Goats’ Milk

Our Dairy Goats are French Alpine and Toggenburg.  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.  We have already made a bit of cheese here and there but hope that as we begin milking twice as many does in the spring of 2012 that we will have enough milk left over to make larger quantities and make them available to others. 


We accept seasonal goats’ milk shares customers which provides one with a 1/2 gallon of fresh goats milk each week.  Stay tuned to this page for updates as we begin milking in April of 2012 and making cheese and soaps.


If you have an interest in fresh goat’s milk, please let us know.

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.

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