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Red Ruby Herd Growing Thanks to Pasture-Fed Focus

Sheila Cooke • Apr 01, 2018

Source: Farmers Guardian, FGInsight.com, February 23, 2018.

We are pleased to share with you a Farmers Guardian feature article about Jonathan and Laura Chapman, who have been managing holistically at Bailey Hill Farm for more than a year. They are members of the Pasture Fed Livestock Association (PFLA) , and Laura is a PFLA director.

Thank you very much Chapman Family for your contributions to regenerative agriculture, and your inspiration to others that they can do the same.

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