{"id":1353,"date":"2010-10-19T08:37:54","date_gmt":"2010-10-19T12:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homegrownonahobbyfarm.com\/?p=1353"},"modified":"2011-11-15T18:01:29","modified_gmt":"2011-11-15T23:01:29","slug":"blog-post-about-our-wholesome-dairy-webisode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homegrownonahobbyfarm.com\/index.php\/2010\/10\/blog-post-about-our-wholesome-dairy-webisode\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Post About Our Wholesome Dairy Webisode"},"content":{"rendered":"

If there’s one common element that links all of the folks I’ve met on the series, it’s passion. And Mark Lopez is a prime example.<\/p>\n

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The number of registered Ayrshires in North America has declined significantly over the past 30 years. See the ALBC website for more. www.albc-usa.org\/<\/p><\/div>\n

Mark is a husband, father, veterinarian, and dairy farmer\u2014but not just any dairy farmer. He harvests raw milk from his heritage breed Ayrshire dairy cows. His time, energy, years of education, and love for his herd come to focus upon ensuring the quality of his dairy products. The herd grazes naturally on grass and enters the barn for milking twice a day, every day. Each individual in the herd is known by her name and sweet, subtle quirks.<\/p>\n

Mark\u2019s passion is not only for his beloved Ayrshire but also for the dairy operation itself. Harvesting and public sale of raw milk require the maintenance of strict standards in the collection process as well as throughout the collection areas.<\/p>\n

Wholesome Dairy Farms<\/strong> <\/a>is a special place; I’m glad it’s part of the ag community in this valley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If there’s one common element that links all of the folks I’ve met on the series, it’s passion. And Mark Lopez is a prime example. Mark is a husband, father, veterinarian, and dairy farmer\u2014but not just any dairy farmer. He harvests raw milk from his heritage breed Ayrshire dairy cows. His time, energy, years of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[120,118,35,18,19,59,36,111,45],"class_list":["post-1353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-albc","tag-ayrshire-dairy-cattle","tag-family","tag-farming","tag-hobbyfarm","tag-pasture","tag-pennsylvania","tag-raw-milk","tag-whole-foods"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homegrownonahobbyfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homegrownonahobbyfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homegrownonahobbyfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homegrownonahobbyfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homegrownonahobbyfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.homegrownonahobbyfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homegrownonahobbyfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homegrownonahobbyfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homegrownonahobbyfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}