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Bringing Back Local Milk, Ice Cream, and Cheese

Civil Eats

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. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, failed shipping logistics forced farmers to dump millions of gallons of milk.

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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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Walmart’s ‘Regenerative Foodscape’

Civil Eats

Last year, the foundation supported the production of a report on greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture , which played a significant role in the national conversation around regenerative agriculture. All retailers look to shift burdens to their suppliers for promotions, for stocking, for logistics.

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Look What Nicola Twilley Found in the Fridge

Civil Eats

Can you explain the logistics of creating a cheeseburger entirely from scratch, and how the refrigerated food system makes that possible? They built a home in rural Virginia, growing their own vegetables and raising chickens, and set off on a mission to make a cheeseburger—this sort of pinnacle of industrial food—from scratch.