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Diane Hoppe is a Family and Consumer Education teacher at Platteville High School. She grew up in Brodhead, WI on her grandparent's dairy farm. In her interview with Alaina Reeves in April of 2015, Diane discusses her childhood and path to teaching about food production. She shares her farm experience, her teaching, and the importance of knowing how to prepare food.

This interview was done for inclusion into the Food Chain Chronicles, a project featuring stories collected and written by UW-Madison students enrolled in Inter-HE 375 “Human Ecology of Food and Sustainability” and in collaboration with the Oral History Program. This interview is also included in the Wisconsin Farms Oral History Project (WFOHP), which focuses on the history of food farming throughout the state. The WFOHP gathers and preserves stories of heritage of agriculture and rural living in Wisconsin.

In this short clip, Diane shares her memory of her grandmother slaughtering chickens. They harvested chickens in the late summer and froze them so that they'd have chicken all year. She remembers buying baby chicks, raising them, and then slaughtering them. Diane describes the slaughtering process and how she thought her grandma was so cool, and a strong woman for being able to do that.

If you are interested in hearing the full oral history interview or any other interviews (or photos) that deal with poultry or poultry science, they can be accessed online through the UW-Madison Archives.

Stephanie Hoff, Student Archivist Intern for the University Archives

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