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

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 who...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kardashian, Kirk
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham, N.H. : University of New Hampshire Press, 2012.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Landwirtschaftlicher Betrieb
Milchwirtschaft
Dairying > Economic aspects.
Dairy farming > Economic aspects.
Dairy farmers.
Élevage laitier > Aspect economique > États-Unis.
Éleveurs de betail laitier > États-Unis.
Industrie laitiere > Aspect economique > États-Unis.
Dairy farming > Economic aspects > United States.
Dairy farmers > United States.
Dairying > Economic aspects > United States.
USA
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (278 pages): illustrations ;
ISBN:9781611683400

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