Made Local Magazine Jul/Aug 2020

Nestled in a valley where vineyards and redwoods give way to green rolling hills is the tiny town of Freestone. While the world may know Sonoma County as “wine country,” out here, grass reigns supreme. Most mornings, a thick fog descends, replaced in the afternoon by a wind that trains the few scattered trees diagonally. Each year, with help from grazing animals and some of the most tenacious farmers around, the county’s pastoral grasslands produce 67,637,712 gallons of milk (according to the 2018 Sonoma County Crop Report).