There’s just something so loveable about domesticated water buffalos, including the proper name – Bubalus bubalis. They’re “gentle giants,” weighing in at up to 2650 pounds and living for an average of 25 years. There are more than 130 million of them in the world and we could look at pictures of them all day! Most of us would be thrilled to have water buffalo
Sister Gertrude Read in 2017
Sr. Gertrude lives at the Abbey of St. Walburga in Virginia Dale, Colorado. In April, 2014, we posted an article about her and her cheese (click here). At that point, she had been making cheese since 2007, and she had just gotten a water buffalo. Sister Gertrude’s Update Licensing In October, 2014, I had to quit making cheese for a few months because I was
Sister Gertrude Read in Virginia Dale, Colorado
Sister Gertrude Read from the Abbey of St. Walburga was one of the entrants in our 35th Anniversary Essay Contest. We were very excited to learn about her life as a nun and how she came to make cheese in the Abbey. The prize for the winner of the contest was our cheese press (E28). Sister Gertrude was not the winner, but she did
Richard Horton and His Water Buffalo
Richard with Tiger (just a puppy) 25 years ago, he decided to take a job with a 2 year contract in Venezuela and he’s been there ever since. A few months ago, Richard Horton wrote to us with a question about his home cheese making. He mentioned that he was using water buffalo milk, so I asked him for more information. It turned out