The trip from Josh Mechaelsen’s Door County farm to Washington, D.C., is about more than meeting lawmakers. It’s about making sure they hear directly from a farmer. And he’s there to make sure that happens.
The Baileys Harbor man is raising organic livestock as a self-described beginning farm manager. He brings a perspective that doesn’t always make it into congressional office visits.
“I’m kind of restarting our family’s farming history,” Mechaelsen explained. “I’m also a transplant to Wisconsin from Iowa originally.”…