Wisconsin cheese

European immigrants who settled in Wisconsin were drawn to its fertile fields.

Soon, dairy farms sprang up around Wisconsin, and farmers began producing cheese to preserve excess milk.

In 1841, Anne Pickett established Wisconsin's first commercial cheese factory, using milk from neighbors' cows.

[3] In 2010, Wisconsin's cheese production rose to 2.6 billion pounds (requiring the state cheese industry to import a substantial amount of milk from other states to meet production needs).

[7] Wisconsin is the only U.S. state that requires that a licensed cheesemaker supervise the making of commercial cheese.