>> HAPPY THANKSGIVING, AND
WELCOME TO "IN WISCONSIN."
I'M PATTY LOEW.
THIS WEEK, DISCOVER HOW THIS
BOUNTY OF FOOD IS BEING SHARED
WITH PEOPLE ACROSS THE STATE.
>> THERE YOU ARE.
>> TAKE A WALK IN THE WOODS
WITH A MAN WHO LOVES THE GREAT
OUTDOORS.
HE WEELDS A GUN, FISHING ROD,
AND A MIGHTY PEN.
SHARING HIS PASSION FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT THROUGH HIS WRITING.
AND IN THE MIDST OF HUNTI
SEASON, LEARN HOW BAMBI'S
HIGH-TECH BROTHER HAS TEAMED UP
WITH WARDENS TO TAKE DOWN
POACHERS.
AND TAKE YOU TO A SHOW STOPPING
WATERFALL THAT SERVES AS A GOOD
EXAMPLE OF THE ABUNDANCE OF
NATURAL AREAS WE HAVE TO BE
THANKFUL FOR IN WISCONSIN.
>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR "IN
WISCONSIN" IS PROVIDED BY THE
PEOPLE OF ALLIANT ENERGY WHO
BRING SAFE, RBLE AND
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ENERGY
TO KEEP HOMES, NEIGHBORHOODS
AND LIFE IN WISCONSIN RUNNING
SMOOTHLY.
ALLIANT ENERGY.
OFFERING ENERGY SAVING IDEAS ON
THE WEB.
UW-HEALTH, PROVIDING SPECIALTY
AND PRIMARY CARE FOR ALL AGES
THROUGHOUT WISCONSIN.
INFORMATION ON UW-HEALTH
PHYSICIANS AND CLINICS, ANN
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
HOSPITAL IS AVAILABLE ON THE
WEB.
AND, BY THE ANIMAL DENTAL
CENTER OF MILWAUKEE AND OSHKOSH.
A VETERINARY SPECIALIST WORKING
WITH PET OWNERS AND FAMILY
VETERINARIANS THROUGHOUT
WISCONSIN, PROVIDING CARE FOR
ORAL DISEASE AND DENTAL
PROBLEMS OF SMALL COMPANION
ANIMALS.
>> THERE'S A BUMPER STICKER YOU
WILL SEE SOMETIMES IN FARM
COUNTRY THAT READS YOU'RE IN
TROUBLE IF YOU THINK FOOD COMES
FROM A GROCERY STORE.
WHILE SOME PEOPLE MAY SHOP AT A
FARMER'S MARKET OR BUY DIRECTLY
FROM A FARMER, MOST PEOPLE
STILL DO THEIR SHOPPING AT THE
LOCAL SUPERMARKET.
BUT THERE IS ANOTHER WAY.
A FOOD BUYING CLUB.
WHEN THE STORY WAS SUGGESTED BY
A VIEWER, REPORTER ART HACKETT
INITIALLY THOUGHT BUYING CLUBS
WERE A RELIC OF THE PAST.
AS IT TURNS OUT, ONE IS
THRIVING IN WISCONSIN AND IT'S
HUGE.
>> IT'S 5:00 SATURDAY MORNING,
AND ROSIE LOSER TRACKING A
SEMI FULL OF GROCERIES.
SHE'S A HOST SITE COORDINATOR
FOR SHARE WISCONSIN.
A HANDFUL OF PAID EMPLOYEES
AMONG AN ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS.
>> WE HAVE 200 PLUS HOSTS
IN THE STATE AND WITHIN THAT,
THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEER TEAMS.
SO IT'S MY JOB TO OVERSEE THAT
ALL, MAKE SURE IT'S WORKING,
TROUBLESHOOT, SUPPORT, CHEER
ON, KNOW EVERYBODY BY NAME.
>> SHARE WISCONSIN IS A FOOD
BUYING CLUB, SERVING AN AREA
FROM NORTHERN ILLINOIS TO
MICHIGAN'S UPPER PENINSULA.
THE GROUP OPERATES OUT OF A
WAREHOUSE IN THE MILWAUKEE
SUBURB OF BUTLER.
HERE IS HOW IT WORKS.
EVERY MONTH, THE GROUP OFFERS
AN ASSORTMENT OF MEATS, FRESH
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AND
STAPLE ITEMS FOR $18.
SPECIAL MEAT, ORGANIC VEGETABLE
OR OTHER ITEMS ARE ALSO OFFERED
ON AN AS AVAILABLE BASIS.
PEOPLE PLACED ORDERS FOR THE
FOOD AND PAID FOR IT BY THE
10th OF THE MONTH, THE ORDERS
WERE DELIVERED ABOUT TWO WEEKS
LATER.
>> I KNEW IT WAS MY FAVORITE
TRUCKER.
>> IT FOLLOWS ON ROSIE TO
FOLLOW SEMIS AS THEY CARRY FOOD
TO CUSTOMERS.
IN LESS THAN AN HOUR, FOOD
BOUND FOR 20 FAMILIES IN AND
AROUND THE WINNEBAGO AREA OF
PICKETT, WAS SOLD AND READY FOR
PICKUP.
TOTAL SALES FOR THE LOCATION
ARE AROUND $1,200.
>> IT'S NOT THE GROCERIES THAT
ARE DIFFERENT, PRETTY MUCH WHAT
YOU FIND IN ANY SUPERMARKET.
BUT TRY AND IMAGINE SEVERAL
HUNDRED SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD
GROCERY STORES THAT APPEAR OUT
OF NOWHERE IN A CHURCH OR
COMMUNITY CENTER, ABOUT THE
SAME TIME EACH MONTH.
WHICH THEN DISAPPEAR ANETURN
ONE MONTHER.
>> IF YOU GO THERE, AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE MONTH, WHEN
YOU USUALLY HAVE THE MONEY FOR
YOUR JOB OR WHATEVER, AND GET
YOUR FOOD WHEN YOU MAYBE NEED
MORE, WHICH IS AT THE END OF
THE MONTH WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE
THE MONEY TO BUY IT.
>> SHARE WISCONSIN IS A
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION.
IT CLAIMS SAVE 30 TO 50%
OVER GROCERY STORE PRICES.
WE CHECKED THE IET ELSE ON THE
-- ITEMS ON THE ORDER FORM AND
FOUND SOME ABOUT THE SAME, BUT
SOME WELL BELOW THE DISCOUNT
SUPERMARKET.
>> CAN SAVE MON ANY>> --
SAVE MONEY?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ANN HOYT WAS A MEMBER OF A
SIMILAR CLUB WHEN SHE WAS IN
GRADUATE SCHOOL.
SHE WROTE HER MASTERS THESIS ON
THE SUBJECT.
>> I FOUND THE AVERAGE SAVINGS
ON FOOD WAS ABOUT 23% OF ALL
THE PRODUCTS PURCHASED AND
RANGED FROM ZERO FORNGS
THAT W MARKED UP AS HIGH AS
40%.
>> THE IDEA BEHIND BUYING CLUBS
APPEARS TO BACK NEARLY 100
YEARS, TO NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA.
>> THEY MET AROUND KITCHEN
TABLES AND SMALL GROUPS OF
NEIGHBORS WOULD GET TOGETHER
AND SET UP THE GROUPS TO BUY
FOOD TOGETHER.
>> ALSO PROMOTED DURING THE
GREAT DEPRESSION AND IN THE
EARLY 1970s, AS PART OF THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S WAR ON
POVERTY.
>> I THINK WHEN TIMES GET TIGHT
WE SEE A RISE IN THESE THINGS.
>> THAT THE SITUATION IN
1983 WHEN SHARE WISCONSIN'S
PARENT ORGANIZATION WAS STARTED
BY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN
CALIFORNIA.
>> THINK BACK TO THAT TIME
PERIOD, THE COUNTRY WAS IN A
VERY DEEP RECESSION, WE WERE
FEELING THE EFFECTS OF
CORPORATE DOWNSIZING.
PEOPLE WERE HAVING A HARD TIME
MAKING ENDS MEET THAT HAD
ALWAYS WORKED, THAT NEVER WOULD
HAVE EVER IN THEIR WILDEST
IMAGINATION NEEDED HELP.
WE HAD SOUP KITCHENS, WE HAD
PANTRIES, THERE WAS WELFARE.
BUT THERE WASN'T ANYTHING AT
THE TIME THAT ALLOWED PEOPLE TO
REALLY USE THEIWN RESOURCES
MORE EFFECTIVELY.
>> SHARE WISCONSIN BUYS FROM
THE SAME WHOLESALE GROCERS AS
SUPERMARKETS.
THEY CAN ELIMINATE THE LABOR
COSTS IN THE FOOD DELIVERY
SYSTEM.
>> SHE'S A COORDINATOR FROM
WABENO.
THEY CAME DOWN FROM WABENO.
DO YOU KNOW WHERE WABENO IS?
IT'S NORTH OF --
>> EVERYTHING.
>> MOST OF THE PEOPLE WORKING
IN THE WAREHOUSE ALSO WORK AT A
LOCAL DELIVERY SITE IN THEIR
COMMUNITY.
>> I'M DORIS SQUIRES.
>> DORIS SQUIRES RUNS SITES IN
JANESVILLE AND MILTON.
>> MY DAUGHTER WAS IN IT ONCE
BEFORE AND QUIT AND STARTED UP
AGAIN SO I KIND OF KNEW WHAT IT
WAS ABOUT.
SO I TALK ABOUT SHARE WHEREVER
I GO.
I TAKE PAPERS WITH ME WHEREVER
I GO.
I HAVE MY OTHER SON IN IT NOW.
>> MOST OF THE PEOPLE WORKING
AT SHARE WISCONSIN GOT INTO IT
THROUGH A FRIEND OR RELATIVE.
ROSIE LOSER IS NO EXCEPTION.
>> ONE OF THEIR FIRST HOST
SITES WAS ST. MARY'S MENOMINEE
FALLS.
AND MY MOTHER-IN-LAW HAPPENED
TO GO TOCH THERE.
SHE CAME HOME AND SHE SAID TO
MY HUSBAND, YOU KNOW, THEY TOLD
US ABOUT SHARE AT CHURCH TODAY
AND THIS IS SOMETHING YOU COULD
USE, BECAUSE WE HAD FOUR KIDS
AT THE TIME.
>> ROSIE'S HUSBAND BILL
VOLUNTEERS AS A FORKLIFT
OPERATOR AT THE WAREHOUSE.
>> WHEN WE MOVED TO PHELPS,
WISCONSIN, WE THOUGHT THE AREA
NEEDED THE PROGRAM.
IT WAS AESSED AREA,
ACTUALLY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOKING FOR
WORK AND THERE WASN'T MUCH JOBS
UPRE.
AND IT JUST, WE JUST THOUGHT IT
WOULD HELP THE PEOPLE THE
AREA TO STRETCH YOUR FOOD
BUDGET.
>> THE FIRST MH, 75 PEOPLE
SIGNED UP.
THE SITE JUST FLOURISHED.
>> AND AT THE TIME, THE PROGRAD WHAT WER
SHARE PACKAGES.
THEY WERE A MYSTERY UNTIL THE
TIME OF DELIVERY.
>> WHEN PEOPLE SIGNED UP THEY
WERE S UP FOR A SHARE
PACKAGE, HAD NO CLUE WHAT WAS
IN THE PACKAGE, THEY PAID THEIR
MONEY A MONTH IN ADVANCE, THEY
CAME ON SATURDAY TO GET THEIR
FOOD.
IT WAS LIKE A CHRISTMAS
PACKAGE, I THOUGHT.
TO ME IT WAS FUN BECAUSE THAT'S
WHEN I FIRST STARTED AT SHARE
BACK THEN, IT WAS JUST EXCITING.
>> THE DAYS ROSIE IS AT THE
WAREHOUSE ARE AMONG THE FEW
WHEN SHE'S NOT ON THE ROAD
>> WE ARE TRAVELING AROUND BY
OURSELVES.
WE ALWAYS HAVE SHARE NEWSPAPERS
IN THE CAR AND IF WE ARE
DRIVING THROUGH A TOWN WHERE
SHE HASN'T GOT A, SHE'LL
WATCH FOR LIBRARIES,
LAUNDROMATS, WHEREVER SHE CAN
LAY A STACK OF THE PAPERS FOR
PEOPLE TO READ AND GET INFORMED
ON THE PROGRAM.
>> CONSUMER SCIENCES PROFESSOR
ANN HOYT SAYS MOST BUYING CLUBS
DIE A NATURAL DEATH.
>> IT TENDS TO APPEAL TO PEOPLE
WITH SMALL CHILDREN, AND AS YOU
GROW OLDER AND YOUR CHILDREN
LEAVE HOME YOU AREN'T BUYING AS
MUCH FOOD AND AREN'T
NECESSARILY NEEDING THE SAV
AS YOU MIGHT HAVE NEEDED WHEN
YOU WERE YOUNGER.
>> WHICH IS WHY ROSIE LOSER
WORKS CONSTANTLY TO BROADEN THE
PROGRAM'S BASE OF PARTICIPANTS.
>> IT WAS QUICKLY UNDERSTOOD BY
ME THAT IT WASN' ABOUT
THE FOOD.
IT WAS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS OVER
SEPARATING THE POTATOES, A
CONVERSATION, RECONNECTING,
CREATING RELATIONSHIPS, GETTING
TO KNOW PEOPLE BY NAME.
IT'S MORE TO ME THAN JUST
SAVING MONEY ON FOOD.
>> THIS WEEK, HUNDREDS OF SHARE
VOLUNTEERS WILL BE DISTRIBUTING
MORE THAN 10,000 THANKSGIVING
DINNER PACKAGES THROUGHOUT THE
STATE.
THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF TIME
TO ORDER A CHRISTMAS DINNER
PACKAGE FOR THEMSELVES, OR AS A
DONATION FOR A FAMILY IN NEED.
DETAILS ARE ON OUR WEBSITE AT
WPT.ORG/INWISCONSIN.
>> WISCONSIN'S GUN HUNTING
SEASON FOR DEER CONTINUES
THROUGH THIS SUNDAY.
MOST HUNTERS FOLLOW THE RULES.
BUT EVERY YEAR THERE ARE SOME
THAT GET BUSTED BY WARDENS FOR
ILLEGAL HUNTING PRACTICES.
REPORTER ANDY SOTH FOUND
WARDENS ARE NOW USING A TYPE OF
DEER TO HUNT DOWN THESELAW
HUNTERS.
>> IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
SEEING A DEER ALONG THE
ROADSIDE.
BUT IT CAN ALSO BE A TEMPTING
TARGET FOR ILLEGAL HUNTING.
AS THIS DNR SURVEILLANCE VIDEO
SHOWS.
>> CONSERVATION WARDEN, YOU ARE
UNDER ARREST.
>> THAT'S NOT HUNTING.
THAT'S A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING.
THIS BUCK HAD BETTER WATCH OUT.
BUT THIS ISN'T A REAL DEER.
IT'S ACTUALLY A ROBOT.
A DID -- DECOY MADE BY CUSTOM
ROBOTIC WILDLIFE.
THIS MOSINEE BUSINESS LOOKS
LIKE A MIX OF FRANKENSTEIN'S
LAB AND RED GREEN'S POSSUM
LODGE.
THEY SELL THE ROBOTIC DECOYS TO
WARDENS ACROSS THE U.S. AND
CANADA.
>> ONE OFFICER ACROSS THE ROAD
WITH A REMOTE CONTROL, AND THE
OTHER OFFICER AT THE END OF THE
ROAD.
WHEN THE POACHER COMES BY THEY
DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A CHASE
OCCUR.
>> GAME WARDENS HAVE USED
DECOYS FOR MANY YEARS TO CATCH
POACHERS.
>> SOME GUYS IN CANADA ARE
STILL USING A SAW HORSE AND
BURLAP BAG AND PEOPLE ARE
SHOOTING AT IT.
>> FOR WARDENS WHO HAVE
SWITCHED HISOTIC DECOYS,
HE SAYS IT HAS PAID OFF.
>> YOU CAN MAKE A LOT OF MONEY
ON THESE THINGS.
THE AVERAGE DEER THAT GOES OUT
IS $1,200 TO $1,500.
AND THEY WILL GENERATE $30,000
OFF OF THEM, MOST OF THEM.
>> IN WISCONSIN THE FINES ARE
NOT AS HIGH.
SHOOTING A DECOY IS NOT THE
SAME AS SHOOTING AN ANIMAL.
>> WISCONSIN DOES NOT RECOGNIZE
THIS AS AN ANIMAL.
OTHER STATES HAVE CHANGED THEIR
LAW TO SAY ATTEMPTED TO TAKE A
WILD ANIMAL OR FACSIMILE OFF.
>> THEY CAN ASSESS FINES FOR
SHOOTING FROM THE OR
HUNTING OR TRESPASSING AT NIGHT.
IT'S AN IMPORTANT TOOL FOR THE
WILDLIFE MANAGERS.
>> EVERY TIME SOMEBODY DRIVES
DOWN THE ROAD AND PULLS THE
TRIGGER ON A NICE DEER WITH
GOOD GENETICS, HE'S NOT JUST
TAKING THAT DEER, BUT ROBBED
THAT DEER FROM BREEDING DOES.
>> HE IS SELLING ROBOTIC
ANIMALS TO SKI LODGES, SPORTING
GOOD STORES AND NATURE CENTERS.
>> A BEAR THAT STOOD THERE WITH
A ROBOTIC HEAD AND AS PEOPLE
CAME IN, IT WELCOMED THEM TO
THE MUSEUM.
AND MOUNTED A COYOTE ON A TRACK
SYSTEM TO KEEP GEESE OFF OF
PEOPLE'S YARDS.
>> I HAD A WARDEN IN OKLAHOMA
WHO WANTED A STANDING , HE
WAS AFTER A GUY TROPHY HUNTING,
SHOOTING THE DEER AND CUTTING
THE ANTLERS OFF.
AND HE SENT ME A BIG RACK.
I SAID LET'S DO A LAME ONE.
HE GOT THE GUY IN THREE DAYS.
>> HUNTERS WHO FOLLOW THE
RULES GOT MORE TROPHY BUCKS.
>> THE OWNER OF CUSTOM ROBOTIC
WILDLIFE TELLS US THAT THIS
YEAR THEY EXPECT TO TURN
BETWEEN 100 AND 150 HIDES INTO
DECOYS.
>> ON THIS THANKSGIVING WEEKEND
IT'S A GOOD TIME TO TAKE STOCK
OF THE THINGS WE ARE THANKFUL
FOR.
WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT THE WORLD
AROUND US.
WITH THAT IN MIND, WE BRING YOU
THE STORY OF JOHN MOTOVILOFF.
LIKE MANY PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN
THE STATE, MOTOVILOFFYS
HUNTING AND FISHING BUT HE'S
ALSO A WRITER WHO CELEBRATES
HOW THE PAST TIMES CONNECT HIM
WITH THED.
HE TOOK PRODUCER JOANNE GARRETT
ON AN AUTUMN WALK TO INTRODUCE
HER TO HIS MUSE.
>> THERE IS QUITE LITERALLY NO
SEPARATION BETWEEN WOODS AND
WATER.
NEVER REALLY BEEN TO ANOTHER
PLACE LIKE IT.
>> COME ON, GIRL.
>> I HAVEN'T FOUND ANYTHING
THAT COMPARES TO IT IN BEAUTY
OR DIVERSITY.
THE FEEL WITH LOTS OF VALLEYS
AND SECRET HIDDEN LITTLE PLACES.
IT'S STUNNING.
>> SOME CALL IT THE DRIFTWOOD
AREA.
THE LARGE CHUNK OF SOUTHWESTERN
WISCONSIN, A PLACE OF WOODS AND
WATER WHERE THE KICKAPOO RIVER
SNAKES THROUGH.
>> WHAT IS IT?
GO ON, GO ON.
GO ON, GO ON, TASHA.