GIM News Fall 2013

Table of Contents

• The Feel of Farm Fresh Wool
• Marin Agricultural Institute for Teachers
• Marin's Cheese Making Heritage
• Congratulations Ellie Rilla
• Around Marin County
• Notes from the Editor
• Partners Forum

Partners Forum

• Ag Commissioner
• Agricultural Institute of Marin
• Farm Bureau
• MALT
• Marin Organic
• Marin Resource Conservation District
• Natural Resource Conservation Service
• University of California Cooperative Extension

The Feel of Farm Fresh Wool

Valley Ford Mercantile and Wool Mill is the proud new owner of Big Blue – a 15,000 pound industrial steel needle loom from North Carolina, the only needle loom West of the Rocky Mountains.  Together with a carding machine from Ohio, a few washing machines, and a love of all things wool – our region’s newest wool processing facility is now open for business.

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