The Cream Rises: Local, Sustainable Milk from the Hudson Valley from old farming equipment Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 3 min 40 sec
✓ Published: 10-Feb-2012

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All milk is not created equally. So says Sam Simon, who ditched his career as a successful orthopedic surgeon to start Plankenhorn Farm, a small farm that produces what he calls premium quality dairy products.nIt’s not exactly the most lucrative career pursuit. In the last 30 years, New York State has lost 75% of its dairy farms. With low milk prices, high production costs, and competition from industrialized farming, farm after farm has shuttered. New York still ranks third in the country for