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New Hopyard Planted In Wisconsin

May 28, 2010 By Jay Brooks

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Matt Sweeny, from Fatty Matty Brewing, a homebrewing and craft beer website, announced yesterday that he’s started a small hop farm in Dodgeville, Wisconsin, named Simple Earth Hops.

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From the press release:

Simple Earth Hops is a new 1/4 acre hopyard located at Greenspirit Farm CSA in Dodgeville, Wisconsin. The hopyard was founded with the idea of providing a much needed agricultural product for local craft brewers. Simple Earth Hops was established to demonstrate that local farmers can produce a consistent, sustainable supply of ultra high quality hops by working directly with local craft brewers while still maintaining a focus on ecology, the land and the people involved.

“Craft beer producers have made it clear that they desire a local source of hops. Simple Earth Hops will address this need for a local sustainable supply of hops by small locally owned craft beer producers.”

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Raising the trellises.

Look for Simple Earth Hops to elaborate more on the details of a Grand Opening hopyard tour/beer tasting event in late July, 2010 and for the hopyard harvest tour & beer tasting in early Fall, 2011.

Funding for Simple Earth Hops is provided in part by a 2009 NCR-SARE (USDA) grant. This small-scale commercial hopyard has been established by the Sweeny family of Dodgeville, Wisconsin who slowly grow earth friendly hops for local brewers with similar locavore ethics.

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The hop trellises on Greenspirit Farms.

Filed Under: News, Related Pleasures Tagged With: Hops, Ingredients, Press Release, Wisconsin



Comments

  1. Matt Sweeny says

    June 1, 2010 at 10:05 am

    This is super exciting thank you for sharing the good news about the new hop farming operation. Now if we can just get more of our local brewers to brew with whole hops! Cheers

  2. Peter Bendoris says

    September 26, 2010 at 5:57 am

    Have you planted/harvested your inaugural crop? Or will that be in 2011?

    • Matt Sweeny says

      December 27, 2010 at 9:37 pm

      You can see our first harvest photos here http://www.facebook.com/simpleearthhops#!/album.php?aid=31948&id=112127308800911

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