NPR is doing a lot to promote the case of the local farmer. Check out this article on how the return of the milk cooperative might be an answer:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/06/25/155685027/struggling-dairy-farmers-find-a-moo-business-model
Winkelman Farm was started by a girl who grew up on a dairy farm in East Eden. She grew up feeding calves and picking strawberries and beans to pay for college. Winkelman Farm is her way of saying, "I want to do my part to keep land in farming, to maintain the character of the place that built mine, and to keep what contiguous natural space is left, intact." The Directors of Winkelman Farm Conservation Corporation agree with this mission. Email us at winkelmanfarm@gmail.com