JUDY
GIFFORD
Raised on a small dairy farm in Connecticut, Judy has always
loved cows. She worked for sixteen years in the public sector
before realizing her dream job of owning and milking her own
cows. Upon graduating from the University of Connecticut with a
degree in Animal Science, she accepted a job as a 4-H and Youth
Development Specialist in eastern Connecticut. A Masters
degree in public administration led to an internship at the
National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. After
six years, Judy was offered a job in the office of a Congressman
from Wisconsin to work on dairy issues. Two years later,
she became a lobbyist for the National Milk Producers
Federation. Finally, in 1996, Judy and her partner, Robert
Fry, bought a farm on the eastern shore of Maryland and she
became a full time dairy farmer.
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