Milk Money: Cash, Cows, and the Death of the American Dairy Farm

A gripping and witty exploration of the economic forces that make it challenging for small dairy farms to survive.

The dairy business is at the heart of the culture and economy of Vermont, just as it is in many other states. That fact meant little to Kirk Kardashian until he started taking his daughter to daycare at a dairy farm a few miles from his Vermont home. The farm had been owned by the same family for generations but struggled to make ends meet in a market where retail milk prices ...