Milk money
Subtitle: cash, cows, and the death of the American dairy farm
By: Kirk Kardashian ; foreword by Senator Bernie Sanders
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of New Hampshire Press; University Press of New England
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Durham, N.H
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9781611680270; 9781611683400
Subjects: Dairy farmers; Dairy farming; Dairying
Other titles: Cash, cows, and the death of the American dairy farm
Description: Retail milk prices have stayed the same while milk prices paid to farmers have plummeted. The dairy business is at the heart of the culture and economy of Vermont and many other states. Kirk Kardashian asks whether it is right that family farmers in America should toil so hard, produce a food so wholesome and so popular, and still lose money. His investigation uncovers the hidden forces behind dairy farm consolidation and asks why milk -- a staple commodity subject to both government oversight and industry collusion -- has proven so tricky to stabilize. Meanwhile, every year we continue to lose scores of small dairy farms.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Down and out on the farm; title: The first dairy farmers; title: The control of American milk; title: Milk gone wild; title: The environment; title: The workers; title: The animals; title: Monopoly money; title: Grass-fed, free-range, streamline baby.