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How do Colombian farms make cheese?
Travel with Dave and Terry to Bogota as they visit a Colombian Buffalo farm, enjoy a raclette restaurant and learn from an artisan gouda cheesemaker
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Fondue and Soft Pretzels For New Year’s
As dairy farmers who wake up with the sun, we don’t often stay up late, even for New Year’s Eve. I think we were all asleep by 11 o’clock this year. Our one tradition for the new year is to Read more…
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It is Christmas Cookie Time!
Cookies are my favorite afternoon snack any time of the year. I usually grab one (or two) and a glass of milk before I head out to milk the cows. The cookie selection always increases this time of year when Read more…
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May 2020
Farm It’s May! The grass is green and growing! In fact, it’s growing so fast that we have to figure out the right pace to move the cows through the fields. We do this by setting up break wires (easily Read more…
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April 2020 Newsletter
Farm Poet T. S. Eliot says April is the cruelest month, but for us it means warm weather and green grass. Between the rain and the sunshine, our pastures are starting to grow again, which means Dave is setting up Read more…
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The Seasons of dairy farming
On our farm in central Pennsylvania, we get to experience the full swing of seasonal changes. We watch the spring rain turn our pastures green and experience the lush growth of summer grass. We enjoy the cooler breezes of autumn Read more…
How We Make Cheese
Packaging! Packaging! Packaging! – How We Make Cheese
When we started making cheese, we packaged each retail wedge by coating it in wax. We burned our fingers a few times dipping the cheese, but packaging this way wasn’t too difficult. Then a few customers complained that the wax Read more…
How We Make Cheese
Affinage and Aging – How We Make Cheese
Affinage is a French word that refers to caring for cheese as it ages. The aging process is where our cheese matures and develops its awesome flavor. We make our cheeses in an artisan European style. Cheese factories suffocate cheese Read more…
How We Make Cheese
Hoops and Followers – How We Make Cheese
Rennet, curds, whey, cheddaring. As you may have noticed throughout this series, cheese making has its own special vocabulary. Before I can explain the next steps in cheesemaking there are two more words that I need to define. Hoops are Read more…
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Cheddaring is a Verb – How We Make Cheese
Did you know that in cheesemaking, cheddaring is a verb? Cheddaring is a process that cheesemakers use to further acidify the curds and draw more whey out. This process is what allows cheddar cheese to last a long time. But, Read more…