Coonridge Dairy
My fourth farm was Coonridge Dairy north of Pie Town, New Mexico. The Farm The farmer is Nancy. Since she was young, Nancy has loved milk. Cows didn’t interest her, but even though she’d never met a goat, she knew that was what she wanted. Two goats quickly turned into a herd of Alpine, Nubian […]
Bodhi Farms
My third farm was Bodhi Farms near Las Vegas, New Mexico. The Farm The farmers are Brian and Roxanne. They started the farm in 2008 after leaving the bustle of Southern California for the rural life and clean air of New Mexico. Both of them were tired of living in Southern California and wanted to […]
Yosemite
The Park There is a lot to explore in Yosemite: Yosemite Valley with Half Dome and Yosemite Falls; Tuolumne Meadows, the largest subalpine meadow in the Sierra Nevada; three Giant Sequioa groves; historical sites at Wawona; and the endless hiking opportunities in the High Sierras. Yosemite is a land of granite that was shaped by […]
Lassen Volcanic
The Park Lassen Volcanic Nationial park has similarities with Mt. St. Helens and Crater Lake. For three years beginning in May of 1914, Lassen Peak erupted. Its biggest eruption was on May 22, 1915 when it sent a mushroom-shaped cloud of ash 30,000 feet into the air. A large area was left tree-less […]
Pholia Farm
My second farm was Pholia Farm just outside of Rogue River, Oregon. The Farm Pholia Farm is a goat dairy that makes hard cheeses from raw goat milk. There are two kinds of goats: long-eared Nigerian-Dwarf and short-eared LaMancha. The farmers are Gianaclis and Vern. The farm is on a twenty-four acre parcel of the […]
Crater Lake
The Park Mt. Mazama used to be a lovely, snow-capped, 12,000 foot volcano. Then, 7,700 years ago, it’s magma chamber rose to the surface and it erupted. The eruption was 100 times stronger than Mt. St. Helens. After the eruption, with the center of the volcano gone, the sides of the mountain collapsed, […]
U. R. Organic
My first farm was U.R. Organic on the Upper Rogue River near Prospect, Oregon. The Farm The farmers are brothers Eric and Ryan, and Eric’s wife Amy. According to Ryan, the farm’s roots go back to his love for making salad dressing with lots of garlic. He learned about growing garlic when he worked on […]