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Cow to cone gelato business utilises family farm's milk - 'the story is the absolute core of what we are about'

Wanting to start their own business, Sarah and Ed Beattie found a way to use milk from Sarah’s family’s farm. Emily Ashworth pays them a visit

Emily Ashworth
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The family at Mill farm
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The family at Mill farm

If you want a true farm to fork — or farm to cone in this case — experience, look no further than The Milking Parlour in Kirkby Lonsdale. The gelato business, on the border of Lancashire, Cumbria and North...

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