Choosing to Farm: New Generation Stories

Carrie & Brent Wasser Balance Relationships


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I remember…doing some chores one day with the pigs and thinking, “I don't need anything other than this.  Everything is whole and complete as I do this work here with these animals. –Carrie

 

You start with lambing and move through into lactation and then we start processing and so being able to manage the

farm in that integrated way. Being able to really understand the performance of the animals and their health and how that relates to the quality of the milk and then how that milk is transformed into our finished products. Having that kind of oversight is special--surprising.—Brent

 

Carrie & Brent Wasser run a sheep dairy in the Hudson Valley of New York. They produce sheep's milk yogurt and bottled sheep's milk in their on-farm creamery, and raise pastured lamb. They came to farming in their late 30's/early 40s after careers in journalism (Carrie) and food production (Brent). They met each other on a farm in New England, and

talked about their mutual interest in livestock farming on the very first night they met.


Willow Pond Sheep Farm email

 

Willow Pond Sheep Farm web site

 

Willow Pond Sheep Farm Instagram

 

Green Mountain Girls Farm website

 

Charlotte Smith podcast

 

Northeast Pasture Consortium web site

 

More educational and transformational offerings from Jenn Colby

 

Whole Human web site

 

Choosing to Farm Patreon link

 

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The Choosing to Farm podcast is all about telling origin stories, learning from the journeys, and creating connection among first-and returning-generation livestock farmers and ranchers across the US and the world.  After nearly 30 years working professionally in agriculture as well as being a returning-generation farmer myself, I’m here to share stories, tips and resources to help livestock farmers and ranchers heal our relationship with success.  Want
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