admin | April 5, 2010
Location: Ghent, New York Hawthorne Valley Farm is a certified organic diversified biodynamic farm in Ghent, NY. Their 60 cow dairy operation is a mix of Swiss Brown, Jersey, and Holstein. The Brown Swiss and Jersey cow’s milk content has higher fat, making it perfect for their cheeses and yogurt. They have been making lacto-fermented [...]
admin | November 15, 2009
We are often asked about the differences between raw-milk cheese and cheese made from pasteurized milk. First, what is raw-milk cheese? Cheese produced from milk that, prior to setting the curd, has not been heated above the temperature of the milk (104°F, 40°C) at the time of milking and that the cheese produced from that milk [...]
admin | October 26, 2009
An artisan (from Italian: artigiano) is a skilled manual worker who crafts items that may be functional or strictly decorative, including furniture, clothing, jewelry, household items, and tools. Artisan is also used to describe the producer of hand-crafted foods that require an advanced level of knowledge and skill. At Farmers & Artisans, we use artisan [...]