A different kind of dairy farm

May 23, 2012 at 9:38PM
(Tom Wallace — Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Let's all raise a glass (of milk) to Vincent Maefsky, the hardworking patriarch of Poplar Hill Dairy Goat Farm in Scandia, Minn. Since 1975, the Maefsky family — and their 750-plus herd of purebred Alpines, Saanens, Toggenburgs and Nubians, of course — have been delivering much-needed diversity, in the form of fresh pasteurized goat's milk, to supermarket dairy cases across the Upper Midwest. Look for the cute brown-and-green carton.

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