Creating Dairyland
How Caring for Cows Saved Our Soil, Created Our Landscape, Brought Prosperity to Our State, and Still Shapes Our Way of Life in Wisconsin
Published on 17. June 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-0-87020-463-0 (ISBN)
Description
In "Creating Dairyland," journalist, oral historian, and former dairyman Ed Janus opens the pages of the fascinating story of Wisconsin dairy farming. He explores the profound 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 responsible stewards of our resources, and how cows have paid them back for their efforts. And he introduces us to dairy farmers and cheesemakers of today: men and women who want to tell us why they love what they do.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Halftones, color; Halftones, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
576 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87020-463-0 (9780870204630)
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Janus Edward Janus
Creating Dairyland
How caring for cows saved our soil, created our landscape, brought prosperity to our state, and still shapes our way of life in Wisconsin
E-Book
06/2012
Wisconsin Historical Society Press
€19.49
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Person
Ed Janus spent two years as a dairy farmer in Crawford County, Wisconsin, where he fell in love with cows, fields, barns, and farmers. Since then he has interviewed hundreds of people as an audio journalist, writer, and oral historian and has created radio programs for public radio, the Voice of America, and publishers in the United States and Germany. In 2007 Ed created a series of audio profiles of today's dairy farmers and cheesemakers for the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board. He lives in Madison.