WINNER!

We're delighted to announce that our chevre won 1st place at the American Dairy Goat Association's National Cheese Competition!

Dill Skyr took a 2nd, Skyr Dressing & Dip a 2nd, and Farmhouse Herb & Garlic placed 3rd in separate categories.

We thought we were making good cheese--now we're glad to see how it compares nationally to the best in the business.

Click here for the full results.

KPTV Channel 12 visited the farm--Stephanie Kralevich milked our Dulcina, then announced the milk tasted "better than cow," -- click to watch the segment.

Watch Laurie and Stephanie make mini cheesecakes, click on "Steph Cooks with Goat Cheese" on the KPTV site.

You can find us on Facebook now, too! Add us to your list of "Likes."

We're on Living Culture TV! Click here to watch our episode, filmed by Oregon filmmaker, Nate Rafn. Wow, he does a great job!

Skyr is here!

Grab the longboats, it's here! We've begun making Skyr. Skyr (rhymes with "ear") is a traditional Scandinavian cheese, a "Viking cheese" that is as old as the 800's. It is mentioned in the Icelandic Sagas, and endured for centuries. Icelanders relied on it to survive climate change during the "little Ice Age" of the 1300s.It faded from popularity as pressed cheeses were introduced. Today it's still made in Iceland and Norway. And, now in Dallas, Oregon!

Laurie was searching for a Scandinavian-style cheese and re-discovered this delicious dairy treat. It is creamy like ice cream (but doesn't melt) and thick and tangy like sour cream, but its simply goat's milk---that spreads or spoons. Skyr with berries (and a bit of sugar or honey) is fantastic.

Best of all, Skyr is full of active cultures, the probiotics we need to boost immunity, and eliminate anxiety and depression.

It's been called the "Ben & Jerry's of the Middle Ages," and we agree. We don't store it in skin bags, like they did in the "good old days" but it's just as tangy, tart, and healthy as it was long ago.

You'll want to try some--see us at the farmers markets for samples, or pick some up at New Seasons Progress Ridge in Portland, Roths Vista store in Salem, or Market of Choice throughout Oregon. You might think it tastes a bit like Valhalla . . .

Its an easy choice to make! Skyr is a delicious substitute

for mayonnaise or butter and is a healthy source of protein

and calcium.

Goats milk skyr and chevre have approximately the same nutritional content per serving, but skyr contains several active probiotic cultures. (Sources: American Dairy Goat Assoc., USDA, commercial labels.)

Nothing is as delicious as goat milk cheese!

Meet us at the farmers markets and taste our farmstead chevre, plain or flavored with herbs. It's delicious and healthy for you.

We've been approved by the

Animal Welfare Institute

program as a farm that engages in humane animal agricultural practices. We follow the Animal Welfare Institute's rigorous guidelines for healthy, safe, environmentally responsible and humanely raised livestock. We just had our annual inspection and were granted approval again.

Learn more about them at:

www.AnimalWelfareApproved.org

Cynthian

Great News!  You'll be able to buy bottled goat's milk from us this spring. We're waiting for the bottling system to arrive, then we'll have nutritious local goat's milk in quart bottles. Watch the website for updates.

                                                                            (David Ashton photo)

To Answer Your Questions:

For health reasons we turned to a high protein diet 15 years ago, which led us to raising and selling grass-fed beef, pigs, pastured poultry, and eggs. In 2006 we moved to the Willamette Valley and started Fairview Farm Goat Dairy continuing our goal of producing healthy foods.

After training as a Nutritional Therapist (NTA), Laurie turned to making goat cheese, rather than clinical practice. Terry devotes his efforts to maintaining a natural biodynamic system on the farm through soil building and rotational grazing. Brian, a Dallas High School student, is responsible for the laying hens and other chores.

Our animals and products are gluten free--we don't even feed wheat to the livestock. We do not feed corn or soy to the goats. Our goats' milk contains no A1 casein protein, the irritant most people react to in cow's milk. We pasteurize the milk slowly at 145-degrees, the gentlest process allowed. We use no preservatives in our products.

The goats graze on certified organic pasture and also eat certified organic alfalfa, grown in the Klamath River Basin by the Johnson family. During milking, does munch on a mix we have blended for us by the Royle family at Union Point Feed Mill, containing oats, peas, pumpkin seeds, and minerals. They also nibble on nutritional yeast and kelp. We never use chemical parasiticides like Ivermectin, finding that mineral balance and browse keep them healthy.

We've been inspected and approved by the Animal Welfare Institute program for the past 3 years. AWA has the highest standards in the nation. Our last inspector was an animal science professor from WSU. Our pastures are certified organic by Oregon Tilth. Our dairy and creamery are licensed by the Oregon Department of Agriculture. Milk is tested monthly and ODA and FDA inspect regularly.

"Let food be thy medicine" Hippocrates

The Portland Oregonian featured our Berry Skyr -- click here for the article



 2012 KIDS

2012 kids will arrive between February and April. We expect lots of babies (had 80 this past year). We do not euthanize or sell the kids at auction. If you are interested in buying week-old baby goats, call or email us and we'll put your name on the list. You'll need to bottle-feed them and shelter them. Call us (503) 623-4744 to get on the list.

You can find our cheese at:

•  Salem Public Market on Saturdays from 8:30 until 2. It's on 12th Street & Rural.
  

• Market of Choice stores from Ashland to Portland
• In Salem at Roth's Vista store
• Dallas Supermarket in downtown Dallas 

In Portland at:

• Cheese Bar

• New Seasons stores at:
• Progress Ridge  & Hawthorne 
  

• Harvest Fresh Market in McMinnville

• Now we're at the coast, too! Trillium Natural Foods in Lincoln City

Sorry, we don't ship cheese. We feel supporting local markets is important, so suggest you buy from a cheesemaker near you rather than us sending it across the country. Also, consider buying locally-made rather than imported cheese as a vital way to keep our economy strong, too.  European countries with economic problems are literally dumping cheese on the US market because they cannot do that to other EU member countries. Small-scale cheesemakers in the US cannot compete with subsidized imported cheese.



Portland Monthly Picks Best Cheese Plates: Fairview Farm's

cheese is included--at the Sapphire Hotel.  Yaaay!

We're proud to be included in the Weston A. Price Foundation's 2012 Shopping Guide. Fairview Farm is listed under the "Best" category for aged cheeses.  Check out the WAPF's website and learn more about their nutrition education efforts. And, if you're looking for interesting history to read, get a copy of Dr. Price's book, which provides the core message for the Foundation. Published in 1939, Nutrition and Physical Degeneration is a fascinating and eye-opening study of the effects industrial diet has on the body. 

No Preservatives!

Our cheeses have no preservatives--eat them while they are at their nutritional peak. Fresh cheeses can be frozen, then consumed within a week of defrosting.

Makes you understand why no signs of life appear in some of those dairy products filled with gums, concentrates, powders, and chemicals. We're so used to them, we think fresh dairy products should last a long time -- not at all true!  Wonder Bread will last a long time. And margarine. But our cheese has a lifespan.

So, don't collect cheeses, consume them. Enjoy and be healthy.