Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Restaurants 'Happy goats make good cheese'
Posted by Cliff Bostock @cliffbostock on Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 7:20 PM
The Times-Georgian in Carroll County features an interesting story about a local goat farm that can't keep up with the demand for its cheese.
[Co-owner Mark Stevens] sells to some exclusive restaurants in Atlanta, including Canoe, WaterHaven Restaurant and Star Provisions of Bacchanalia. Miller’s on the Square in Carrollton sells the cheese in an exclusive agreement with the dairy.The goat farm sells out of cheese every day and is doing so well the partners plan to expand their operation this spring. They will double the size of the cheese kitchen and add a second pasteurizer. At that point they will be producing about 200 pounds of cheese a day....
[Stevens has] shown goats on the national circuit since he was 10, and has learned to recognize the characteristics of a good producer. [Partner Daniel] Young, a licensed judge with the American Dairy Goat Association, is also well versed in how to pick a good goat. Their combined knowledge has led to a herd of about 100 outstanding goats, some born as far away as Washington state. And good goats are what make a good goat cheese.
“What makes our cheese so good is our goats are so well taken care of,” Stevens said. “The happiness of our animals, that’s our number one goal. It is so true what the commercial says – happy cows make good milk, happy goats make good cheese.”
Weirdly, the article does not mention the brand name of the cheese or the name of the farm.
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Cole's Lake Dairy or something to that effect. They also sell their cheese at the Piedmont Park Farmer's Market on Saturdays. It's far and away the best goat cheese I've ever had.
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from the Piedmont Park Green Market site: Cole’s Lake Dairy Carrollton, GA E-mail: Coleslakedairy@yahoo.com Cole’s lake Dairy is a partnership of three farmers that were brought together by love and respect for the goats and the wonderful, healthy products they produce. Mark Stevens, Daniel Young, and earl Morehead are the farmers and cheese makers of Cole’s Lake Dairy. The partners of Cole’s Lake Dairy have a combination of 60 years experience I cheese making and goat husbandry. Here at Cole’s Lake Dairy we feel our first responsibility is the happiness and welfare of the animals. Our goats are free to wander the pastures or rest in the shade of the trees. The goats are never given antibiotics and hormones. There are no chemicals or additives in any of our goat milk products. We would like the opportunity to share our fresh local goat milk produces with the rest of Atlanta.
They also sell at Marietta Farmer's Market on Saturday's. Their goat cheese with dill is amazing.
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