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Modern Milk
Season 1
Episode 5
American dairy is undergoing a renaissance. A cottage industry of dairy farmers, cheesemakers and creameries are creating delicious alternatives to industrial milk. Meet west-coast raw milk revolutionaries, Vermont cheese entrepreneurs making serious cheddar, and ice cream innovators in San Francisco and New York City.
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From the Founding Farmers to the modern Farm Bill, what has 200 years of progress brought?
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Explore the disconnect between the belly and the brain and our national eating disorder.
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Cheap meat is actually quite costly, taking its toll on America’s health and environment.
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