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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

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The story of dairying in Wisconsin is the story of how our very landscape and way of living were created. By making cows the center of our farm life and learning the right way to deal with them, our ancestors launched a revolution that changed a lot more than the way farmers earned their living — it changed us.

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 take note 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 lately: women and men who need to let us know why they love what they do.
 
Ed Janus offers a sort of field guide to Dairyland, showing us the right way to “read” our landscape with fresh eyes, explaining what we see lately by describing how and why it came to be. Creating Dairyland pays tribute to the many thousands of Wisconsin farmers who have found a way to stay on their land with their cows. Their remarkable effort of labor, intelligence, and faith is likely one of the great stories of Wisconsin.

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