Bootstrap @ North Country Creamery – Welcome to our 2013 Season!
Hi, I’m Ashlee Kleinhammer, and I’d like to welcome you to the North Country Creamery. Located on Clover Mead Farm in Keeseville, NY, we are seeking to reintroduce small-scale, premium dairy products...
View ArticleBootstrap @ North Country Creamery – Why I’m a Dairy Farmer
“You’re from where?” People sometimes like to ask me twice, that is if they didn’t believe me the first time. Morro Bay is a sleepy beach town in California–a pleasant place to grow up, where the words...
View ArticleBootstrap @ North Country Creamery – the motley crew
“Quite the motley crew you’ve got there,” comments my neighbor as we lean against his stock hauling trailer, peering across the field at my herd. “Well thanks,” I respond hesitantly, unsure of how he...
View ArticleBootstrap @ North Country Creamery – Equipment to Get the Dairy Started
Much to my surprise, my first investment when landing on this farm in the spring was stainless steel. Since I highly valued keeping the milk from my herd on the farm, I threw down for the high-dollar...
View ArticleBootstrap @ North Country Creamery – Training
When I first landed on the east coast almost a decade ago, my initiation into dairy farming was watching the herdswoman, Judith, at Hawthorne Valley Farm tend the sixty Brown Swiss beasts. “I can never...
View ArticleBootstrap @ North Country Creamery – Pasture Management
For a grassfed dairy like ours, pasture is our bread and butter. Similar to most of our grassfed friends, we move the milking herd to a new grazing paddock every 12 hours. On the bright side for our...
View ArticleBootstrap @ North Country Creamery – developing a marketing plan
This year we took a multi-prong approach to marketing. I was striving toward an ideal that we would sell most of our products through a CSA. We managed to serve around a dozen members locally, and...
View ArticleBootstrap @ North Country Creamery – The Year in Review
Now I understand how Kristin Kimball filled her book The Dirty Life with stories from her first year farming. I’ve been working on farms for over a decade, but this was my first year running a...
View ArticleIs social media working for your farm?
Even if we may prefer the company of cows or the peace of a field to the company of others, marketing is an undeniable part of operating a successful small farm or business. Farm conferences around the...
View ArticleBootstrap @ North Country Creamery – Welcome to our 2013 Season!
Hi, I’m Ashlee Kleinhammer, and I’d like to welcome you to the North Country Creamery. Located on Clover Mead Farm in Keeseville, NY, we are seeking to reintroduce small-scale, premium dairy products...
View ArticleBootstrap @ North Country Creamery – Why I’m a Dairy Farmer
“You’re from where?” People sometimes like to ask me twice, that is if they didn’t believe me the first time. Morro Bay is a sleepy beach town in California–a pleasant place to grow up, where the words...
View ArticleBootstrap @ North Country Creamery – Choosing Breeds
“Quite the motley crew you’ve got there,” comments my neighbor as we lean against his stock hauling trailer, peering across the field at my herd. “Well thanks,” I respond hesitantly, unsure of how he...
View ArticleBootstrap @ North Country Creamery – Reflections on Training for a New Farmer
I first landed on the east coast almost a decade ago, my initiation into dairy farming was watching the herdswoman, Judith, at Hawthorne Valley Farm tend the sixty Brown Swiss beasts. “I can never do...
View ArticleBootstrap @ North Country Creamery – Pasture Management
In relation to running a grassfed dairy, pasture is our bread and butter. Similar to most of our grassfed friends, we move the milking herd to a new grazing paddock every 12 hours. On the bright side...
View ArticleBootstrap @ North Country Creamery – Investing in Equipment
Much to my surprise, my first investment when landing on this farm in the spring was stainless steel. Since I highly valued keeping the milk from my herd on the farm, I threw down for the high-dollar...
View ArticleBootstrap @ North Country Creamery – A New Approach to Marketing
This year we took a multi prong approach to marketing. I was striving toward an ideal that we would sell most of our products through a CSA. We managed to serve around a dozen members locally, and...
View ArticleBootstrap @ North Country Creamery – A Dairy Farmer’s Perspective on Policy...
The most direct interaction I have with the government in the dairy business comes through the New York Sate Department of Agriculture and Markets. Every month, the inspector comes to collect product...
View ArticleBootstrap @ North Country Creamery – A Year in Review
Now I understand how Kristin Kimball filled her book The Dirty Life with stories from her first year farming. I’ve been working on farms for over a decade, but this was my first year running a...
View ArticleBootstrap Dairy Farmer Video Release!
The Bootstrap Dairy Farmer Videos are finally here! In 2013, five young women chronicled their experiences of starting dairy farms on our Bootstrap Blog. In the long-awaited final installment of the...
View ArticleBOOTSTRAP @ NORTH COUNTRY CREAMERY – REFLECTIONS ON TRAINING FOR A NEW FARMER
By Ashlee Kleinhammer of North Country Creamery I first landed on the east coast almost a decade ago, my initiation into dairy farming was watching the herdswoman, Judith, at Hawthorne Valley Farm tend...
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