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Big picture before self, the long view, execution,…
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Animals are not humans
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Calluses, crowns, and cow divas: lessons from the county fair
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Technology, intellectual property & corporate control on farms
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Bull semen & cow beauty pageants
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Moving the farm & food conversation forward
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15 years of learning
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Building a longer table
As the saying goes “If you are more fortunate than…
How can you translate farm to food?
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