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Facebook CEO visits Wisconsin dairy farm

Mark Zuckerbeg fed a calf and drove a tractor

By Diego Flammini
Assistant Editor, North American Content
Farms.com

Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg visited a Wisconsin dairy farm as part of a state tour.

He spent the afternoon of April 30 with the Gant family in Blanchardville, where he fed calf and drove a 78-year-old Farmall tractor for the first time.

Jed Gant milks 30 cows every 12 hours, at 5 a.m. and 5 p.m. Zuckerberg learned the farm is much different environment than an office in California.

“The family is incredibly disciplined,” he wrote on Facebook. “Everyone works (from morning to night), seven days a week. Jed told me he’d rather feed the cattle than feed himself. … Jed calls farming the greatest job there is.”

“He wanted to get just the flavor of what we do in a day’s time,” Gant told KWWL.

And the social media mogul appeared to fit right in at the Gant family’s table, where he enjoyed a lunch that included roast beef cooked on the farm.

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“It was amazing,” Ashley Gant told KWWL. “He’s a great down-to-earth guy and it was just incredible. (It was like) dinner with a guest.”

Zuckerberg left the farm with a bounty of cheese and milk. When asked on Facebook how the milk tasted, Zuckerberg said, “really good.”

His tour of Wisconsin also included a stop at State Street Brats, a sports bar in Madison.

Zuckerberg’s visit is part of his larger plan to visit all 50 states by the end of 2017.

He announced his plan on Facebook in January, saying he’s already spent time in other states and would need to visit about 30 to complete his challenge.


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