Wisconsin pizza farm serves up food with a philosophy
- Wed Sep 18, 8:00AM UTC
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HAYWARD, Wis. — You’ve probably never reserved and paid for a pizza weeks before you ate it, but if you want one at the Hayward area Farmstead Creamery & Cafe,...

The Farmstead Creamery and Cafe takes up only a small corner of the 250-acre farm east of Hayward. (Jana Hollingsworth / For the News Tribune)
A lamb sausage and kale pizza from North Star Homestead Farms. (Jana Hollingsworth / For the News Tribune)
Bogart (left) and Humphrey are two of the 50-plus pigs at North Star Homestead Farms 20 minutes east of Hayward. Each summer a couple of the younger, friendly pigs spend time near the cafe to greet visitors. The heritage Kunekune breed of pigs are raised at the farm for meat. (Jana Hollingsworth / For the News Tribune)
Cherry fudge sheep's milk gelato at North Star Homestead Farms outside of Hayward. (Jana Hollingsworth / For the News Tribune)
Kara Berlage cleans up the outdoor pizza kitchen after service on an early August Saturday night at North Star Homestead Farms outside of Hayward. (Jana Hollingsworth / For the News Tribune)
The barn quilt is modeled after the North Star Block, believed to have been used during the time of the Underground Railroad to denote a safe house. For the family, it represents a safe haven for plants, animals, the land and the people part of the farm's story. (Jana Hollingsworth / For the News Tribune)