Behind the Holidays with Chocolates, Puppies and Local Agriculture

MID-WEST FARM REPORT - MADISON

Tracy Thompson is the owner and chocolatier of the Scandinavian themed chocolate house. She joins Ben Jarboe and explains why she started the business as well as the various treats they make, how they prepared for Christmas, and issues they are facing that are similar to farmers.

Christmas puppies are something you only see in movies. People are actually looking for animals that are already trained, and usually the holidays are too busy to think about adopting a pet. Stephanie Kramer, a volunteer with the Sauk County Humane Society, tells Stephanie Hoff about adoption trends.

He may be a new face at Farm First Dairy Cooperative, but he's no stranger to dairy or Wisconsin agriculture. Jeff Ditzenberger recently joined FarmFirst as their new communications director. Ditzenberger sat down to visit with Pam Jahnke about some of his early encounters with FarmFirst members at district meetings, and what he's looking forward to during the annual meeting in February.

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