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A young dairy farmer in Northern Ireland has revived the once-popular doorstep deliveries of fresh milk in glass bottles in his local town.

For Gareth Baird, who helps run the family’s Carnrassie Farm on the northern edge of Carrickfergus, it was an essential way to add value to the family property, and to help him find a way to work on the farm full-time.

The Bairds milk around 150 cows, normally supplying their milk to mozzarella manufacturer Glanbia Cheese – but ever since

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