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New Jersey's small, networked dairy farms are a model for a more resilient food system

  • Written by Andrew Carlson, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton University
imageRichard Byma from By-Acre farms in Sussex County, New Jersey, tends to his Holstein herd. Neville Elder/Corbis via Getty Images)

Cow’s milk is a major part of many Americans’ diets because it contains key vitamins and calcium. But milk consumption has suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic, along with other foods, including beef, eggs, fr...

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