Goat tower, greenhouse take LaClare Family Creamery to new heights
PIPE, Wis. – On a sunny Saturday afternoon at LaClare Family Creamery, a crowd gathers to watch a pair of dairy goats deftly navigate a spiral walkway encircling a 26-foot tall wooden silo. As the duo finishes their lofty trek, a cheer breaks out below celebrating their feat. Taking in the excitement is dairyman Jim Ostrom, a partner in the premier goat cheese operation located outside the small outpost of Pipe, Wis., nestled along the east shore of Lake Winnebago known as the Goat Capitol of the U.S. Ostrom is especially fond of the 110-year-old silo which he helped transport – in ...