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We offer two choices for our CSA shares
Variety Pack: includes a different flavored fresh style cheese each delivery. We want you to have the opportunity to sample our other cheeses, so there will be times in the season when we choose a different type of cheese which may include Rosebud, a fresh but firmer cheese round; Rose Memories, which is two Rosebuds marinated in organic extra virgin olive oil with garlic, oregano and chili pepper and Feta, great on salads and in recipes.
Select Pack: you select one flavor from the fresh style flavors listed above, and receive that same cheese for your 10 deliveries.Farmstead
Fresh
Goat Cheese
It’s the typical story! Our family fell in love with dairy goats and we purchased a couple for our pleasure. The herd multiplied and produced more milk than we could use. We experimented with different cheese and found the fresh goat cheeses were complimented by the milk our goats produce. Diana set out to get licensed as the cheese-maker and completed the two-year process in February 2004.
The dairy goats on Dreamfarm are raised on pasture so they can browse and graze to sustain their needs and enjoy plenty of sun and fresh air. We supplement with certified organic grain and our farm grown alfalfa hay during lactation. Their rich milk develops into a smooth, creamy, full-flavored cheese.
Fresh cheese is crafted over a three-day period. Goats are milked twice a day, their milk is stored in the bulk cooler in the milkhouse. Milk is kept in this temperature controlled cooler for four to six milkings, and then is transferred to the cheeserie. The milk is pasteurized, the starter culture and rennet are added, and it is left to develop into a yogurt-like curd. The following morning the curd is very carefully hand ladled into clothe-lined baskets or small moulds and the whey is allowed to drain until the following day. (The whey that drains from the curd is fed to our chickens and pigs.) The cheese is weighed, salted and flavored, then packed into containers. We store it in our walk-in cooler until delivery.
Fresh cheese is sold in 7 oz. containers with the following flavors available: Plain, Garlic, Garlic Dill, Peppercorn, French Herb (basil, chervil, tarragon, marjoram and chive), Herbes de Provence (savory, thyme, rosemary, basil, tarragon and lavender flower), and Italian Blend (tomato and garlic). Seasonal varieties are also available.
