Oral history interview with Kurt Mairs, a Wayne County farmer

Authors

Ariel Veroske, The College of Wooster
Whitney Siders, The College of Wooster

Interviewer

Veroske, Ariel; Siders, Whitney

Interviewee

Mairs, Kurt

Document Type

Podcast

Interview Length

18 min 54 sec (unedited); 12 min 44 sec (edited)

Publication Date

12-7-2010

Keywords

dairy farming/dairy cattle, traditional farming, family farms, Brown Swiss/dairy breeds, lifestyles

Abstract

An oral history interview with Kurt Mairs, a Wayne County farmer in Wooster, Ohio. Mr. Mairs rents 400 acres and owns 400 acres of his dairy farm. He is a third generation farmer and has been farming his entire life.

Notes

Recordings marked "edited version" have been compressed, amplified, and lengthy pauses and intrusive background noises have been removed when possible.||Course name changed to ENVS 230: Sustainable Agriculture, 2011.

Recommended Citation

Veroske, Ariel and Siders, Whitney, "Oral history interview with Kurt Mairs, a Wayne County farmer" (2010). Farmer Oral History Collection. Oral History 4.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/farmer_oral_history/4