Oral History Interview: Axel Adams (1360)
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Axel Adams, a descendent of European immigrants and farmers, grew up farming, woodworking, and hunting in rural Sawyer and Columbia counties in Wisconsin. He?s the Garden Director at the F.H. King Student Farm, part of F.H. King students for Sustainable Agriculture, an organization at UW?Madison that promotes locally grown food and sustainable agriculture.
In this interview, Axel discusses his family and personal history and how he got involved with F.H. King. He discusses the stories of how his grandparents and great grandparents settled in Wisconsin, but he talks mostly about events during his life, 1990s to 2013.
He discusses farm life in Sawyer County, Native American reservations in northern Wisconsin, F.H. King?s The Farmers of Forty Centuries and sustainable agriculture, dairying and the ?raw milk debate.?
This interview was conducted as part of the Wisconsin Farms Oral History Project, a collaboration of Dr. James A. Levy (UW?Whitewater) Dr. Jasmine Alinder (UW?Milwaukee), and Dr. Troy J. Reeves (UW?Madison).