It’s a crazy scene at Beltane Farm this time of year – there are baby goats everywhere (they call it March Madness!) There were 80 born in the last month! Fortunately, you can go there any Sunday afternoon in April or May to see the baby goats, sample their cheeses and tour the farm. Beltane is located at the start of a dirt road in
Julie Ott’s Goat Milk Yogurt
Julie Ott lives in North Berwick, Maine. She raises goats and makes a wide variety of cheeses with the milk. She has already contributed 2 recipes to our blog and we are very grateful: Julie’s Goat Milk Colby/Cheddar and Goat’s Milk Colby. In her recipe below, she uses an automatic yogurt maker which we sell – (E79) Goat Milk Yogurt By Julie Ott While I
Red Gable Cheese Workshops
Red Gable Cheese Workshops is located in Sparta, Tennessee-a small community located on the scenic Upper Cumberland plateau approximately an hour and a half from Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga Tennessee. On her 33 acre farm, Karen teaches artisan cheese making utilizing both goat and cow’s milk along with raising a dairy goat herd. I had to interview Karen by e-mail because Tennessee is a little
Making Cheese at Hildene in Vermont
Hildene – The Lincoln Family Home Hildene is located in Vermont’s southwest corner, The Shires, in Manchester Village, close to many popular ski areas. It was the summer home for Abraham Lincoln’s son, Robert and his wife, Mary. Robert was the President of the Pullman Company, the largest manufacturing business in the US at the turn of the century. He built Hildene in 1905, and
Little White Goat Dairy in Orange, Massachusetts
When you listen to Rachel Scherer talk about her goats, you can tell she knows exactly what they like and don’t like, as if she can read their minds. She learned everything she knows from the queen of her herd- Little White Goat. Rachel describes their relationship as a “mystical bond” and it certainly appears to be so. 13 years ago, when Rachel and her
Goat Lady Dairy For Sale
Here’s an opportunity for you! If you’ve been thinking about taking a big leap into your future, this might be the time to buy an award-winning goat dairy in North Carolina. Goat Lady has won many ribbons at the American Cheese Society Competition (and we taste their cheeses every time we go). It’s a business with a great reputation, a loyal following and a beautiful
Victory Hill Farm in Scottsbluff, Nebraska
Sarah in barn with baby goat. There are only five other cheese makers in the state and they are all over 7 hours away! Sarah and Lee Pinet raise goats and make artisan, farmstead cheese which they sell at their farm and at local farmer’s markets. They learned how to do all this in western Nebraska, far from any classes or mentors or even any