Achadinha Cheese Company

About

We have roughly 50 goats and 100 cows to keep us all busy. We are primarily making blended goat and cow milk cheeses. The animals (girls) are pastured on 230 acres. They are fed brewers grain and yeast from 4 local breweries, whey and just enough oat and alfalfa hay to keep their diet balanced. We do not use hormones or pesticides on the ranch and we work with the goats natural cycle, meaning we do not make straight goats milk cheese all year long because they are usually pregnant in the winter. Our cheese is very different from season to season because of what the girls are eating.

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Farming Practices

We believe in feeding our girls a more alkaline diet so that the milk they produce is more alkaline, making the cheese easier to digest and better for us. We do not feed corn, as we have found their bodies cannot digest it and it shortens their lifespan by at least 3 years. Instead we feed them brewer's grain front Bear Republic and Russian River Brewing Company. Brewers grain and yeast is a fermented byproduct of making beer with a great deal of nutrition.

After making cheese we take the whey (which is known for its high protein) and feed it back to the girls with the scobie from making Kombucha to increase the probiotics in the whey. We pasture them all year long.

We do not use pesticides on the pasture or give them hormones. The season completely affects the flavors in the cheeses, due to what the girls are eating. In the winter months you can taste the sweetness from the grass; in the summer you can taste the bitterness from the brewers grain. We do need to supplement the animals with Alfalfa and Oat hay to give them a balanced diet.

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