Urban Professionals Carve Out Farming Life Despite Agricultural Losses, Number of Farms Remains Stable

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Violet Willis leaned against the fence surrounding a dozen pregnant Icelandic sheep, where the quiet of a Dennysville afternoon was broken only by a lamb bleating, a duck quacking or a hen's excited cackling.

It's the midst of lambing season - 10 have been born already and another 20 are due within the week. The sheep, their curly coats ranging from a deep chocolate color to champagne or black, nuzzledtheir newborn lambs in immaculate stalls or casually walked through the paddock.

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Urban Professionals Carve Out Farming Life Despite Agricultural Losses, Number of Farms Remains Stable

"I want to feed the sheep," Willis' 3-year-old daughter, Brynne, shouted, running from the shadows of the barn in a lilac jacket and pink boots.

Breathing in the heavy scents of straw, hay and spring thaw, Willis smiled. "This is home," she said. "I...

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