Milk House ContributorNewA Journalist and a Farmer Walk into a Barn by Eugene Jones Baldwin nonfiction
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ContestNonfictionCONTEST: God, Guns, and Baseball by Lena (Sunada-Matsumura) NewlinJudge Jamie Guiney has selected “God, Guns, and Baseball” by Lena (Sunada-Matsumura) Newlin as the Best Essay for... Read More
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Book ListFeaturedFive Books about Farming that Explain the IndustryRyan Dennis is the author of The Beasts They Turned Away,... Read More
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Milk House ContributorNewA Journalist and a Farmer Walk into a Barn by Eugene Jones Baldwin nonfiction
