If you’re lucky enough to go to Jamaica this winter (or any other time), pay a visit to Ruth Mitchell and Byron Walker at Ruby Goat Dairy. They will be happy to show you around their micro dairy – the only one on the the island. It’s not a tourist attraction – it’s a real goat farm and creamery. Ruth and Byron had been coming
Werner Troeder in Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Werner Troeder It’s always interesting when folks move from one country to another with a totally different culture. They find themselves missing certain aspects of the life they left behind and so they re-create those things for themselves. This happened when the Troeders moved from Germany to Jamaica. Cheese is nowhere near as important to Jamaicans, in general, as it is to Germans. However,
Joanna Bulova – Making Cheese in Jamaica
She started with Ricki’s workshop and now she sells her cheese on an island in the Caribbean! Joanna Bulova took Ricki’s workshop, Cheesemaking 101 in June, 2006. Now she has 42 goats and from their milk, she makes and sells a wide variety of cheeses. In the pictures she sent us, you can see how she has adjusted her methods to the hot, steamy conditions