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A Busy Spring | April 2016
Spring started out slow for us this year, with only half as many calves born in March as last year. As slow as March seemed to be last month, April was our crazy busy month this spring. We just had Read more
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A New Cheese Vat | April 2015
This was supposed to be our April 2014 newsletter, but we were too busy last spring to get this newsletter finished. If you want to find out why, read our December newsletter. We just decided, when we finally had time to Read more
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Creamery Changes – December 2014
Our goal for this year was to send out a newsletter each month of 2014. Since we sent the last one out in March, you can see how close we approached our goal. We have a good excuse though, as you will read in Read more
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Calving Season | March 2014
It’s been a long cold winter at our farm and the cold weather seems to still want to stay. March is the busiest month of the year for us when we are dealing with many new baby calves, but this year Read more
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A Trip to Argentina | February 2014
Last year, we applied for the Better Cheese for Pittsburgh education grant from Slow Food Pittsburgh, which provides winning cheesemakers with funds to develop a new cheese or, in our case, learn and refine skills in the art of making Read more
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Winter is here | January 2014
Snow covers the ground, temperatures are dropping, and Clover Creek has frozen over several times this past month. Of course, this also means that the milking parlor pipes and hoses are often frozen when we want to start milking. That’s Read more
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Raw Milk is available again | March 2013
This morning, our seventeenth cow calved. We were able to feed the babies and still have enough to fill the customer fridge. We have some in the refrigerator now and are letting people know they can stop by and get Read more
Recipes
Jesse and Tessie Fudge (baked cheese)
1 1/2 lbs. (6 cups) Clover Creek Cheese Cellar Cheddar Cheese 6 Eggs 1/2 lb. (2+ cups) Clover Creek Cheese Cellar Royer Mountain Cheese 3/4 cup Milk 2 cans Green Chilies (Chopped) Shred cheese. Beat eggs with fork and add Read more
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Calving Time | March 2010
Spring is coming: the snow is melting, the birds are singing, and the cows are calving on our farm. On our farm, we plan to have all of our cows give birth in the springtime. Farms that have all their Read more