DODGEVILLE ââ?¬â?? Mike Gingrich — now a Wisconsinite and one of the countryââ?¬â?¢s top cheesemakers — grew up in the Los Angeles suburb of Pasadena, but spent many a summer working on his unclesââ?¬â?¢ dairy farms in Michigan.
The experience left a deep impression on Gingrich, who became an electrical engineer and spent the first 15 years of his career working for the Xerox.