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Thoreau’s Flock – What’s up with the sheep at Thoreau College?

Thoreau’s Flock – What’s up with the sheep at Thoreau College?

by Jacob Hundt | Mar 4, 2021 | Blog

On Thursday, December 17, 2020, ten Clun Forest ewes and one Icelandic-Merino ewe arrived at Compostella Farm, home of the Thoreau College farm program. They barrelled out of the trailer and then stood there, looking around sheepishly. Since then, our ewes (and one...

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