![Bill Hanson]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Monroe, Wisconsin"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"1973"}]
[{"question":"Favorite music to listen to while you work? ", "answer":"60's and 70's"},{"question":"Favorite part of your job? ", "answer":"Tasting the finished product"},{"question":"When push comes to shove, what is your all-time favorite cheese? ", "answer":"Swiss"}]
![Brian Jackson]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Greenwood, Wisconsin"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"1978"}]
[{"question":"When push comes to shove, what is your all-time favorite cheese? ", "answer":"Cheddar"},{"question":"If you weren’t a cheesemaker, what would you do instead?", "answer":"DNR"},{"question":"Favorite part of your job? ", "answer":"Working with individuals that care and want to learn."}]
![Bruce Willis]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Grantsburg, Wisconsin"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"1971"}]
[{"question":"Favorite place in Wisconsin? ", "answer":"Burnett County"},{"question":"How do you unwind after a long day of cheesemaking? ", "answer":"Hunting, fishing, or going for a motorcycle ride"},{"question":"If you weren’t a cheesemaker, what would you do instead?", "answer":"Large Equipment Operator"}]
![Bruce Workman]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Monticello, Wisconsin"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"1971"}]
[{"question":"Favorite music to listen to while you work? ", "answer":"No particular type of music, I like them all."},{"question":"Favorite cheese for a grilled cheese sandwich? ", "answer":"Butterkäse and Muenster 50/50 blend"},{"question":"If you weren’t a cheesemaker, what would you do instead?", "answer":"Chef"}]
![Charles Henn]()
![Chris Renard]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"Started helping my Dad at the age of 4. I worked in the factory through college and came back to the factory 1995. I got my cheesemakers license in 1995."}]
[{"question":"Favorite cheese for a grilled cheese sandwich? ", "answer":"Renard's Morel & Leek Jack"},{"question":"When push comes to shove, what is your all-time favorite cheese? ", "answer":"Renard's 2 Year White Cheddar"},{"question":"Favorite music to listen to while you work? ", "answer":"Sports talk radio and anything uptempo"}]
![Chris Roelli]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Darlington, Wisconsin"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"1984"}]
[{"question":"How do you unwind after a long day of cheesemaking? ", "answer":"Resting on my recliner chair"},{"question":"When push comes to shove, what is your all-time favorite cheese? ", "answer":"Cheddar"},{"question":"If you weren’t a cheesemaker, what would you do instead?", "answer":"Classic car restoration"}]
![Dan Omundson]()
![Dan Szczepanski]()
![Darrell Manning]()
![Dave Buholzer]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Monroe, Wisconsin"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"I started working around our cheese plant as a child in the 1950's. I am still here."}]
[{"question":"Favorite cheese for a grilled cheese sandwich? ", "answer":"Once again Emmenthaler"},{"question":"When push comes to shove, what is your all-time favorite cheese? ", "answer":"Emmenthaler"},{"question":"How do you unwind after a long day of cheesemaking? ", "answer":"Having a couple of beers with family and friends."}]
![Dave Newman]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Born in Rhinelander, Wisconsin and live in Little Chute, Wisconsin"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"1998"}]
[{"question":"Favorite place in Wisconsin? ", "answer":"Up north - Parrish, Wisconsin"},{"question":"If you weren’t a cheesemaker, what would you do instead?", "answer":"Hunting and fishing guide out West somewhere."},{"question":"How do you unwind after a long day of cheesemaking? ", "answer":"If there is any daylight left, sitting on the lake or out in the woods"}]
![David Metzig]()
![Gary Grossen]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Juda, Wisconsin"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"1967"}]
[{"question":"Favorite music to listen to while you work? ", "answer":"Country"},{"question":"If you weren’t a cheesemaker, what would you do instead?", "answer":"Farm"},{"question":"Survival strategy for Wisconsin winters? ", "answer":"Driving to work safely. Watch out for those that drive like it's June or July."}]
![Gianni Toffolon]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Green Bay, Wisconsin"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"1975 in Cremola, Italy"}]
[{"question":"Favorite place in Wisconsin? ", "answer":"Door County"},{"question":"Favorite cheese for a grilled cheese sandwich? ", "answer":"BelGioioso Provolone"},{"question":"When push comes to shove, what is your all-time favorite cheese? ", "answer":"BelGioioso Creamy Gorgonzola"}]
![Jamie Fahrney]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Albany, Wisconsin"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"1985"}]
[{"question":"Survival strategy for Wisconsin winters? ", "answer":"Just keep yourself busy with something otherwise you will go stir crazy."},{"question":"Favorite part of your job? ", "answer":"Teaching younger cheesemakers the finer points of the process."},{"question":"Favorite music to listen to while you work? ", "answer":"Classic Rock"}]
![Jeff Allen]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Green Bay, Wisconsin"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"1996"}]
[{"question":"Favorite part of your job? ", "answer":"The fact that dairy, its consumers and educators, have allowed for my "job" to be a career. Each day provides new challenges, keeping you sharp around the edges."},{"question":"If you weren’t a cheesemaker, what would you do instead?", "answer":"Machine tooling or some career associated with being a Machinist."},{"question":"When push comes to shove, what is your all-time favorite cheese? ", "answer":"BelGioioso Gorgonzola. Gorgonzola has an abundance of flavor and uniqueness. Once you learn to appreciate Gorgonzola for its characteristics, you develop an addiction to the cheese(s)."}]
![Jeff Lebeau]()
![Joe Widmer]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Theresa, Wisconsin"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"1968"}]
[{"question":"Survival strategy for Wisconsin winters? ", "answer":"Stay active - walk, ski, snow shoe, etc."},{"question":"If you weren’t a cheesemaker, what would you do instead?", "answer":"Probably open and run a cheese store"},{"question":"Favorite cheese for a grilled cheese sandwich? ", "answer":"Mild Brick"}]
![John Moran]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Rudolph, Wisconsin"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"1983"}]
[{"question":"Favorite part of your job? ", "answer":"My co-workers, milk patrons, and cheese customers"},{"question":"Favorite music to listen to while you work? ", "answer":"I do not listen to music at work -- I am working and thinking"},{"question":"Survival strategy for Wisconsin winters? ", "answer":"Try not to think too much"}]
![Jon Metzig]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Zittau, Wisconsin"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"2003"}]
[{"question":"How do you unwind after a long day of cheesemaking? ", "answer":"Running / Biking"},{"question":"Favorite place in Wisconsin? ", "answer":"Door County"},{"question":"Favorite cheese for a grilled cheese sandwich? ", "answer":"Sharp Cheddar and Gorgonzola"}]
![Josh Krause]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Oconto Falls, Wisconsin"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"2001"}]
[{"question":"If you weren’t a cheesemaker, what would you do instead?", "answer":"I would most likely be a Chef."},{"question":"How do you unwind after a long day of cheesemaking? ", "answer":"I spend time with family, and also like fishing."},{"question":"Favorite place in Wisconsin? ", "answer":"The bay of Green Bay"}]
![Ken DeMaa]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Fox Lake, Wisconsin"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"1974"}]
[{"question":"Favorite part of your job? ", "answer":"People and achieving set goals"},{"question":"How do you unwind after a long day of cheesemaking? ", "answer":"Time with my Yorkshire Terriers"},{"question":"Survival strategy for Wisconsin winters? ", "answer":"Stay active"}]
![Ken Heiman]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Marshfield, Wisconsin"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"Started with Dad and Mom at birth. Licensed at 15 years old or 51 years ago."}]
[{"question":"Favorite music to listen to while you work? ", "answer":"Country Western"},{"question":"When push comes to shove, what is your all-time favorite cheese? ", "answer":"Extra Sharp Cheddar - 14 or 15 years of age."},{"question":"How do you unwind after a long day of cheesemaking? ", "answer":"Crown Royal and 7-Up"}]
![Ken Kane]()
![Kerry Henning]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Kiel, Wisconsin"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"When I was old enough to lean over a vat."}]
[{"question":"How do you unwind after a long day of cheesemaking? ", "answer":"Taking the Pontoon out on Lake Winnebago and going out to dinner."},{"question":"When push comes to shove, what is your all-time favorite cheese? ", "answer":"Love 'em all, good cheese is good cheese - Aged Cheddar."},{"question":"If you weren’t a cheesemaker, what would you do instead?", "answer":"Accounting"}]
![Kirk Hansen]()
![Kurt Heitmann]()
![Larry Harris]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Muscoda, Wisconsin"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"1990"}]
[{"question":"Favorite music to listen to while you work? ", "answer":"Classic Country"},{"question":"Favorite part of your job? ", "answer":"Passing on the knowledge and experience I have gained."},{"question":"Survival strategy for Wisconsin winters? ", "answer":"Embrace it, you can't change Mother Nature"}]
![Matt Erdley]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Monroe, Wisconsin"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"2002"}]
[{"question":"Survival strategy for Wisconsin winters? ", "answer":"Take up a winter sport, like curling."},{"question":"If you weren’t a cheesemaker, what would you do instead?", "answer":"I would be an educator of some kind."},{"question":"Favorite part of your job? ", "answer":"Every day brings new opportunities to learn something new."}]
![Matt Henze]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Brodhead, Wisconsin"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"2003"}]
[{"question":"If you weren’t a cheesemaker, what would you do instead?", "answer":"Truck Driver"},{"question":"When push comes to shove, what is your all-time favorite cheese? ", "answer":"Havarti"},{"question":"Favorite music to listen to while you work? ", "answer":"Classic Rock"}]
![Pam Hodgson]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Howards Grove, Wisconsin"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"Started working in a cheese plant in 1991 and became licensed in 1996."}]
[{"question":"When push comes to shove, what is your all-time favorite cheese? ", "answer":"MontAmore Cheddar"},{"question":"Survival strategy for Wisconsin winters? ", "answer":"Play outside as much as possible."},{"question":"Favorite part of your job? ", "answer":"Seeing people grow and develop new skills."}]
![Pat Doell]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Kewaunee, Wisconsin"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"1997"}]
[{"question":"Favorite place in Wisconsin? ", "answer":"Our cabin UP NORTH! Townsend, Wisconsin."},{"question":"Favorite part of your job? ", "answer":"Evaluating the Mozzarella and Provolone cheese we make. And working with all the team members."},{"question":"When push comes to shove, what is your all-time favorite cheese? ", "answer":"Aged Cheddar - older the better."}]
![Randy Krahenbuhl]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Brodhead, Wisconsin"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"1975"}]
[{"question":"Favorite place in Wisconsin? ", "answer":"Wisconsin Dells"},{"question":"If you weren’t a cheesemaker, what would you do instead?", "answer":"Something creative with my hands."},{"question":"Favorite part of your job? ", "answer":"Evaluating the finished product."}]
![Randy Pitman]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Monroe, Wisconsin"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"1975"}]
[{"question":"Favorite place in Wisconsin? ", "answer":"In my woods"},{"question":"Favorite part of your job? ", "answer":"Sampling our cheese"},{"question":"Survival strategy for Wisconsin winters? ", "answer":"Keep busy in cheese plant"}]
![Rob Richter]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Oconto, Wisconsin"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"1999"}]
[{"question":"If you weren’t a cheesemaker, what would you do instead?", "answer":"Professor / Educator"},{"question":"When push comes to shove, what is your all-time favorite cheese? ", "answer":"Swiss"},{"question":"Favorite cheese for a grilled cheese sandwich? ", "answer":"Colby"}]
![Robert Wills]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Madison, Wisconsin"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"1989"}]
[{"question":"Favorite place in Wisconsin? ", "answer":"The U.P. It oughta be in Wisconsin."},{"question":"Survival strategy for Wisconsin winters? ", "answer":"Fireplace"},{"question":"Favorite cheese for a grilled cheese sandwich? ", "answer":"Butterkäse"}]
![Ron Bechtolt]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Monroe, Wisconsin"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"Started by assisting the plant cheesemaker and then filling in when needed in the year 1999."}]
[{"question":"Favorite place in Wisconsin? ", "answer":"No place specific, Wisconsin has a lot to offer all year round - sports, concerts, hunting, or fishing"},{"question":"Survival strategy for Wisconsin winters? ", "answer":"Patience with everything, plans change with the weather."},{"question":"If you weren’t a cheesemaker, what would you do instead?", "answer":"I'd like to have a wood shop doing furniture, cabinets, and crafts"}]
![Ron Buholzer]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Monroe, Wisconsin"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"1965"}]
[{"question":"Favorite cheese for a grilled cheese sandwich? ", "answer":"Havarti"},{"question":"Favorite part of your job? ", "answer":"The satisfaction of eating a great product that I made."},{"question":"How do you unwind after a long day of cheesemaking? ", "answer":"Work on my race-car or someone else's hot rod"}]
![Ryan LaGrander]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Stanley, Wisconsin"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese?", "answer":"Mid 1990's"}]
[{"question":"Favorite cheese for a grilled cheese sandwich? ", "answer":"LaGrander's Pepper Jack"},{"question":"Favorite part of your job? ", "answer":"The feeling of accomplishment at the end of each day."},{"question":"When push comes to shove, what is your all-time favorite cheese? ", "answer":"LaGrander's Cheese Curds"}]
![Scott Navarre]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Colby, Wisconsin - the home of Colby cheese"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"1999"}]
[{"question":"Favorite part of your job? ", "answer":"Teaching - passing on cheesemaking knowledge to the next generation of cheesemakers"},{"question":"Favorite music to listen to while you work? ", "answer":"Whatever is on the radio"},{"question":"Favorite cheese for a grilled cheese sandwich? ", "answer":"Colby and Muenster"}]
![Sid Cook]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Sauk Prairie, Wisconsin"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"1964"}]
[{"question":"How do you unwind after a long day of cheesemaking? ", "answer":"Play classical piano"},{"question":"Favorite place in Wisconsin? ", "answer":"Home"},{"question":"Favorite part of your job? ", "answer":"The final results when the cheeses are ready……"}]
![Steve Bierhals]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Green Bay, WI"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"1999"}]
[{"question":"Favorite part of your job? ", "answer":"Showing others how cheese is made and the art of it."},{"question":"When push comes to shove, what is your all-time favorite cheese? ", "answer":"BelGioioso Extra aged Parmesan, American Grana®"},{"question":"Favorite cheese for a grilled cheese sandwich? ", "answer":"BelGioioso Fontina"}]
![Steve Buholzer]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Monroe, Wisconsin"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"I grew up around the cheese factory helping as I could, full time in 1971"}]
[{"question":"Survival strategy for Wisconsin winters? ", "answer":"It is just a part of life so I don’t let it stress me out."},{"question":"Favorite cheese for a grilled cheese sandwich? ", "answer":"Emmenthal"},{"question":"If you weren’t a cheesemaker, what would you do instead?", "answer":"Something mechanical"}]
![Steve Stettler]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Green County"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"As soon as I could put boots on."}]
[{"question":"Survival strategy for Wisconsin winters? ", "answer":"Just deal!"},{"question":"Favorite music to listen to while you work? ", "answer":"Eric Church radio"},{"question":"Favorite cheese for a grilled cheese sandwich? ", "answer":"Pickalious - sweet pickles and Creamy Havarti"}]
![Tom Blauert]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"Milwaukee, Wisconsin"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"1981"}]
[{"question":"How do you unwind after a long day of cheesemaking? ", "answer":"I would jump on my tractor and go for a ride."},{"question":"Favorite part of your job? ", "answer":"Teaching the next generation of cheesemakers."},{"question":"Survival strategy for Wisconsin winters? ", "answer":"Making sure there is a pile of firewood ready for the wood burner."}]
![Tom Dahmen]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"I was born in Middleton and grew up near Monroe."},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"1960 at the age of 6, I started in the factory washing cheese cloths."}]
[{"question":"Favorite music to listen to while you work? ", "answer":"Older Hard Rock - AC/DC, Guns 'n Roses, James Gang, Black Sabbath"},{"question":"Favorite place in Wisconsin? ", "answer":"Camp Randall Stadium"},{"question":"Survival strategy for Wisconsin winters? ", "answer":"Dress like you mean it!"}]
![Tom Torkelson]()
[{"question":"What is your hometown? ", "answer":"New Glarus, Wisconsin"},{"question":"What year did you start making cheese? ", "answer":"1980"}]
[{"question":"Favorite music to listen to while you work? ", "answer":"Classic Rock (70's)"},{"question":"Survival strategy for Wisconsin winters? ", "answer":"Read books, ice fish, vacation, seek and destroy Ironwood trees, seek out a new culinary experience"},{"question":"When push comes to shove, what is your all-time favorite cheese? ", "answer":"Gouda"}]