AGRICULTURE IN

STEVENS POINT
Nadine Dragan
IA 217 – Section 1
Fall 2018
Professor Kadoch
 HISTORIC AL RESEARCH

• Agriculture in Stevens Point:

mostly known for cranberries,
potatoes, corn, and green beans
are also important to the
economy.
• https://www.britannica.com/place/
Stevens-Point
• Until the 1860s, most of the
city's incoming immigrants were
of British and Norwegian
descent.
• After 1860, more than half of the
immigrants coming to the area
were Polish.
• https://www.wisconsinhistory.o
rg/Records/Article/CS2382
CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH

• Agritourism in the Stevens Point Area:

• Agritourism continues to grow in popularity in
the Stevens Point Area.
• Feltz Dairy Store
• Whitefeather Organics
• Great Northern Distilling
• https://www.stevenspointarea.com/media/story
-ideas/agritourism/
 CONTEMPORARY
RESEARCH

Themed Group Tour Itinerary Ideas:

• Agricultural Tours:
• Located in Wisconsin’s Central Sands Region, the
Stevens Point Area is one of the nation’s most
important agricultural suppliers of potatoes, sweet
corn, snap/green beans, and green peas.
• Farm Tours:
• Whether you want to pick your own strawberries or
visit the world’s largest round barn, you get a sample of
rural life in Wisconsin.
• Spud, Berry & Dairy Tour:
• Fall harvest-themed tour, perfect for late September
and early October and tour potato processing facilities,
cranberry marshes, cheese producers and more.
• https://www.stevenspointarea.com/groups/itinerary/
 CONTEMPORARY
RESEARCH

• Stevens Point Farmers Market – Portage

County, Wisconsin
• The historic Mathias Mitchell Public Square
in Stevens Point is the longest running
farmers market in the State of Wisconsin.
• The two square-block marketplaces have
been the focal point for farmers selling their
wares since Mitchell donated it to the town
in 1847.
• https://www.stevenspointfarmersmarket.org/
 CONTEMPORARY
RESEARCH

• Wisconsin Potato Industry Rooted in Diversity, Sustainability:

• According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, potatoes remain America’s
favorite and most-consumed vegetable.
• Dick Okray, owner of Okray Family Farms in Plover, also has a long family history in
Wisconsin potato farming. His family began growing potatoes in 1905 as Joseph
Okray & Bros. Co. Today, the farm grows 1,770 acres of russet, red and yellow
varieties for the fresh retail market. Okray says in addition to Wisconsin’s climate,
soil and location, the availability of a skilled workforce has proven a major
advantage for the company.
• https://www.farmflavor.com/wisconsin/wisconsin-potato-industry-rooted-
diversity-sustainability/
DIGITAL MOSAIC
 FOCUSED DIGITAL MOSAIC

Cranberry
Poland Dairy Farm Cranberry
Farm Russia
Store Farm

Portage

Dairy Farm Potato Farm Bean Farm Dairy Farm

Dairy Farm Norway Bean Farm Nicaragua Corn Field

 CONCEPT STATEMENT

• Agriculture has been a big factor of Stevens Point and how it was founded, the
amount of Polish immigrants that came here brought with them their trades
and crops. The landscape is similar to their homeland and they knew how to
cultivate crops in this type of dirt and these type of weather conditions. With
this being said, the Polish grew mostly potatoes which go very well in the soil
in Stevens Point . Therefore, this leads Wisconsin in having the most
production of potatoes before Idaho and Washington. This is very surprising
because those states are known for their potato production and crops, but
the Stevens Point area represents a large portion of those potatoes locally
grown.
 CONCEPT IDEATIONS

• Potato Sack Sculpture

• Metal Corn Stalk Sculpture

• Metal Patchwork
Mosaic Pattern
CONCEPT IDEATION

Stone silo with barn arch detail.

 • Agricultural Themed Murals
IDEATION MURALS
 IDEATION MURALS

• Agricultural Themed Murals

IDEATION SKETCHES
 C U S TO M
AG R I C U LT U R A L
SCULPTURE &
KIOSK
• Sculpture: Metal patchwork potato bags with metal corn
cobs and stalks. In addition, there is a metal barn arch
and fieldstone silo.
• Symbolic: Agriculture in Stevens Point
• Educational: On the stone silo are information boards
that have history about agriculture in Stevens Point, and
newer contemporary history so viewers can learn more
about how it started and evolved throughout the years.
• Materials include: Metal, stone, cement, and exterior paint.
 PLAN VIEW

Zoomed out plan view

• Design features include:

• Custom agriculture sculpture for Stevens
Point area.
• Overall dimensions:
• 9 foot tall
• 8 foot – 9 inches wide
• Barn dimensions:
• 8 foot tall
4 foot – 5 inches wide
Corn Stalks Metal Barn
• Silo dimensions:
• 9 foot tall Potato Sacks

• 3 foot – 11 inches wide

Stone Silo
Informational Boards
*All images not to scale*
 ELEVATION VIEWS

• Overall dimensions: • Barn dimensions: • Silo dimensions:

• 9 foot tall • 8 foot tall • 9 foot tall
• 8 foot – 9 inches wide 4 foot – 5 inches wide • 3 foot – 11 inches wide

Metal Barn
Stone Silo

Potato Sacks

Informational Boards

• Back View Corn Stalks • Front View

*All images not to scale*
 DESIGN DETAIL: POTATO SACKS

• Materials include: Metal

patchwork and cement.
• Each potato sack dimension:
• 1 foot tall
• 1 foot – 9 inches wide
• Potato sack bench dimensions:
Metal patchwork on the outside potato
sack part to represent the mosaic. • 3 foot tall sides Cement

• 1 foot – 6 inches tall seat

*All images not to scale* • 5 foot – 8 inches wide Real life potato sacks that would be in the sculpture.
 DESIGN DETAIL: CORN STALKS

• Materials include: Metal

• Each corn stalk dimension:
• 5 foot – 10 inches tall
• 2 foot – 2 inches wide
*All images not to scale* • (From widest husk to widest husk.)
 PERSPECTIVE

• Left Side View • Right Side View

*All images not to scale*

 WORKS CITED

• “A Brief History of Stevens Point.” Wisconsin Historical Society, 24 July 2012,

www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS2382.
• Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. “Stevens Point.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia
Britannica, Inc., 29 July 2011, www.britannica.com/place/Stevens-Point.
• “Group Itineraries.” Stevens Point Area | Portage County | Communities, Stevens Point Area
Convention & Visitors Bureau, www.stevenspointarea.com/groups/itinerary/.
• “Home Page for Stevens Point Farmers Market.” History of the Stevens Point Farmers Market,
www.stevenspointfarmersmarket.org/.
• “Stevens Point Area | Portage County | Agritourism.” Stevens Point Area | Portage County |
Communities, Stevens Point Area Convention & Visitors Bureau,
www.stevenspointarea.com/media/story-ideas/agritourism/.
• “Stevens Point, Wisconsin.” Cost of Living Comparison,
www.bestplaces.net/economy/city/wisconsin/stevens_point.
• “Wisconsin Potatoes Are in a Field of Their Own.” Farm Flavor, 25 July 2017,
www.farmflavor.com/wisconsin/wisconsin-potato-industry-rooted-diversity-sustainability/.