Sign of the (Previous) Times: Dairy Doomed

One of the few family-owned dairies in Sonoma County, California has ceased operations in the face of challenges to its slope stability methods. Decades ago, used tires were placed on the farms gullies–some 67,000 over the dairy’s life. This stability design was recommended by various government agencies. In the 1990s, the regulations changed. A costly cleanup followed, but the new erosion prevention design failed.