There's been a lot in the news lately about energy prices and the world's oil supply. Who do you blame, and how do you fix it? The popularity of SUVs might be one part of the problem, the explosive modernization of China, another, but commercial transportation shoulders some blame too. U.S. industry is trucking more materials and product back and forth across the interstates than ever.

There's been a lot in the news lately about energy prices and the world's oil supply. Who do you blame, and how do you fix it? The popularity of SUVs might be one part of the problem, the explosive modernization of China, another, but commercial transportation shoulders some blame too. U.S. industry is trucking more materials and product back and forth across the interstates than ever.

So what's it to do with the milk business? Well, perhaps this is just one example of the silver lining that comes with being a local independent dairy.