The day after our zoo adventure, we visited Linden Dale Goat Farm our in Ronks, PA. We regularly buy goat mozzarella and goat feta from Mary Melinger at the Central Market and were pleased to attend the family's open house where we were able to pet the female kids, see the milking area in the barn, learn about the cheese making processes for the cheeses they make, taste some yummy samples, and take a hay ride to see the fields in their ~ 90 acre farm that his been in their family for 5 generations. The barn has an 1797 date stone, and the Melinger family purchased the farm from a family who had purchased it from William Penn. The farm was recently converted from a conventional bovine dairy to a goat dairy with direct-marketed cheeses. They are milking about 60 goats this year - about the same number of goats as they did cows a few years ago. It was great to see responsible, family farming working so well for "English" as I think people often think what works for plain folks won't work for people who drive cars and send their kids to college. Not so.
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