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Sourdough Fry Bread
Add to Favorites by Hannah McClure Y’all, nothing beats homemade bread. Homemade anything cannot be beat. Bread is indeed the center of most meals, unless you have eliminated it from …
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How to Can Milk
While frozen milk will taste more like fresh, it takes up a lot of space in the freezer. It costs money and energy to keep it frozen. Canning milk is one way to preserve your milk and save energy at the same time.
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Baby Nigerian Dwarf Goats for Sale!
Breeders offer thousands of registered baby Nigerian Dwarf goats for sale each year. However, the popularity has also resulted in many sellers capitalizing on the demand by flooding the market with poor-quality Nigerian Dwarf kids.
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Summertime Calls for Goat Milk Ice Cream
Ice cream using whole goat milk is fantastic. Using half cream and half whole milk makes an ice cream that freezes soft and is easy to scoop.
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How to Make Yogurt From Scratch + Recipes
Yogurt is healthy and delicious. Learning how to make yogurt from scratch is very easy, and requires very little equipment.
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Sweet Crepe Recipe
The way the aroma of crepes cooking fills a space, and the delightful fruity flavors with a touch of chocolate and whipped cream, make my mouth water every time. This easy sweet crepe recipe started with a birthday trip and now it’s a family favorite.
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Fraga Farmstead and Creamery
A half-hour west of Portland, Oregon, on 33.5 acres that have been farmed since the 1920s, Fraga Farmstead and Creamery was the first goat dairy to be certified through Oregon Tilth; a legacy that the creamery takes seriously.
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Keep It Clean! Milking Sanitation 101
Sanitation is one of the most critical parts of dairy ownership that is often overlooked or done incorrectly. Whether you’re bucket milking for personal consumption or using a machine for either herd shares or commercial use, the sanitation process must be spot-on.
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Alpine Goat Breed Spotlight
The Alpine goat is also referred to as the French Alpine and registration papers for this dairy goat use both designations and they are synonymous. The Alpine goat is a medium- to large-size animal, alertly graceful, and the only breed with upright ears that offers all colors and combinations of colors giving them distinction and individuality.
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How to Raise Dairy Goats for Organic Goat Milk
When you’re learning goat farming basics, it pays to ask yourself if you want to raise your dairy goats for organic goat milk. It’s a question asked more frequently, as people in the U.S. get more interested in growing and eating organic foods.
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