On the coldest day of the year (-25 degrees F), I went milking goats with my friend Lisa Ringer from Two Pony Gardens. The milk froze to the side of the pail in an instant, but the rest came inside ...

As you approach the home of Louella Hill, otherwise known as the Milk Maid, the vintage metal milk can on the front porch clears away any doubt that you've found the right place. Hill, who left behind ...

I’m gaga for goat cheese. When I saw a little sign at Berkeley’s Cheese Board Collective announcing a goat cheese class, I was all over it. One evening last week, two dozen eager, ...

Aimee Blume / Special to The Courier & Press One of JerriLee and Scott LaMar's alpine dairy goats relaxes in the goat barn at the couple's west side farm. The goats' milk is used for drinking fresh, ...

Chevre cheesemaking class: Learn the basic art and science of how milk becomes cheese, and then see how easy it is to make chevre — the classic soft goat cheese; 1 p.m. Friday, Briar Gate Farm, 11227 ...

MONTEREY — Susan Sellew, of Rawson Brook Farm, says that tending to goats has helped her accept all the parts of life. In her 39 years of making cheese, she has watched hundreds of goats come and go. ...