Allen & Colby: A dairy revolution

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Will Allen and Michael Colby. Allen is the co-founder of Cedar Circle Farm in East Thetford. Colby is a writer and sugarmaker in Walden. Both are co-founders, along with Kate Duesterberg, of Regeneration Vermont. This essay is excepted from the full report, “Failure to Regulate: Big Dairy & Water Pollution in Vermont.”
Vermont’s large-farm dairy industry is under increasing scrutiny for a variety of economic, ecological and humanit