Dutch family convert to organic dairy farming in Canada

Organic dairy farming is unusual in Alberta, Canada, but one family from the Netherlands is making it work for them. Jane Brown finds out more

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Teun VandenBroek.

Organic dairy farming is unusual in Alberta, Canada, but one family from the Netherlands is making it work for them. Jane Brown finds out more. Since emigrating from the Netherlands to Canada in...

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