Sun Prairie's Benson Cheruiyot Wins 2011 Crazylegs Classic (Madison.com)

Crazylegs Classic: Kenyan Transplant Benson Cheruiyot Cruises to Overall Title (Photo by Andy Manis)

Link to Full Article: http://host.madison.com/sports/running/article_f4719198-7388-11e0-ab53-001cc4c002e0.html

Blogger's Note: Congratulations to both Benson Cheruiyot and Moses Waweru for an outstanding race last Saturday. We're proud that you chose Sun Prairie as your home here in America. And of course...how can you NOT love the Sassy Cow Creamery t-shirt?

Cross Country: Direct dairy sales give some farmers an advantage (Capital Times)

Excerpt taken from article from John Oncken, "Cross Country: Direct dairy sales give some farmers an advantage"

http://host.madison.com/ct/business/cross_country/article_9bffcef0-3556-11e0-bdb3-001cc4c03286.html

...The Baerwolf brothers, James and Robert, a third generation dairy farm family located some four miles north of Sun Prairie, are in their third year of adding value to their milk through their Sassy Cow Creamery.

James Baerwolf told the conference attendees how his family sought more control over the milk production from their 600 cows: 400 raised in a conventional freestall dairy and about 200 organic-raised cows on another farm.

After a good bit of looking, studying and pondering, the two families decided that producing fluid milk sold in plastic bottles was the way to go. "There were no farmstead fluid milk facilities serving the Madison-Milwaukee area," James Baerwolf says. "We realized that consumers want to know where their food comes from and we are a family farm."

Sassy Cow Creamery was built from the ground up and opened in May of 2008. It now sells organic and conventional milk in whole, 2 percent and 1 percent in about 120 stores in southern Wisconsin and in the store located at the front of the creamery.

In addition, Sassy Cow makes and sells ice cream and recently began making cheese curds. (Marketing manager Kara Kasten-Olson is a licensed cheesemaker.)

The store at Sassy Cow Creamery is open seven days a week and offers all the dairy products produced there and a look into the creamery itself through windows.

Sassy Cow Creamery to Give Tours on May 24th

On May 24th, Sassy Cow Creamery will be giving tours of the creamery and farms along with other activities for the entire family...take a picture with a calf, contests, ice cream samples and more.

Their on-site retail store is now open. They carry their own products, in addition to other local products including--cheese, yogurt, jams, honey, mustards, and eggs.

Visit the Sassy Cow Creamery website for more information and directions.

Sassy Cow Creamery Introduces Bottled Milk Straight From the Farm (Wisconsin Ag Connection)

Brothers James and Robert Baerwolf, a pair of third generation Wisconsin dairy farmers, launched a new farmstead milk bottling operation, offering fresh-bottled milk direct to consumers straight from the farm. Sassy Cow Creamery, located seven miles north of Sun Prairie, is a culmination of the Baerwolf family's dedication to connect consumers with farmers. In fact, their brand new, state-of-the-art creamery is designed with the customer in mind, with a farmstead retail store opening to the public in mid-April.

Their high quality bottled milk is produced from the family's dual nearby dairy herds: a 400-cow traditional dairy and 100-cow organic dairy, located within miles of each other. Sassy Cow Creamery may be the first farmstead operation to offer both traditional and organic bottled milk.

Click here for the original story at Wisconsin Ag Connection.