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Gold rush opportunists, hippie goat ladies, Latino newcomers: California entrepreneurs dream of cheese

  • Written by Heather Paxson, Professor of Anthropology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
imageHumboldt Fog chèvre, born in a dream.T.Depaepe, CC BY-ND

The idea for Humboldt Fog goat’s milk cheese first came to Mary Keehn in a dream. She fell asleep on an airplane and awoke with a vivid picture in her mind of how the cheese looked. And then she set out to realize her vision – in the process, helping to launch a...

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