Goats’ Milk & Goats’ Milk Cheese

Our Dairy Goats are French Alpine, Toggenburg, Nubian and Oberhasli.  Our interest in the dairy goats has been to experience the benefits of raw goats’ milk, production of goats’ milk cheese and production of some homemade goats’ milk soap.  The Farm Hand has graduated from a cheese making course taken at the University of Vermont in the spring of 2011. 


Our goal is to become an official “dairy” where we can pasteurize the milk in house and be our own cheese makers.  There are some pretty heavy government regulations to abide by and some significant investment to have a proper “dairy room”.  This is something we are committed to working toward.   


We accept seasonal goats’ milk shares customers which provides one with a 1/2 gallon of fresh goats milk each week.   If you have an interest in fresh goat’s milk, please let us know.

Click here to visit our Dairy Goats (herd book).

Click here to visit our Goats’ Milk Soap Page

Interesting Facts About Goat Milk

  1. •Worldwide, more people drink goat’s milk than cow’s milk.

  2. •Goat’s milk is as close to a perfect food as is possible in nature

  3. •Goat’s milk is delicious, slightly sweet and with a hint of saltiness.

  4. •Excellent source of calcium and the amino acid tryptophan

  5. •High in healing enzymes and has a superior form of calcium than cow’s milk

  6. •Goat milk neutralizes acids and toxins

  7. •Good source of protein, phosphorus, riboflavin (B12), and potassium

  8. •Goat’s milk is naturally homogenized

  9. •Fat content in goat’s milk is very low compared to cow’s milk

  10. •Chemical structure of goat’s milk is very similar to mother’s milk

  11. •Alternative for those that cannot tolerate cow’s milk

  12. •Found to have anti-inflammatory compounds; making goat’s milk easier to digest.

  13. •Enhances metabolism of iron and copper

  14. •Supplies 32.6% of the daily value for calcium

  15. •Supplies 27% of the daily value for phosphorus

  16. •One of the best food medicines for rebuilding the brain, nervous systems and mental faculties

  17. •One of the best food choices for regenerating the cells of the body

  18. •It takes about 25 minutes to digest goats’ milk.  It takes approximately 3 hours to digest cows’ milk

 

Goat Milk Share’s Program


Our Goats’ Milk Share program is a month to month arrangement.  Goat Milk Shares are available beginning in April of 2012.  (we are in the process of freshening our does for next year).    Click here for the herd book.


The monthly fee is $35/month which entitles you to 1/2 gallon of milk per week.  A $10.00 refundable deposit is required for the goats milk bottle.


If you would like to purchase a goat share to obtain your goats’ milk; please send an email to acohen@bayhavenfarm.com to request a herd share agreement.  Or reach us by phone 703.401.4054.