Video Stories The Dairy Farm
A Video Celebration of Rural Community
Barry asked me to take a picture of one of his favorite cows. And it was my chance to get an answer to a question that I have had for a long time: what is the conformation of a good cow?
We chatted a bit about breeding, a very important part of dairy farming because the cows only milk because they have young.
I came to Pine Plains a few years ago by choice, not by chance of birth. But the small-town rural community I chose is changing. The farmers have, for the most part, sold to people from the city and fields are becoming lawns.
I am making this journal to preserve what I can of a changing way of life and to share it with the community. On a more personal level, I am making this as a way of holding on to the reasons why I came here.
