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The Political Economy of Milk: Reinvigorating Vermont's Family...

By James H. Maroney Jr.

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Vermonters have been told for decades that their dairy farms are in trouble, but most have no idea why the situation is dire, how the farmers got to this point or what can and should be done to fix it. The farm problem is traced back to the days of Calvin Coolidge, taking the reader through the administrations of Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt and Richard Nixon, whose secretary of agriculture Earl Butz famously advised farmers in 1972 to "get big or get out." Why did the government encourage consolidation Why does the government, even though it tries perennially, have no incentive to help farmers The picture that emerges isn't pretty: government has not treated our farmers as partners but as a troublesome constituency to be exploited, manipulated and relocated. Through exploration and analysis, this book details the causes behind, and ultimately offers a solution to, the farm problem as it affects Vermont Family Dairy Farms.

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The Political Economy of Milk

By James H. Maroney, Jr.

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Vermonters have been told for decades that their dairy farms are in trouble, but most have no idea why the situation is dire, how the farmers got to this point or what can and should be done to fix it. The farm problem is traced back to the days of Calvin Coolidge, taking the reader through the administrations of Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt and Richard Nixon, whose secretary of agriculture Earl Butz famously advised farmers in 1972 to “get big or get out.” Why did the government encourage consolidation? Why does the government, even though it tries perennially, have no incentive to help farmers? The picture that emerges isn’t pretty: government has not treated our farmers as partners but as a troublesome constituency to be exploited, manipulated and relocated. Through exploration and analysis, this book details the causes behind, and ultimately offers a solution to, the farm problem as it affects Vermont Family Dairy Farms.

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The Political Economy of Milk

By James H. Maroney, Jr.

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Vermonters have been told for decades that their dairy farms are in trouble, but most have no idea why the situation is dire, how the farmers got to this point or what can and should be done to fix it. The farm problem is traced back to the days of Calvin Coolidge, taking the reader through the administrations of Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt and Richard Nixon, whose secretary of agriculture Earl Butz famously advised farmers in 1972 to “get big or get out.” Why did the government encourage consolidation? Why does the government, even though it tries perennially, have no incentive to help farmers? The picture that emerges isn’t pretty: government has not treated our farmers as partners but as a troublesome constituency to be exploited, manipulated and relocated. Through exploration and analysis, this book details the causes behind, and ultimately offers a solution to, the farm problem as it affects Vermont Family Dairy Farms.

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About James Maroney

James H. Maroney, Jr. holds a B.A. in art history from Columbia University and an M.B.A. from the University of Massachusetts, at Amherst. He is currently matriculated at Vermont Law School where he will earn a Masters in Environmental Law & Policy. He has served as Head of American Paintings at both Sotheby’s (1967-74) and Christie’s (1993-95) in New York and, from 1976 to the present, has operated his own private art gallery James Maroney Inc. specializing in important nineteenth and early twentieth century American paintings watercolors and sculpture. He has served on the IRS Art Advisory Panel in Washington DC (1975-77) and has been a member of the Art Dealer’s Association in New York. From 1986 to 1996 Mr. Maroney owned and operated Oliver Hill Farm in Leicester VT, which with 125 cows milking was at the time, the largest Certified Organic dairy farm in the United States. In 2008, he wrote “The Political Economy of Milk” (Gala Books Ltd), a critique of the American dairy industry.