I was born in Chicago Heights, a Chicago suburb. When I was six years old, my family and I moved to Middleton, Wisconsin because my dad had a new job. Photos by Hedi Lamarr Rudd This was a huge culture shock and a tough experience for me. In Chicago Heights, I was around a lot …
I am from Upstate New York and there’s a shop out there called Rolf’s Pork Store. When I was a kid, my uncle would go to Rolf’s to get landjaeger, a semi-dried sausage snack, to bring to our family camp. Photos by Hedi Lamarr Rudd taken at the Muskellounge and Sporting Club I have these …
If you see a large sculpture of a mouse holding a slice of cheese, you know you are in Wisconsin. Across the country, we are known as Cheeseheads, but how much do you actually know about the “dairy” in America’s Dairyland? Back in 1841 Anne Picket used milk from her neighbors’ cows and established one …
Master Cheesemaker at the Last Limburger Cheese Factory in the U.S. Read More »
If you see a large sculpture of a mouse holding a slice of cheese, you know you are in Wisconsin. Across the country, we are known as Cheeseheads, but how much do you actually know about the “dairy” in America’s Dairyland? Back in 1841 Anne Picket used milk from her neighbors’ cows and established one …
“Life changes and takes you to different places for a reason.” Read More »
If you see a large sculpture of a mouse holding a slice of cheese, you know you are in Wisconsin. Across the country, we are known as Cheeseheads, but how much do you actually know about the “dairy” in America’s Dairyland? Back in 1841 Anne Picket used milk from her neighbors’ cows and established one …
If you see a large sculpture of a mouse holding a slice of cheese, you know you are in Wisconsin. Across the country, we are known as Cheeseheads, but how much do you actually know about the “dairy” in America’s Dairyland? Back in 1841 Anne Picket used milk from her neighbors’ cows and established one …
“I have a lot of passion for the dairy industry in Wisconsin.” Read More »
I grew up working on farms my whole life, milking cows, and harvesting our own animals. I’ve always loved cooking, just never thought about it as a career path. Photos courtesy of Heather Oppor I thought I might be a mortician or forensic scientist coming out of high school, or I thought perhaps I would …
I am the Executive Chef at Base Camp Café, a quaint restaurant in Mazomanie not too far from my house. This is the first proper job I ever had. Back when I lived in Morocco, I took care of my family and helped in my father’s clothing shop. But I started at Base Camp in …
“Food brought us together to catch up on our day.” Read More »
I am in awe of the local food system here in Mount Horeb. Sometimes I can’t believe I’m a part of it. It is one of the most beautiful, amazing things I’ve ever witnessed. My quality of life as a farmer is so much better than I could have ever imagined. I’ve never felt more …
When I was little, my mom had a vegetable garden and my dad was a small-scale farmer. We had a 25-acre fruit farm in upstate New York where he grew apples and cherries and pears. I think that was where my love of growing things started. In my own family, in my own childhood. Photos …
In this series, we are featuring the Odyssey Project, a University of Wisconsin humanities class for adult students facing economic barriers to college. With its whole family approach to breaking the cycle of generational poverty through access to education, this program has been transformational. Albert Watson is an alumnus of Odyssey. I’m originally from Kankakee, …
The city made the decision to knock down houses, then leave our community with vacant lots. Nobody’s built a house on it, nobody wants to develop it. We call it a snaggletooth community. We have people driving up just dumping tires and old furniture and TVs on our vacant lots. How are we supposed to …
