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'If I can build something on what my parents did, hopefully my kids can build something on what I did,' says Tucker Gretebeck, left, with his wife, Becky Gretebeck, and children Lana, 16, and Trent, 13.
Trent Gretebeck, 13, spends quality pasture time with a Red and White Holstein at All Seasons Farm near Cashton, Wisconsin. The Gretebeck family has a 50-cow milking herd.
'The biggest opportunity is for people to see small family farms in their community and make a connection to those farms and their food,' Tucker Gretebeck says.
Cows graze at All Seasons Farm, which was one of the first-nine Organic Valley dairy farms in the Midwest to be on the 'Grassmilk' truck.
Editor's note: This article is the second in a series featuring Wisconsin farmer-members of dairy cooperatives. The following article features Tucker and Becky Gretebeck, who own All Seasons Farm near Cashton, Wisconsin. They’re members of CROPP/Organic Valley.
Lynn Grooms writes about the diversity of agriculture, including the industry’s newest ideas, research and technologies as a staff reporter for Agri-View based in Wisconsin.
Dairy farmers: Tucker and Becky Gretebeck
Farm name: All Seasons Farm of Cashton, Wisconsin
No. of cows milked: 50
No. of acres farmed: More than 300 acres
Website or Facebook page: facebook.com/TuckerAndBeckysPumpkinPatch
Organizations: Tucker Gretebeck is a vice-president of the Coon Creek Watershed Council. He’s a citizen adviser to Monroe County Economic Development and serves on the Hunger Change Task Force. Becky Gretebeck is vice-president of operations for Good Culture – an organic and clean-label cultured-dairy brand. She also serves on the boards of the Scenic Bluffs Health Center and the Organic Materials Review Institute. Their children Trent, 13, and Lana, 16, are or have been members of both 4-H and FFA.
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