Recent Publications
Digging in the Driftless
Tera Johnson's Big Idea
in Isthmus, Summer 2010
Tera Johnson begins the tour of her one-of-a-kind organic whey processing plant at its back entrance, in front of a double-wide delivery bay. Here, on busy days, 20 tanker trucks roll in to deliver up to a million pounds of the sloshy cheese byproduct.
Wisconsin Specialty Protein, which opened early last year, occupies an eight-acre section of the Reedsburg industrial park, strategically located in the middle of exceptionally productive dairy country and a carefully protected network of Baraboo River Valley wetlands. Read more.
Check out Denise’s blog about farming, prairie restoration and green building in the Driftless Region of Wisconsin.
New entries are posted Tuesday and Friday.
Spreading the Love
in On Wisconsin, Spring 2010
Since giving up the practice of law to found the National Mustard Museum, Barry Levenson makes a compelling case for his chosen condiment.
On October 28, 1986, at 2:30 a.m., Barry Levenson MA’73, JD’74, streaming tears, pushed an empty shopping cart through the deserted aisles of Woodman’s grocery store on the east side of Madison. He was mourning a close call and ultimate World Series loss by his beloved Boston Red Sox. Read more.