Made Daily with Fresh Sheep’s Milk
Our small flock of East Friesian ewes are bred in the fall. Milk is available from March until September. Fresh yogurt is delicious! The yogurt made from ewe’s milk is high in protein and fat (almost double that for cow and goat milk). For many people that cannot tolerate cow’s milk, they often are able to tolerate sheep milk. It is naturally homogenized and contains more of the valuable nutrients when compared to other milk (calcium, iron, magnesium, zinc, thiamin, riboflavin, Vitamins B6, B12 and D, the medium chain amino acids, linoleic acids). For those interested in information regarding A1 vs. A2 beta-casein protein, sheep milk does not contain A1 beta-casein … that’s a good thing!
The quality of the milk depends on the health of the herd. Our girls are happy, healthy! Their stressfree environment helps ensure that the flavor of the milk is at its best. The processing of the milk happens within hours of milking and makes it to markets within 1-2 days.
You can return your cleaned jars to any farmers market location. You will never find plastic containers for our yogurts. Plastic leaches quickly into the product as a result of the very low PH. Glass is the perfect material for yogurt! And we can use it again, and again, and …
