In place of an Employee of the Month, Avalanche Cheese Company elects a Goat of the Month. Every month each farm employee nominates a goat, the candidate names are posted and the goat with the most votes, wins. Winners receive a daily spa treatment, including massage and udder balm; pedicure; first in line at milking; extra …
read more..January’s Goat of the Month is Uno. Uno is one of the goats we purchased from Haystack when we first started our dairy. Uno is actually her nickname because at some point in her career she had a severe case of Mastitis. Since then she only milks out of one teat, thus the nickname Uno. …
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December’s Goat of the Month is Nelly. She is seven years old and produced about twelve pounds of milk per day at the peak of summer. She will be retiring after this season. Likes – Hiking in the mountains, eating wildflowers, a good mani-pedi, curling up with a steamy romance novel and stinky bucks. Dislikes …
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Thanksgiving - I love Thanksgiving. Who doesn’t love a holiday that features food right up front. But even I realize that this holiday has more going on than food. I would like to take a moment to give thanks to all the baby goats that had a short but happy life on our farm and …
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In place of an Employee of the Month Avalanche Cheese Company elects a Goat of the Month. Every month each farm employee nominates a goat, the candidate names are posted and the goat with the most votes, wins. Winners receive a daily spa treatment, including massage and udder balm; pedicure; first in line at milking; …
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Biking in Paonia is amazing. Unlike the Aspen rides – straight up and then haul ass down – Paonia has some great rolling hills that offer a little variety to your ride. Avalanche is now offering a farm lunch that is a perfect wrap up to a nice long ride. To test out our lunch …
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We recently put a wood-fired pizza oven on our deck, and boy do I love pizza. One time I overheard these two old guys talking about pizza and they were complaining about the crust at a local pizzeria, “If I want to eat matzah, I’ll eat matzah. If I want pizza I want pizza, not …
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Here in Aspen, we are getting our first dusting of snow, and all it does is make me want to cook, entertain and of course have a nip. Recently, my husband, Todd, and I had a few friends over for dinner. To start the night off we had Gougeres made with our Hand-Bandaged Cheddar and …
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