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Milk money : cash, cows, and the death of the American dairy farm / Kirk Kardashian ; foreword by Senator Bernie Sanders.
- Title
- Milk money : cash, cows, and the death of the American dairy farm / Kirk Kardashian ; foreword by Senator Bernie Sanders.
- Author
- Kardashian, Kirk.
- Publication
- Durham, N.H. : University of New Hampshire Press, c2012.
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- Description
- xv, 253 p., [6] p. of plates : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- 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.
- Uniform Title
- Project Muse UPCC books
- Alternative Title
- Cash, cows, and the death of the American dairy farm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-242) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Down and out on the farm -- The first dairy farmers -- The control of American milk -- Milk gone wild -- The environment -- The workers -- The animals -- Monopoly money -- Grass-fed, free-range, streamline baby.
- ISBN
- 9781611680270 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 1611680271 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9781611683400 (ebook)
- 1611683408 (ebook)
- LCCN
- ^^2012012528
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- Harvard Library