitchen in Mount Carroll, with Chef Donna Duvall.

Beef Tours:

A health and livestock tour with organic farming guru (he would never say this, but we can claim it for him!) Bill Giddings of Evergreen Hill Farm, Sabula, Iowa, followed by cooking with Chef Donna Duvall and Michael Staver at the Learn Great Foods Kitchen.

Cheese Tours:

A sustainability tour with organic cheese-maker Willi Lehner of Bleu Mont Dairy in Blue Mounds, Wisconsin. Windmills, cheese curing caves, solar power - all part of the tour! Dinner at the Grumpy Troll brewpub in Mt. Horeb, or with Wave Kasprzak at The Dining Room at 209 Main in Monticello, Wisc. or with Mike Nevil at Chalet Landhaus in New Glarus.

Buffalo Tours:

Run with the buffalo! Learn about Native American art and buffalo culture, and four-wheel with Doc Lyons and his impressive buffalo herds at Chief Skikshak Northwest Organic Bison Ranch in Sterling. Cook with Donna Duvall and Michael Staver at the Learn Great Foods Kitchen in Mount Carroll.

Mushroom Tours:

Shiitake mushrooms and nut trees at Seger's Tree Farm in Thomson. Learn how wood is inoculated to raise shiitake mushrooms and tour a beautifully maintained tree farm with forester David Seger. Cook with Chef Donna Duvall and Michael Staver at the Learn Great Foods Kitchen in Mount Carroll.

Fall Custom Tours:

Design your dream tour. You pick where you would like to visit and we will arrange a custom tour for your group! Buffalo, dairy, flour mill, mushrooms, berries, orchards, beef, What is your pleasure? For more information, please call 815.244.5602.