Farm News Amidst the flurry of overdue outdoor farm projects, this week was all about packing boxes; “Victory Cheese” boxes filled with...

Farm News The operative word of the week, from dairy to creamery to fields and back, was “busy.” As the remnants of a hurricane pushed...

Farm News Little by little, we’re checking off the long list of tasks lingering from the spring. The soil was dry enough for Wes to plant...

Farm News This is the spring of abrupt transitions. From cold and raw one week, to hot & steamy with a dose of frequent thunder storms...

Farm News One of the tentacles of the corona virus hydra of unintended consequences is a shortage of labor for our farm, especially in...

Farm News Beneath the tall very green grasses, the soil is soggy under foot. So goes another spring of too much rain and little time for...

Farm News The last pregnant doe kidded this morning. After one week of anticipating her delivery (she was due May 1st), Diamond delivered...

Farm News- A dose of brutal honesty On the eve of the first farmers’ market of the season, all is NOT normal. The degree of restrictions...

Farm News This week marked the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day. As goat farmers and cheese makers, we mark the occasion, not because it...

This week's blog features a story by my husband, Wes Jarrell, a native Oregonian fruit farmer My dad was born in Illinois, on a farm near...

Farm News These days, I often feel like a super-8 hand-held camera filming in time lapse. Early morning texts announce the arrival of...

Farm News Sheltering in place on a goat dairy farm in March is a contradiction in terms. For us, March is kidding season, the busiest and...

Farm News The ground is starting to thaw. There are only a few patches of snow remaining on the north sides of our barns, hidden from the...

Farm News The time has come for more milk. The demand for our chevre in Chicago has grown such that we could not produce enough to meet...

Farm News It’s been a quiet slide into our season of repose. No storms to whip through our now unprotected pastures; no goat breakouts...

Farm News Thanksgiving is holiday of rituals and traditions; folks who have long ago left behind eating foods that wiggle or come from a...

Farm News The approach of the holidays is the calm before the storm. The workload is streamlined to the bare essentials of goat milking...

Farm News Seize the day, a nearly perfect day, for housekeeping. Yes, it had rained yesterday, yes, there are still little mounds of icy...

Farm News Yes, we farmers obsess about the weather. We derive our livelihoods at the mercy of climatic forces. There is a long history of...

Farm News “They grow up so fast;” a well-worn refrain among parents and grandparents alike. In the goat dairy world, the progression from...