Nicole Taylor is soaking up the summer with some more ice cream and a little bit of booze.

Lorraine Lewandrowski is an advocate for commodity farmers in Upstate New York. This week on The Farm Report, Erin Fairbanks calls up Lorraine to talk about dairy in New York, and how the federal milk price system puts New York dairy farmers at a disadvantage.

Lauren Melodia aims to link New York dairy farmers and high incarceration rates with her organization, Milk Not Jails.

This week on The Farm Report, Erin Fairbanks interviews the father-daughter duo: Dan and Margot Brooks of Wayward Goose Farm and Consider Bardwell Farm. Dan used to work on a large-scale family dairy farm, and has moved to working with twenty head of cattle.

This week Erin talks to Jessica Ziehm about the New York dairy industry and how dairy farmers are surviving in today's struggling economy.

State #1: This week on Cutting the Curd, Anne starts her "State of Cheese" series: a 50 part show series highlighting each state in the US and it's cheese culture. She begins with California, and is joined by guest Peggy Smith of Cowgirl Creamery.