Back in 2002 Robin McConaughy was reading “Power Steer,” Michael Pollan’s landmark cover story about the beef industry for the New York Times Magazine. A lot of people read that piece and became vegetarians, but for Robin and her husband Jon, it planted the seed for what would become Double Brook Farm.
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Can a magazine article change your life? In the case of Jon and Robin McConaughy, one at least jump-started a directional change for them and their young family that led to their establishing Double Brook Farm in Hopewell in 2004. The article was Power Steer by Michael Pollan, best known ...
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