In the 19th century, butter production became a valuable way for women to profit off their farms-- and it soon became a major agricultural product.

Wooden Bog Butter Barrels are possibly the most beautiful things you can find in a bog.  But why did people throw their butter into bogs?

Protectionist laws favoring producers of butter meant that getting margarine in Wisconsin was no easy feat.

Butter sculpture is a fixture of American state fairs. The practice of using food as a medium for art dates back centuries.

Though margarine may be in decline, its rise was met with strong adversity throughout the 20th century.