Field Report: A Modern Dairy Tale

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In Oxford, Miss., where Faulkner’s grave is a major tourist attraction, writers are heroes. (John Grisham is said to have awakened to find a couple being married on his lawn.) When the local author Larry Brown died in 2004 at age 53, he was revered in Oxford for his blunt prose and bleak tales, like those in “Big Bad Love” and “Fay,” as well as for his long struggle to be published while working as a firefighter. . .

Two years ago, he looked at a carton of organic milk at the grocery storeand realized it came from Colorado. “First I called the dairy manager and said, ‘Are you selling this stuff?’ ” he said, adjusting his Farm Bureau MS cap. “He said, ‘I’m selling it faster than I can put it on the shelf.’ I said, ‘Man, that just don’t make any sense to me to ship milk, what is it, 1,000 miles?’ I said: ‘We can do that right here. We can have a dairy as close to organic as you can.’ ”

Since Brown Family Dairy started milking last summer, they’ve sold every drop and have gone from 4 to 12 cows.

Grilled-Peach Sundaes With Salted Bourbon-Caramel Sauce (June 20, 2010)
Buttermilk Ice Cream (June 20, 2010)
Butter (June 20, 2010)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/magazine/20food-t-000.html?pagewanted=2&hpw

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1. Neat! I have family there...

don't get there often but that's a cool story.