Looking for a yummy holiday gift? Lola Carter and her husband, Stephen raise goats and they make their living selling caramel candies, soaps and a bath scrub made with their goat milk. They sell a variety of caramel flavors – Pumpkin Pie, Salted Vanilla, Chocolate, S’mores, and Cinnamon Rolls (shown below). You can purchase their products at their farm or you can order from them
Wendy Gardner in Whitehall, Montana
Wendy Gardner is a master home cheese maker who raises and sells Alpine dairy goats in southwestern Montana. She does this on top of the Continental Divide at an altitude of 6000 feet. Her herd averages 70 goats at any one time, so, she has a LOT of milk to make cheese. It seems difficult enough to raise goats at such a high altitude, but
Jim Stone in Santa Fe, Texas
Jim Stone first came to our attention when he made a comment at one of our blog articles. He mentioned that he was making cheese twice a week, so he was glad to get the tip about using dental floss to wax cheese (click here) Jim is a do-it-yourselfer of the highest magnitude and when he isn’t making cheese, he has a seki farm and
Mona Kanner in Salem, Oregon
We first met Mona Kanner when she made a comment at Claire Barker’s article – How to Milk a Goat. She mentioned that she had been raising goats for 26 years and she had recently gotten her first dairy doeling (Alpine) to add to her herd of 34 Myotonics. She graciously agreed to do an interview with us: What are Myotonics? I usually include their
Claire Barker in Colorado
Claire Barker lives on a homestead near the Great Sand Dunes National Park in southern Colorado. She has been raising dairy goats since 1986 and she has contributed 2 articles for us – Yogurt Tips (in 2015) and How to Milk a Goat (recently). In her yogurt article, she describes her experiences with using goat milk, which is comparatively uncommon on the Web. And, if you are
Considering the Care of Retired Dairy Goats
This post came from a discussion I had with Wendy Woodward at Witch Hazel Dairy in Snowflake, Arizona after our recent interview (click here). Wendy and her family had been caring for an elderly goat (Robin) during the course of our email conversations (for a month or so) and Robin died shortly after the interview was posted. For Robin’s life story (until 2018) and pictures
Wendy Woodward in Snowflake, Arizona
Wendy teaches high school chemistry and biology when she isn’t running her ranch – Witch Hazel Dairy. She is the proud mother of Hazel McGuffin, who is now in her first year of college. Wendy and her husband, Jorge took Hazel to the Phoenix Comic Fest recently and Hazel snapped some cool pics of her parents: Hazel became enamored with goats when she was 11
Spring Hill Farmstead Goat Cheese in Bayside, California
We first heard from Karin Eide in Bayside, California when she asked us to add her to our list of cheese makers in the US who use thistle rennet (click here). She told us she has been importing it from Spain and using it exclusively (as her only rennet) for the last 8 years. She uses it in all her cheeses – fresh, aged cheddars (up