Thank you to these folks who are moving the industry forward!

Board of directors

  • Board President – Brian Michielson, Maple Hill Farm

  • Secretary – Patty Koenig, Carr Valley Cheese

  • Treasurer – John Mayer, Mayfell Family Farms

Board Members

  • Persephone Allen, Full Fleeced Sheep Dairy

  • Steve and Darlene Eckerman, Eckerman Sheep Company

  • Mariana Marques de Almeida, Ms. J and Co.

  • Steven Zajec, Zajec Farm,

  • Norm Monsen, Advisor, WI DATCP-retired

  • Karen Nielsen, SDAW Organizational Manager
    sheep@sdaw.org

About SDAW

The Sheep Dairy Association of Wisconsin (SDAW) formally organized on November 5, 2016 with the following objectives:

  • Promote improved efficiencies in dairy sheep production and processing by educating, supporting, and encouraging new and established sheep milk dairies, farmstead, and artisanal sheep milk cheese-makers.

  • Promote the cooperation and exchange of information among producers of sheep milk and cheese makers.

  • Promote the products manufactured from sheep milk throughout Wisconsin and beyond.

  • Help producers organize activities to assure ongoing improvements in the sheep dairy industry.

  • Inform and educate the public as to the merits and availability of sheep dairy products.

  • Help foster international understanding and the free exchange of ideas throughout the greater Wisconsin area and beyond.