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FireFly Farms is Building a Better Food System, With Goat Cheese

FireFly Farms is Building a Better Food System, With Goat Cheese

"We started FireFly as a way to reconnect with our family histories," Koch says, "and to support small farms and the rejuvenation of our food system." That's a tall order for a goat cheese maker, but 25 years of cheesemaking show they're making important progress, one log of chevre at a time.
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Making Cheese a Pipe Dream at Pipe Dreams Fromage

Making Cheese a Pipe Dream at Pipe Dreams Fromage

It took visits to two continents to get Brad Parker into making goat cheese. During college, he worked in France's Loire Valley tending goats for ...
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A Utopian Creamery at Cobb Hill Cheese

A Utopian Creamery at Cobb Hill Cheese

Cobb Hill Cheese, the makers of Ascutney Mountain, is more than a creamery—it's an essential component of an intentional community in Hartland, Vermont, that was founded with the values of sustainability, collective governance, and "living lightly on the earth."
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"We Did it for the Grandchildren": A Generational Business at Goat Lady Dairy

"We Did it for the Grandchildren": A Generational Business at Goat Lady Dairy

If you're a fan of tart and lactic goat's milk cheese, this 29-year-old creamery should be on your radar.
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The Science of Jersey Cream at High Lawn Farm

The Science of Jersey Cream at High Lawn Farm

Have you ever seen cheese or butter described as being made with Jersey milk or cream, and wondered what the big deal is? Well, do we have a farm for you! High Lawn Farm is a century old, family owned Jersey cow dairy in the Berkshire Mountains, and they make some of the richest, most delicious butter around.
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The Art of Farmstead Goat Cheese at Blue Ledge Farm

The Art of Farmstead Goat Cheese at Blue Ledge Farm

When Hannah Sessions and her husband Greg Bernhardt saw the blue rock ledge that stretched across the property of their future Salisbury, Vermont, farm, they knew they had found a home for their plans to make farmstead goat cheese.
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At Meadow Creek Dairy, Diversity Isn't Just a Buzzword

At Meadow Creek Dairy, Diversity Isn't Just a Buzzword

If you haven't tried the Feete family's grass fed cheeses, it's time you did.
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The New Owner of Hidden Springs Creamery Has Big Plans for Sheep's Milk Cheese

The New Owner of Hidden Springs Creamery Has Big Plans for Sheep's Milk Cheese

Lifelong farmer Amy Forgues has always wanted to make farmstead cheese with her own milk. Now she's running one of the country's best sheep's milk creameries.
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Grey Barn & Farm Brings Farmstead Cheese to Martha's Vineyard

Grey Barn & Farm Brings Farmstead Cheese to Martha's Vineyard

"You have this intense seasonality," farm owner Eric Glasgow explains. "There's a lot of people here for a brief window. Our focus was, 'what can we do to preserve the bounty of the farm to make it available to seasonal visitors?' Cheese was the obvious answer to that."
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Woodcock Farm: A Vermont Cheesemaker Looking to Pass the Torch

Woodcock Farm: A Vermont Cheesemaker Looking to Pass the Torch

Mark and Gari Fischer, the owners of Woodcock Farm in Weston, Vermont, have embodied the spirit of artisan cheesemaking for 23 years. Now they want to pass the torch to the next generation of cheesemakers.
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It Takes a Family to Make Great Goat Cheese at Boston Post Dairy

It Takes a Family to Make Great Goat Cheese at Boston Post Dairy

Boston Post Dairy is one of our favorite creameries in Vermont; a true family affair with a reputation for delicious firm and bloomy rind goat's milk cheese.
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Barn First Creamery: Maverick Makers of Farmstead Goat Cheese

Barn First Creamery: Maverick Makers of Farmstead Goat Cheese

Most cheesemakers wind up bringing work home one way or another, but few do so as literally as Rebecca Velazquez, the co-owner of Barn First Creamery with her husband Merlin Backus.
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