Sleepy Goat Farm
HistoryJon and Della are both board-certified neurologists who found themselves contemplating a career change. Since they had had goats on a small scale for many years, it was natural that they thought about doing something with the goats. Goat cheese was the next step. The goats had been kept as pets; caretakers and family drank the fresh milk and made cheese and soap until 2003 when the commercial cheese scheme started taking structure. When the doctors returned from a long and happy practice in Dubai, UAE in May of 2003, they set to work building their small herd of Oberhasli goats and working toward getting a farmstead cheese license from the state (NC). They were licensed on June 23, 2004 and started selling fresh goat's cheese locally at the farmer's markets in Danville, Virginia (just 6 miles north of their farm) and Hillsborough, NC (about 35 miles south of their farm). The first summer was full of learning experiences and a lot of hard work.SpecialtiesA licensed farmstead dairy, specializing in fresh and aged goat cheeses, cheese-making classes, and farm stays.