By Richard Meek
AN17.com
Once a hub of the state’s dairy industry, milk farmers in Tangipahoa Parish have succumbed decades of dominance by conglomerates who control the market.
But thanks to the creativity of a young farmer who was willing to gamble on consumers’ evolving tastes and the doggedness of a state legislator who quickly mastered the quirky nuances of compromise, the industry appears to be on the precipice of a new and potentially exciting era.