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Idaho’s small farmers may benefit from new USDA microloans program (access required)

by Cady McGovern

Published: February 1,2013

When Karen Evans and her husband started their farm 25 years ago, Rollingstone Chevre, it was a do-it-yourself enterprise. “It was kind of like inventing the wheel,” Evans said. Goat cheese was a nascent industry in the United States. “We had to self-fund, because venture capital wasn’t available. … Nobody wanted to invest in goats.” Goat milking ...
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