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Sustainability efforts to reach broader audience in documentary

Phyllis Coulter
Dec 15, 2022
Dec 15, 2022

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CHICAGO — Sixth-generation farmer Michael Ganschow grew up seeing his father and grandfather as leaders in using conservation practices on the family farm in the rolling hills of Bureau County in northern Illinois.

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