>Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:45:56 -0400 >From: Carol Delaney <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >Organization: UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture >User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (Windows/20070509) > > >Hi Center staff, > I wanted to share a farming opportunity > with you who work with begining farmers and > those seeking alternative enterprises. This > farm is set up to make cheese and Dan can not > really do lifting anymore because of a bad > back. He left the lambs on the ewes this > year. He would set somebody up milking and > making cheese for next year. He wants to move > his family back to England so their kids and > attend school there. He is open to a lot of > arrangements. He is very kind and easy to work > with. They also care for rescue race horses > which brings in a daily income and help with a > good grazing rotation with the sheep. The land > base is limited but they are right on route 100 > for good sales access. His breeding stock is > excellent and I wish I could buy some of his > sheep! Perhaps, someone could buy in milk (he > has done so in the past with a cow dairy) and > learn the cheese business right now. >Carol > > >For Sale: Friesian ewes, some pure, some high >mixes, with following lambs born May. Good >start to a dairy flock. All ewes are experienced >milkers. Take them to your place or discuss a >share milking scheme at our dairy. Good >potential for someone with a strong back. >Contact Dan at ><mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] >or 802-767-4127. Granville, VT. > > >-- >Carol Delaney >Small Ruminant Dairy Specialist >University of Vermont >270 Main Street/200B Terrill Hall >Burlington, Vermont 05405 > >802-656-0915 >802-656-8196 fax ><mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] > >2006/2007 New England Dairy/Meat Goat and Dairy Sheep Directory >Can be found at: ><http://www.uvm.edu/sustainableagriculture/smallrumi.html>www.uvm.edu/sustainableagriculture/smallrumi.html > >Rien ne se perds, tout se crée… >Nothing is lost, everything is created… ******************************** Beth Holtzman Women's Agricultural Network 617 Comstock Rd. Berlin, VT 05602 [log in to unmask] 802-223-2389 ext. 15 ******************************