Ink & Lens with Markham Starr

Down on the Farm: The Last Dairy Farms of North Stonington

At the end of WWII, there were over 5000 dairy farms in Connecticut. Currently, there are less than 150 farms still making milk commercially. This talk follows the operation of four, family-owned, dairy farms throughout the course of a year. The earliest farm, dating back to 1791, is now in its eighth generation, while the youngest two are over 100 years old. The talk covers what it takes to get a gallon of milk onto the store’s shelves and the particular challenges today’s dairy farms face in Connecticut.  Slideshow is from the book by the same name.

Bio from Markham's website:

I am a documentary photographer living in Connecticut. My goal has been to preserve something of the working cultures of New England, now rapidly disappearing. Over the course of the past seven years, I have largely focused on…