Download Creating Dairyland: How Caring for Cows Saved Our Soil, Created Our Landscape, and Still Shapes Our Way of Life in Wisconsin AudioBook Free
The story of dairying in Wisconsin is the storyline of how our very landscape and way of life were created. By making cows the guts of our farm life and learning how to look after them, our ancestors launched a trend that changed a lot more than just how farmers received their living - it evolved us. In Creating Dairyland, journalist, oral historian, and former dairyman Ed Janus opens the webpages of the exciting storyline of Wisconsin dairy products farming. He explores the serious idea that led to the remarkable "big bang" of dairying here a century and a half ago. He helps us understand why there are cows in Wisconsin, how farmers became dependable stewards of your resources, and exactly how cows have paid them back again for their efforts. And he presents us to dairy farmers and cheesemakers of today: women and men who want to reveal why they love what they do. Ed Janus offers a sort of field guide to Dairyland, displaying us how to "read" our landscape with fresh eye, explaining what we see today by explaining how and why it had become. Creating Dairyland gives tribute to the many thousands of Wisconsin farmers who've found a way to stay on their land with their cows. Their remarkable work of labor, brains, and trust is one of the fantastic testimonies of Wisconsin.
