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Bringing Back Local Milk, Ice Cream, and Cheese

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Meanwhile, the perishability of dairy’s main product exposes the industry to supply chain disruptions. Ultimately, maintaining a diversity of production practices and locations bolsters resilience within the industry, Nicholson says, making it less vulnerable to disruptions in regional supply chains and climate-related issues.

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Black Earth: A Family’s Journey from Enslavement to Reclamation

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In the months before Patrick Brown was born in November 1982, his father, Arthur, lay down on a road near the familys farm to prevent a caravan of yellow dump trucks from depositing toxic soil in his community. Patrick currently operates Brown Family Farms on the land that Byron worked as a sharecropper once he was freed.