While family-run Hook’s Cheese only has seven full-time employees, this 8,500-square-foot cheesemaking plant — originally built as a livery stable to the Washington Hotel in 1875 and is on the ...
With increasing demand, more dairy farmers moved production from the farmstead into the factory. By 1870, Wisconsin had 54 cheese factories. Despite hundreds of dairy farms closing in recent years ...
According to Tony Hook, owner of Hooks Cheese, it’s a matter of competition. Over 100 years ago, when Wisconsin was overtaking New York as the dairy state, Wisconsin dairy farmers were trying to ...
Factory farms in Wisconsin produce 33 billion pounds of waste every year, about four times the amount of waste created by the state’s human population, according to a new report by Food and ...
All three are contenders in the 2024 Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin contest, a competition where online voters will decide the winner. The contest's 130 initial products have been announced ...
After debuting last year, the Art of Cheese Festival returns to Madison from Sept. 25 to 28. The schedule is packed with dairy-themed events to celebrate Wisconsin’s many artisan cheeses ...