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Bringing Back Local Milk, Ice Cream, and Cheese

Civil Eats

The ice cream shop is an extension of the Nicholson family’s sixth-generation, 120-acre farm in nearby Ferndale. Since taking over the dairy a decade ago and branding it Foggy Bottoms Boys , the couple has been bucking convention and helping their rural community navigate changing economic tides.

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Food Systems 101: How Community Colleges Are Helping Students Connect Farm to Fork

Modern Farmer

The school ran an outdoor hydroponics farm this summer to help work out logistics on the soon-to-be-built indoor vertical farm. The next step is to get a greenhouse going in the fall and eventually scale up into a series of shipping containers.

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