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Greg Galbraith For Agri-View
Dec 21, 2023
Dec 21, 2023

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Greg Galbraith says his grandfather, a former dairy farmer and lumberjack, was a great source for unique sayings and phrases.

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Greg Galbraith For Agri-View

“Let’s not and say we did.”

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Greg Galbraith owned and operated for 30 years a grazing-based dairy farm in central Wisconsin, until selling it to another couple who continues to operate an organic grass-based dairy. He’s an agrarian writer who’s involved in projects promoting the environmental and social benefits of an agricultural landscape dedicated to the functional permanent cover that managed pasture provides.