From UW Madison to a Ridgeway Goat Farm
Anne Topham and Judy Barree left academia to run a small dairy herd on a southwest Iowa farm. Both women, trained in educational policy and social work, followed a pull toward farming, buying a doe named Angie at auction and building a herd that now defines their rural life.
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Ms. Topham
Uw-Madison
Barree
Topham
Department of Social Work
Iowa
Annie
Ms. Barree
Angie
Madison
Ridgeway
Two Wisconsin women build Fantome Farm goats and cheese
Anne Topham and Judy Barree left academia for a Ridgeway Iowa to Wisconsin path into small scale goat farming. They breed Saanen Alpine Toggenberg and Nubian goats, cheese from the herd sold locally in Madison, with a garage dairy and licensed cheesemaker status guiding a tiny but growing operation.
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Wisconsin
Dairy Goat Research Center
Texas
Fantome Farm
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University of Wisconsin-Madison
Anne Topham
Judy Barree
van Heys
Angus
Fantome
Jan Shepel
California
Uwmadion
Ridgeway, Wis