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In 2006, Wisconsin produced 2.4 billion pounds of cheese and held onto its top ranking, despite concerns that California's faster-growing cheese industry would soon surpass Wisconsin's production. [2] In 2007, Wisconsin again held onto its lead, which had begun to grow slightly. [3] In 2010, Wisconsin's cheese production rose to 2.6 billion ...
The Freitag Homestead is a historic farm begun in 1848 in the town of Washington, Green County, Wisconsin. It is also the site of the first Swiss cheese factory in Wisconsin. The farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. [1] Fridolin Streiff bought the homestead's land and started the farm in 1848.
Founded in 1894, it is the oldest farmer-owned cooperative in the state of Wisconsin and boasts the nation's largest cheese producing plant east of the Mississippi River. [2] As of 2007, ADC had two cheese plants, one in Black Creek and one in Waupun, as well as 467 employees. The cooperative has a membership of about 500 farmers.
The old Winnebago Cheese Factory in Fond du Lac was once among the city’s most prominent in the industry. It will soon be turned into housing.
Pictured is a worker in 1922 at a New Glarus cheese factory placing a Wisconsin stamp on wheels of cheese. Commercial cheesemaking in Wisconsin dates back to the nineteenth century. Early cheesemaking operations began on farmsteads in the Michigan and Wisconsin territories , with large-scale production starting in the mid-1800s.
It is a supplier of cheese curds for state fairs in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Alaska. [1] The Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery sponsors the annual Cheese Curd Festival in Ellsworth. Begun in 2001, the festival features vendor booths, a beer garden, live auctions, parades, activities for children, and cheese curd eating contests. [7]
The Winnebago Cheese Factory went through several periods of construction between the 1910s and the 1940s, according to the Wisconsin Historical Society. The company was in operation until 1957 ...
Uplands Cheese Company is a dairy farm and artisan cheesemaker in Dodgeville, Wisconsin, U.S. [1] [2]. ABC News called the business a great American creamery. [3] Their Pleasant Ridge Reserve was chosen by the Food Network's Simon Majumdar as one of the 10 best foods in the US, [4] and has won numerous awards.