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Small Scale Dairy Farming is a Labor of Love

By Kayte Young and Leo Paes

“I remember in Covid, Sarah, she went to the grocery on her way home, on a Friday, to get milk and some other things--basically when Covid was shuttin’ everything down–and there was chocolate almond milk. And that was it.

I’m a pretty big fan of food independence and food sovereignty and having control over your food system and choice over the food that you want. And seeing it not available because of supply chain issues was part of it. There’s gotta be a local option for milk. I just think there needs to be as long as we’re consuming milk and it’s part of our culture, we need to have a local option.”

This week on the show we visit Twin Springs Creamery. We talk with James Farmer, Jason “Smiley” Scott, and Stacey Decker— about the hard work and the joy of working with dairy cows, and what it takes to bring local milk to Southern Indiana.

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