{"id":28649,"date":"2016-09-28T16:44:45","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T20:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/?p=28649"},"modified":"2016-11-21T20:18:52","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T01:18:52","slug":"goats-ruggles-hill-creamery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/goats-ruggles-hill-creamery\/","title":{"rendered":"The Goats of Ruggles Hill Creamery"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently visited Tricia Smith and Michael Holland at their historic farmstead in Hardwich, Mass.\u2014home to the New England cheese favorite Ruggles Hill Creamery<\/a>. Before I interviewed Smith for an upcoming series on design and innovation in cheese, she gave me a tour of the pastoral paradise that is both her workplace and home. On this tour, I was introduced to the goat gals (does) who produce the milk for Ruggles Hill cheese, as well as their dashing bucks. Our true \u201ctour guide\u201d Rose, a statuesque Saanen<\/a>, showed our little group around the main barn and then lead us out to the doe pasture. A diligent guide, she made sure we hit all of the hot spots and was quite content to be tipped in head scratches. Our last stop before the creamery was the buck barn\u2014fit for the most sophisticated of gentlemen with classical music playing throughout the day. Below are a few photos of the goats of Ruggles Hill as we explored their home. Stay tuned for our interview with Smith which will feature a peek inside her creamery and cheese caves!<\/p>\n

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Rose taking a snack break before acting as our “tour guide” for the day, tagging along everywhere we went.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Una, Iris (white Saanen), Julia, and Dana (left to right) pause to see if we’re set to follow the herd out to pasture.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Remy brings up the end of the pack.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Una, Kate, Kate’s daugher Claire, Molly, Julia, and Iris (counterclockwise from back left) enjoy an early autumn graze.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Astrid curiously looks at the camera.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Estelle wasn’t camera shy at all!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Estelle makes sure we get her good side.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Adair giving us a warm welcome as we enter the buck barn.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Smith greets Adair, the oldest buck on the farm.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Prescott is a buckling born just this past March.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Adair bids us adieu as we leave his home to visit the creamery.<\/p><\/div>\n

Photo Credit: Ryan Kaminski-Killiany<\/a><\/em><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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