Photos of the Day: Touring 'Big Food' in Indiana

The mammoth industrial farms that produce most of the food Americans eat remain largely off-limits. An exception is Fair Oaks Farms in northern Indiana, where tourists can visit a high-tech dairy farm, tour a massive creamery where cheese and ice cream are made and see piglets born on a hog farm.

Mar 20, 2014

Tourists can visit the high-tech dairy farm, tour a massive creamery where cheese and ice cream are made and see piglets born on a hog farm in northern Indiana. The collection of properties known as Fair Oaks Farms draws as many as 500,000 visitors per year.

This photo taken March 3, 2014, shows piglets that are almost ready for sale in pens at Fair Oaks Farms in Fair Oaks, Ind. Tourists can visit the high-tech dairy farm, tour a massive creamery where cheese and ice cream are made and see piglets born on a hog farm in northern Indiana. The collection of properties known as Fair Oaks Farms draws as many as 500,000 visitors per year. (AP Photo/M.L. Johnson)

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This March 3, 2014 photo shows dairy cows riding a rotating milking machine at Fair Oaks Farms in Fair Oaks, Ind. (AP Photo/M.L. Johnson)

This photo taken March 3, 2014, shows piglets with their mothers at Fair Oaks Farm in Fair Oaks, Ind. The bars laying on top of the sows prevent them from laying down quickly and landing on their babies. (AP Photo/M.L. Johnson)