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Vegetable Rennet vs. Animal Rennet in Cheese
When making cheese, rennet usually isn’t optional. But, though they do the same thing, animal and vegetable rennet have very different beginnings.
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How to Host an Amateur Cheesemaking Contest
Want to sell more surplus milk to local customers or find more homes for those spring kids? Teach how to make goat cheeses and then host a local amateur cheesemaking contest!
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Natural Cheese Cultures in Your Food
While our modern world often favors packaged starter cultures for consistency, natural cultures of bacteria and yeasts have been used for thousands of years to make or preserve food.
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How to Make Homemade Kefir
What is homemade kefir and how do you care for it? Learn all about this amazing grain and how to make both water kefir and milk kefir.
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Olé Cajeta!
Like magic, a simmering pot on the stove can transform a few simple ingredients into a rich and creamy caramelized concoction that has people clamoring for more.
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Ethical Dairy Finds Solutions to the Disadvantages of Goat Milk Production
Disadvantages of goat milk production are animal welfare issues, such as kid separation and culling. Sorène has found a way to meet goat welfare needs while running a soap business.
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The Dynamics of Cheese Names
Did you ever wonder about all the cheese names out there and how a particular cheese got its name?
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Nutritional Differences of Goat Milk vs. Cow Milk
Add to Favorites by Rebecca Sanderson What is the difference between goat milk vs. cow milk? Being similar livestock-type animals, the overall composition of their respective milks are quite similar, …
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Rotary Milking at Summerhill Dairy
Add to Favorites By Anneke De Jong – It happened again yesterday — a question that I get asked all too often and never ceases to amaze me. “Do you milk your …
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Honey Sweetie Acres
Honey Sweetie Acres got their name as an inside joke between husband and wife Steve and Regina Bauscher, but they got their fame from their award-winning goats and top tier health products.
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