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Groundswell 2025: Cows producing milk is the 'original miracle'

Katie Jones
Editor, Farmers Guardian and Dairy Farmer
clock 鈥� 4 min read
Matthew Evans, an Australian farmer and author, described milk as 'the original miracle'
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Matthew Evans, an Australian farmer and author, described milk as 'the original miracle'

Sequestering carbon, supporting biodiversity and producing a superfood were just some of the benefits from dairy farming talked about at this year's Groundswell. Matthew Evans, an Australian farmer...

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