Locavore

Recently a spent an afternoon at Waseda Farms for a visit and a tour.

According to their webpage the Waseda operation dates back to 1933 in Pulaski, WI.  Thomas H. Lutsey worked on the family farm as a youngster.  

Thomas founded Gold Bond Ice Cream in 1946 with a novel idea to manufacture ice cream and sell it from milk trucks during delivery times.  One of his inventions was the Paddle Pop - ice cream on a stick, dipped in chocolate and covered in nuts.  

The Gold Bond Company operated for decades under Lutsey's leadership until sold to Good Humor-Breyers, who owned the Popsicle and Klondike Bar brands.  

In 2008, son Tom Lutsey acquired the current Wasda Farm in Baileys Harbor, which had previously been owned and operated by the Priests of the Sacred Heart.  To this day their cattle are referred-to as Holy Cows but I digress.

Following a cancer scare Tom Lutsey directed farming operations in the direction of sustainable, certified organic production and the rest is history.

The name was retained from the prior Jesuit Order and remains a mystery as there is nothing on the interweb to suggest the origin.

Tom's children Matt and Jeff continue to run day-to-day operations.

Tom

Grass-fed beef

Chicken and egg production

Baileys Harbor farm market 

You can lean more about Waseda Farms here.  

Be sure to visit.

You are what you eat.