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Y<\/span>ou\u2019re going to need four-wheel drive to get to Coonridge Organic Goat Cheese Dairy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Memories originally drew farm owner Nancy Coonridge to this spot in the mountains of New Mexico. In the sixties, Nancy decided that she needed a goat. “Several adventures later” while hitchhiking to California’s Central Valley, she found one. The pair later hiked to the Sacramento River.<\/p>\n

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Nancy describes seeing dawn break as they approached the river. \u201cThe sun was glowing across the water,\u201d she recalls. \u201cThe goat, who was city-raised and always drank out of a bowl or pail, walked up to the river, spread her legs, and drank like a wild deer.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Nancy decided to start her own farm, this remote location reminded her of that Sacramento River experience. \u201cI wanted my goats to have a natural life,\u201d says Nancy. Coonridge now boasts 25 goats, and they take \u201cfree-range\u201d to the next level; Each morning after milking, the goats are released to wander a landscape that has no fences or humans for miles around.<\/p>\n

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The region isn\u2019t without its perils. Predators range from mountain lions to coyotes. Following the reintroduction of wolves to the area, Nancy acquired some Maremmas<\/a>. These giant white dogs were originally bred for wolf control in the Italian Alps, and five of them now accompany the goat herd as they amble around the countryside. <\/p>\n

What\u2019s her favorite time of year? \u201cOh, spring, of course,\u201d she says. \u201c[Being] with the mother goats as they give birth is amazing. Plus, the kid goats are so much fun.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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