Dalyn Weller of Yakima, Washington is a very busy lady! She has three children at home. She homeschools. She raises many different kinds of farm animals. She creates and sells soap products. And, she makes kefir, yogurt, chevre, mozzarella, feta and ice cream with her goat’s milk. (Her yummy yogurt cheese blog post is shown at the end of this article.) According to her blog
Osth Family Farm in North Zulch, Texas
The Osth Family Joan and Johan Osth (pronounced “ost” which means cheese in Swedish) are headed for self-sufficiency on their farm in North Zulch, Texas, population 2,516. Making their own cheese from their own cow’s milk is, of course, an important part of the dream. Joan Osth Joan was extremely excited when she first started making cheese a few months ago. She had made her
Laughing Dog Farm in Gill, MA
Daniel Botkin is the definition of a “natural-born” teacher. Remember in school when there was a “cool” teacher the other kids had, but you always had the boring ones? When you meet Daniel, you realize right away that he is an educator and you wish he had been there when you were growing up. He assesses your level of understanding about any given subject, and
Green Mountain Yogurt
Ricki, Diane and Sarah ( Diane’s niece) The Smallest Licensed Dairy in Vermont! Ricki first met Diane Wyatt at the Hanover Farmer’s Market in Hanover, New Hampshire a few months ago. Diane told her she has made almost every cheese in Ricki’s book, “Home Cheese Making.” Diane and Ricki talked cheese for awhile and Ricki decided Diane was one of the nicest folks she had
Taylor Farm in Londonderry, Vermont
Making Award-Winning Farmstead Gouda Jonathan Wright has a vision. He dreams of artisan cheesemakers in his area sharing their resources to produce their cheeses more economically. Within a fairly small geographical area, several cheesemakers would make their own special cheeses in the same place, using much of the same equipment, the same office workers, and the same marketing staff. They would raise their own herds,
Kookoolan Farms in Oregon
Chrissie and Koorosh Zaerpoor are into everything! Before we get into the list of their projects, let me just explain what a “Kookoolan” is- it was a nickname Koorosh’s father gave him when he was a boy in Iran. It doesn’t mean anything- it’s just a funny sound like “cutesy wootsy.” (Koorosh is ethnically Persian, born and raised in Iran, and a native speaker of
Brazos Valley Cheese in Texas
Winner of two ribbons at the American Cheese Society competition! As you already know, several of us from New England Cheesemaking Supply Co. went to Seattle a few weeks ago to the annual convention. While we were working our table in the registration area, we met Rebeccah Durkin and Marc Kuehl from Brazos Valley Cheese in Waco, Texas. Rebeccah told us that our book, Home