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Queen Mother urges farmers to explore goat production - The Swazi Observer
HER Majesty the Indlovukazi has called upon local farmers to tap into agricultural farming with intent to meet the huge demand of goat products, particularly meat.
She said Swazis needed to get rid of misleading perceptions such as the common belief - which she also held in the past while still a teenager - that goat milk causes skin diseases. The Queen Mother said in her teen years, they were advised that goat milk was not good for their health.
However, she said now that Swazis had been schooled on the nutrition contained by goat milk, there was no need to discourage its consumption but rather to encourage more people to utilise goat products. “Goat meat is in high demand, both locally and internationally, hence the main reason I would also like to advise local farmers to utilise this opportunity and uplift themselves economically. If local farmers get boosted economically, the country’s economy could be revived sooner,” she said.
Her Majesty was speaking during the goat commercialisation field day at Mphofu Royal Residence (near Buhleni) yesterday.
The event was attended by Deputy Prime Minister Themba Masuku, newly appointed Minister of Tinkhundla development and Administration Rodgers Mamba, Minister of Agriculture Clement Dlamini, Public Works and Transport Minister Nthuthuko Dlamini and Sport, Culture and Youth Affairs Minister Hlob’sile Ndlovu-Fidelis as well as Tibiyo TakaNgwane MD Themba Dlamini, among others.
To attest on her assertion that indeed goat farming had a huge potential to economically boost local farmers for the better, the Queen Mother made an example of a close friend who made over US$1 million through production of 100 modern goat meat sold to various European and American countries.
“At first I was also reluctant that goat farming could change the life of a farmer for the better, but after the experience related by one South African farmer who made over one million dollars through selling goats to various European and American countries, I can now say with confidence that goat farming had vast opportunities to make impressive income,” added Indlovukazi.
Sherwood Butcheries Director Trevor Carmichael echoed Her Majesty’s speech and said: “In Swaziland we have a huge demand for goat meat, but we are short of supply”.
He added that at his butcheries, there was a need for the supply of free-range goats and the prices would vary according to the value of the goat meat supplied. The minister of agriculture said: “Every Swazi can attest to the fact that when one marries a wife traditionally (kuteka), a goat plays an important role. It does not end there as we also use it while performing certain rituals and making our local tidziya/timbeleko. Above all we enjoy goat meat and exchange it for cash”.
Elderly grants to be disbursed month end
FOLLOWING fears that elderly grants might not be paid anytime soon due to the ailing Swazi economy, it has since been revealed that all elderly grants will be paid as of October 31.
This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Themba Masuku during the goat commercialisation field day at Mphofu Royal Residence (near Buhleni) yesterday. He said his staff was working hard to ensure that all cheques were finalised with intent to meet the deadline.
“It is now final; the elderly will be paid as from the 31st of October. We will start with the Hhohho region this month.
However, it must be emphasised that we need to increase the number of elderly people who will receive grants electronically to save more money in light of the current financial challenges,” said Masuku.
The DPM further stated that they were also planning to ensure that even schools received money electronically.
He said school principals from all four regions travel to Mbabane to fetch cheques, which was cost effective, hence it had to be stopped too.
“During such hard times in terms of the national economy, we need to ensure that we save money in every possible manner,” added Masuku.
During the Hhohho Regional Smart Partnership dialogue held a few months back, the DPM said if all elderly grants could be paid electronically, government could save over E5 million per annum.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
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Hometown Farmer: Turning Goat Milk Into Soap - KMEG 14
(HINTON, IA) Six years ago, Vanessa Wodtke used her birthday money to buy goats. Her family drank the milk as part of becoming more sustainable. But now, there's only enough to make ice cream on special occasions because Vanessa created a home business that's in high demand. She makes all natural goat milk soap products from scratch.
"It's just like any baking process. You measure everything ahead of time, that way if you screw up, you're not in the middle of a time constraint," says Vanessa Wodtke, Windy Acres Natural Farm Products.
Soap making is part science and part art.
"In the process of making soap, you take an alkaline and a fat," says Wodtke. "It actually blends it on a molecular level. And you get a more consistent product."
"So just pour it in," explains Wodtke. "In 24 hours, I'll slide it out. And then we let it sit another 24 hours and then cut it."
Vanessa creates all of her own scents from essential oils and plant botanicals.
"I really try to be as natural as I can about it. And most of the stuff that I put in my soap, all of it, with the exception of the lye, you can eat," says Wodtke.
Even the labels help reduce her carbon footprint.
"It matters to a lot of my customers that I use as little packaging as possible," says Wodtke.
And those customers are driving demand.
"I haven't had anybody say that they couldn't use it or they didn't like it," says Wodtke. "The goat's milk has the same pH as human skin and so it's really gentle on your skin."
Vanessa started making soap about four years ago and selling at the Sioux City Farmer's Market two years later.
"I milked two goats this year and I'll probably milk three next year," says Wodtke.
Vanessa milks her goats April through August but makes soap year–round so she stores hundreds of gallons in her deep freeze. She's already filled up this one and plans on buying another.
"It pleases them and so it pleases me because I feel like I'm doing what I'm called do to," says Wodtke.
And that's what keeps this earth–friendly entrepreneur motivated to make more.
"When I'm in the garden or working with the animals or mixing the essential oils, I feel like I'm utilizing the gifts that we've been given," says Wodtke.
Right now, Vanessa makes her goat milk soap and a number of other all–natural products in her home kitchen and sells only at the market or through special orders. Eventually, she'd like to expand and open a shop to sell dried herbs, essential oils and her soap.
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Goats - HobbyFarms.com
Goats are one of America’s favorite farm animals, especially among small farmers.
Not only are they adorable and lovable, they are also quite versatile and offer many uses on the farm.
Goats can be used to graze and clear fencerows and fields of obnoxious weeds.
In addition to their grazing prowess, they also provide meat, milk and fiber that we can use to nourish and protect our bodies.
Whether you are interested in meat goats, dairy goats, fiber goats or some of each, Popular Farming’s Goats issue has everything you need to know to start raising goats or to tackle new adventures with your goat herd.
With beautiful photos and in-depth articles, Goats is a must-have for any caprine enthusiast’s library or for the small farmer who is considering adding goats to their farm.
What You’ll Find
As an all-encompassing guide to raising goats, you’ll find helpful and interesting information about all aspects of goat husbandry, breeds, caprine breeding and kidding, daily chores, and even how to insure your goats have quality pasture and browse to feed on, such as the advice offered in “Browse Buffet.”
“If you already keep goats, you’ve probably noticed that these animals bear no resemblance to the eat-everything-in-sight, tin-can consumers of farm mythology. For one, I don’t believe their mouths open wide enough to swallow a can, although they may chew the paper label because it contains wood pulp. But seriously, the goat’s small mouth and mobile lips help make this animal a more selective feeder than a large-mouthed cow or horse. Although they eat many plant types, goats rarely devour the entire plant or ingest every species in sight; instead they excel at selecting the most nutritious parts and picking out the palatable plants from the nasty ones.” –Cherie Langlois
Goats has all the information you need to get started with your caprine herd or to learn more about your existing goat herd.
Meet Your Goat
There are a lot of possibilities when it comes to choosing what type of goats to raise.
From meat goats, such as the Boer goat, to dairy goats, such as Nubians, to fiber goats, such as Pygoras, Goats takes a detailed look at every type of goat and each of the breeds within that type.
Meat goats in particular have gained noticeable popularity with small farmers because of the demand for goat meat is steadily rising. From Boer goats to Savanna goats to rare Myotonic goats and crossbred goats, a breed profile describes the qualities of each while offering husbandry tips to have happy, healthy meat goats.
Meat goats, dairy goats, fiber goats and pet goats are presented in the same detailed format such as that presented in “Get Your Fiber.”
“Pygoras are the smallest of the fiber breeds, with a minimum height of 18 inches at the withers for does and 23 inches for bucks. They are prolific breeders, with twins being the average each year. They also tend to have excellent milk production. These characteristics are likely inherited from their Pygmy goat ancestors, who were selected for their reproductive traits rather than their fiber … The Pygora also gets most its well-muscled body style from its Pygmy genetics rather than from the more willowy Angora. They are extremely hardy and have oodles of personality. They are probably too small for meat production, but their fleece is well identified and defined.” –Ellie Winslow
If you are still looking for more information about breeds, breeding, kidding or taking care of goats, each article provides links and sources, but you can also turn to the Resources section for an in-depth listing of breed organizations, supply houses, veterinarian organizations, periodicals, and much more.
How To …
From kidding to milking to making goat cheese to building a stanchion or recognizing a sick goat, there’s a lot to know about keeping goats. Popular Farming’s Goats issue can offer help.
Get detailed do-it-yourself plans and instructions about how to build a stanchion, a manger and a field shelter—essential equipment for anyone with goats. Also, get a veterinarian’s advice on how to recognize sick goats as well as how to treat and prevent the top 10 most common illnesses in your herd in “To Your Goat’s Health.”
“It is difficult to bear when a member of your goat herd is sick. But even more difficult is noticing when a goat is ill. How do you know if your goat is sick? Many illnesses show only subtle signs, but the attentive herd manager knows his animals so well that those subtle changes in attitude and behavior will get his or her attention. Early detection can be followed up with a more thorough evaluation of the animal’s condition.” –Lorrie Boldrick, DVM
Learn how to milk your goat, make goat cheese and butter, care for your herd, plus get great goat fiber and much, much more in Goats.
The Dynamic Goat
Although raising goats is enjoyable in of itself, there is a lot of fun to be had outside the farm as well—and there are number of ways to do it!
You can start by showing your goats with your local 4-H club or in region shows and state fairs. Goats will give you the details and resources you need to your goat on the road to all the shows in “A Goat of All Trades.”
“When it comes to 4-H, goats are among the most fun and rewarding for projects. These projects are designed to teach young animal-keepers the best way to care for and enjoy their charges … Showing is one of the most popular activities involved with 4-H goat projects … Adult handlers can also join in on exhibition fun. State fairs offer an excellent chance to be involved in showing goats.” –Audrey Pavia
Or how about pack goats? Goats are one of the best animals to use as pack goats because of their size and ease of handling. Learn how to teach your goat to carry packs on a day hike or a backpacking trip in to the backcountry.
If you’re looking for something a little slower-paced, try volunteering your favorite goat as a therapy animal for troubled children or the elderly. And of course, all goat lovers enjoy caprine collectibles, such as vintage photos of goats with carts, old goat bells, spinning wheels, milking machines or vintage prints. Discover the many ways to enjoy your goats.
There’s a lot to learn about goats; Popular Farming’s Goats is loaded with information from goat lingo to breeder resources and goat first-aid kits—it’s an essential resource for anyone interested in raising goats.
The World According To Goats
For centuries goats have been central to human life. Learn more about their role in world history.
By Sue Weaver
Meet the Meat Goats
Meat goats are the money makers of the goat world. Find out if these brawny breeds are right for your hobby farm.
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Dairy Delights
Dairy goats provide delectably nutritious milk. Discover how to raise, milk and start a business with your dairy herd.
By Cherie Langlois
Get Your Fiber
Interested in spinning fiber goats into your farm? Read on to see if you need a little fiber in your life.
By Ellie Winslow
Caprine Care
Goats are quite independent, but don’t be fooled—they still need your love and care. Learn the caprine care basics with this guide.
By Cherie Langlois
Browse Buffet
Goats are picky eaters, but they can still nibble on things they shouldn’t. Keep your caprines healthy with this pasture primer.
By Cherie Langlois
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Goats are tough, but they still need reliable shelter and equipment to be managed properly. Custom-build your own goat equipment with this step-by-step guide.
By John Barbagello
Breeding Basics
There’s a lot to know about breeding goats. Be sure to understand the breeding basics before you have herds of cuddlesome kids.
By Susan Schoenian
To Your Goat’s Health
Goats can suffer a variety of illnesses. Get a vet’s advice on how to keep your goats happy and healthy.
By Lorrie Boldrick, D.V.M.
Milk That Goat: Dairying 101
Goat’s milk is popular for its nutritional value, great taste and digestibility. Learn how to make your own goat milk products.
By Carol Ekarius
Lather Up With Goat’s Milk
Make your own soap and discover how goat’s milk nourishes us—inside and out.
By Gina Napoli
A Goat of all Trades
From 4-H show goats to pack goats to pet goats—there’s nothing goats can’t do!
By Audrey Pavia
Caprine Collector
If you love goats, you’ll love goat collectibles. Explore what you can add to your caprine collection.
By Autumn Foushée
Glossary
Goat jargon explained.
Resources
Check out these caprine resources to help you learn all about goats, plus find some nifty goat supplies.
Test Your Caprine IQ
Try this crossword puzzle to see how much you know about your four-legged friends!
Why We Love Goats…
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
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The Real Dirt on Art of Goat's Milk Soap - Martha's Vineyard Gazette
Emily Fischer sat on the steps of the shed in her front yard at Flat Point Farm in West Tisbury, yellow rubber gloves pulled up to her elbows, hard at work on her latest batch of goat’s milk soap.
pouring the soap mixture into molds to set overnight.The two cakes of milk in the pot she stirred were frozen, but melting rapidly thanks to the powdered lye Ms. Fischer shook over them. If the milk were warmer, Ms. Fischer explained, it would burn away beneath the lye rather than turn into the liquid mixture needed to start the soapy process.
Inside the shed was another pot, this one filled nearly to the brim with various oils and chunks of other greasy materials (the basic recipe for Ms. Fischer’s soap came from a book, but she tweaked it by adding components such as shea butter). She used a handheld immersion blender to even out the chunks, heating the kettle over a small burner intermittently to keep things smoothed over.
Ms. Fischer poured the oils pot into the milk pot and kept stirring. Occasionally, she adds oatmeal to the soap mixture, but this batch would be lemon-scented.
Each batch of soap makes 60 bars; the soap mixture sets overnight in a mold before it is moved to a storage area to set for six more weeks. While it’s possible to use the goat’s milk soap before the six-week mark, it will not last as long due to the still-potent powers of the lye.
In an erratic economy, cottage industries play a greater role than ever in helping Island families stay afloat. Like many local craftsmen, Ms. Fischer has found an outlet for her goat’s milk soap at the Artisans Festival, an increasingly important gathering space for Island artists and entrepreneurs.
“The Artisans Festival is fun because it makes me feel like I have a community,” Ms. Fischer said. “It can get lonely working for yourself, so it’s nice to have a way to see and talk to other artisans. The Artisans Festival has allowed me to showcase my soap at an outlet where people know all of the products are made with quality craftsmanship, with all of the artisans held to a high standard.”
This weekend the Artisans Festival will conclude its summer season with a day-long show Sunday at the Grange Hall in West Tisbury, a popular event over the Columbus Day weekend.
Emily Fischer mixing lye and goat’s milk.Ms. Fischer, who is 30 and grew up here, graduating from the regional high school and later earning her undergraduate degree from Bard College, comes from an Island family with deep agrarian roots. With her husband, Doug, a science teacher at the Oak Bluffs School, and their three-year old son, Milo, she lives on the farm that is nestled on a cove of the Tisbury Great Pond. This is no gentleman’s farm, still worked by her father who raises sheep and hay and eggs there, as his father did before him.
Part of her calculus in developing the soap business was finding a way to work from home. “I am a full-time mom and a part-time soap-maker,” she said.
Ms. Fischer is a self-taught artisan who has honed her technique since starting the business in 2007. She and her husband tend a flock of three milking goats, a buck and three kids. When it comes to her soap-making, she admits to being a perfectionist who packages each bar individually, ensuring that the wrapp ing paper and labels are meticulously aligned. And she has discovered the market for organic soap is growing. In addition to her usual customers, she has received positive feedback from customers who used her soaps during chemotherapy when their skin was at its most sensitive and the mildness of the goat’s milk had a therapeutic effect.
“One advantage handmade soap has over store-bought soap is that most of the glycerin is removed from regular soap,” she said. “Glycerin is a natural byproduct of lye and oils combining, and companies can make other, more expensive products with it. The glycerin in handmade soaps makes them more emollient and beneficial for your skin.”
Ms. Fischer’s workday starts at 7:30 a.m. when she puts Milo in an old red wagon and begins the quarter-mile walk to the goat paddock. During the summer Doug attended to the morning chores, but since the school year began, Ms. Fischer has taken over goat duties. She milks the goats one at a time, gathering two quarts of fresh milk daily (during prime milk season, June and July, she and Doug collect nearly two gallons a day). Milo is wary of the kid goats, who often mistake him for a fellow baby goat and attempt to engage him in rowdy frolic. After milking the mothers, Ms. Fischer and Milo feed the babies. Next, they visit Ivan, the buck goat sequestered in a nearby paddock. The air around him is redolent with the acrid scent of goat musk. Once he’s given grain and water, mom and Milo feed the chickens. When she returns home, Ms. Fischer sends Milo into the care of her sister, Lila, and walks to the soap-making shed adjacent to her house. From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. she works in the weathered 9-by-12-foot building, a structure that once served as summer lodging for her and her parents, Arnie and Christa Fischer, while their home was under construction. Two tables in the center of the room are covered with casting molds, ingredients, equipment, and buckets of soap midway through the curing process. The rustic building is not winterized, limiting Ms. Fischer’s work season to May through November. Old fishing poles and random boat parts illustrate its dual purpose as a family storage shed. It is an intimate but productive space, where sunbeams from the afternoon sky often filter through glass bottles lined up along wooden shelves, casting rainbows onto the soap-stained floor. Ms. Fischer blends the soap ingredients on the wooden porch, where she surveys the sprawling acres of the farm that has been in her family since 1939.
Ms. Fischer’s fledgling business has been growing at a steady clip. She made her first batches in 2007, giving some away as holiday gifts and selling the rest at Morning Glory Farm. In 2008 she made 1,500 bars. In 2010 she made 4,000 bars, and she is on track to make 5,000 this year. Still, she said she is careful not to allow expansion to overwhelm her ability to juggle family and business. “It’s mostly about me having time,” she said. “When I’m not a full-time mom anymore, I’ll have more than enough time to make all the soap I want. For now, it’s allowed me to stay at home with my son, find interesting part-time work and earn a decent income. [Artisans Festival founder and organizer] Andrea Rogers does a great service to us by keeping this going.”Vineyard Artisans Columbus Day Festival is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Grange Hall in West Tisbury on Sunday. The festival includes more than 60 artisans. Parking and admission are free; the event is rain or shine.
Gazette reporter Ivy Ashe contributed to this story.
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Sunday, October 23, 2011
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Mr. Congress and his chickens - Hattiesburg American
The buffoonery of our leadership during these hard times is some show. I don't know if it's horror or a Chevy Chase remake. But a simple analogy comes to mind.
Let's say that an urbane gent, Mr. John B. Congress, retires to a mini-farm with chickens and several nice tame goats. He putters around his new digs and plans to stay awhile. But his chickens start getting sick and collapsing into heaps of feathers!
Now his city relatives, John and Mary Q. Public, demand action because they funded his little venture, and he gives them eggs and goat milk. Now they really know nothing about farming and hens, but they have all kinds of info from the cable news networks which spew out lots of agricultural hints daily.
Nearby, Bob President, also farming, and set up with some support from the extension service, has his ideas as well.
At the university, folks with research in hand and historical perspective, Henry Expert and Nancy Knowledgeable, have sent text messages to Mr. Congress about remedies for the falling down hens.
But Mr. Congress, afraid of his relatives, the Publics, is convinced he should try their suggestions and is somewhat disdainful of Mr. President and the "elitists."
So he continues to sputter and fume and "work on" things to please the Publics, annoy Mr. President, and, generally, act the fool as more and more hens succumb.
Now Bob President, indeed, may have nefarious reasons for offering advice, wanting some of Mr. Congress's land, perhaps.
But Mr. Expert and Miss Knowledegable are ready to help, have no agenda, and have analyzed the problem. These are not the first falling down hens they have encountered.
Yet Congress turns a deaf ear, President keeps offering solutions, and the Publics, well-meaning but wrongheaded, endorse rantings put forth by local radio shows which have taken up the cause, as well as the Chicken Farmers Association and several members of the Chickens Have Rights action group.
All the cacaphony has Mr. Congress in a tizzy making promises to everybody to clear up the nasty situation. He visits with the interested parties, mourns each hen that passes out, smiles at Mr. President and displays outward signs of being in control.
But when in his farmhouse alone, he breaks into a sweat and wipes his brow. He no longer worries about the hens. He has his own hide to think about.
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Good Cheeses Come in Small Packages - Wall Street Journal
F . Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal Having a variety of fine cheese on hand displays both good taste and tastes good.
Cupcakes, cocktail sausages, sliders—miniature foods have an extra dose of adorability that makes them hard to resist. The same goes for small cheeses. They are just the right size to tear through in an evening, the smallest ones served individually, atop a salad, say. Slightly larger ones can be paired with fruit, some slivers of honeycomb and perhaps a Saison ale as dessert for a small group.
There is a relationship between the size of a cheese and its taste. It's difficult to get the crystalline sharpness of a long-aged cheddar or the forest-floor funk of a mottled blue cheese in a tiny format, but you can get a surprising range of flavors in a small package, from bright and tangy to nutty and sharp to buttery and ethereal.
With small cheeses, there are no tattered rinds to clean up, no worries about proper storage of leftovers. They are lovely in part because they are fleeting. Often beautifully packaged, they're also a smart dinner-party gift.
The most common small-format cheeses are made with goat's milk. Liz Thorpe, author of "The Cheese Chronicles" and a vice president at Murray's Cheese in New York, said that petite cheeses were traditionally made by farm women for home consumption. Fresh chevre would be molded into cylinders and consumed at various stages of age. When eaten young, these cheeses, called 5) crottins ($5, murrayscheese.com), are moist, bright and tangy, and sometimes a bit chalky on the tongue; they might have background notes of hay, meadow flowers or citrus. Because they are relatively simple, fresh goat cheeses are often given additional flavors—marinated in oils, dusted with herbs or wrapped in leaves. 3) Cabecou feuille ($3, delaurenti.com), from Perigord, is a tiny button of cheese topped with cracked peppercorns and a bit of brandy before being wrapped in chestnut leaves. The result, a great match for walnut toast, has a slightly boozy aroma and could stand in for (or alongside) pâté. There are domestic leaf-wrapped beauties, too: 8) Up in Smoke($16, murrayscheese.com) is a particularly seductive little bundle. This gorgeous farmstead chevre from Oregon's Rivers Edge Chèvre is smoked and wrapped in maple leaves. It's the perfect way to add nuance to the old standby beet-and-chevre salad.
Something happens to little goat cheeses when they get some age—and a little geotrichum mold—on them. A crinkly rind develops, the cheese turns from white to blond, the interior gets smoother (sometimes a little runny) and the flavor goes from short, bright and sharp to something lingering, with savory tones of cashews and mushrooms. 1) Crottin de Chavignol ($6, murrayscheese.com) is perhaps the most famous of the small, aged goat cheeses produced in the Loire Valley—it pairs naturally with Sancerre. Inspired by Loire classics, a ripe 2) Bonne Bouche ($9, gourmet-food.com), from American goat-cheese masters Vermont Butter and Cheese, is gray from a dip in ash before aging and puckered with countless ruffles. Don't be scared off by its ghoulish exterior. It is a glorious cheese that expertly balances freshness and funk, citrus tang and creamy extravagance.
It is unusual for very small cheeses to be made with cow's milk. But there is a lovely lilliputian exception: 6) Saint Marcellin, a textured, oozy treat that is delicious in its own right and made even more winning by the little ceramic crock that protects the thin ivory rind on each delicate cheese ($8, delaurenti.com). You can throw the whole shebang in the oven for individual fondues on the fly. Some savvy American cheesemakers have taken to offering small cheeses with Camembert-like bloomy white rinds, including the soil-scientists-cum-cheesemakers who run Prairie Fruits Farm in Illinois. They make deliciously spreadable, mouth-coating cheeses, like the sheep's milk Ewe Bloom (currently out of season) and the goat's milk Angel Food ($15, murrayscheese.com). Beneath a bloomy rind, goat's milk can taste quite different: the Italian 7) Bocconcino di Langa, a small honey-hued puck, is a super soft and rich expression of the stuff, inflected with cellar tones of leather and mushroom ($7, delaurenti.com).
Saturday, October 22, 2011
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Sunday, October 16, 2011
Goat Milk Skincare
Goat milk skincare products were once a specialty item that were difficult to find, and used mainly by people with sensitive skin and skin-related allergic problems like eczema.
Times have changed, however, and just like goat milk and its edible products are widely enjoyed by both the local farmer and the big-city socialite, the skin care products have followed suit. Even before we started making our own Goat Milk Soap, we had no problem locating handmade goat milk soap and other products at local farmers markets and country stores in our rural area. Skin care products made with goat milk are also popular craft items displayed at fairs and craft festivals.
The variety of scents and textures produced by the local artisans is really amazing, and we never passed up the opportunity to purchase these wonderful handcrafted products. The difficulty was trying to narrow our selections down to just a few!
Even without these local sources, however, a growing selection of goat milk skincare products is appearing at popular drug store chains and bath and beauty supply stores. Internet sources are also widely available that include larger commercial manufacturers as well as the truly "homemade" products produced on family farms.
So, what's driving the appearance of more and more of these formerly niche products?
It's a basic economic principle that supply follows demand; therefore, the demand for these products has evidently been increasing in recent years.
The value of goat milk for skin care is not a new discovery. Thousands of years ago, Cleopatra, renowned for her beauty, is said to have bathed daily in milk baths. Women throughout the years have followed her example for producing beautiful, radiant skin.
In addition to milk baths and soap, goat milk is also used in: hand and body lotionsfacial creamsbath saltsskin care creams and body butters lip balms, andbody wash
And, while we're at it, don't forget your dog! Goat milk dog shampoo and soap are both available and recommended especially for dogs with sensitive skin (like our miniature dachshund!).
The effectiveness of goat milk skincare products hasn't changed through the centuries; however, we do know a little more about why and how they work.
Let's take a look at some of the properties of goat milk and how they support healthy skin.
To begin, have you ever seen those facial creams and lotions advertising alpha hydroxy acid (AHA) as an ingredient? Alpha hydroxy acid is used as an exfoliating agent, meaning that it removes the older, surface skin cells, revealing newer, fresher skin cells.
A commonly used alpha hydroxy acid is lactic acid, which comes from milk. Fermented milk products like yogurt, sour cream and buttermilk, have concentrated levels of lactic acid caused by the fermentation process that converts lactose, or milk sugar, into lactic acid by the bacteria.
Homemade goat milk facials using these fermented milk derivatives have the added benefit of exfoliation from the lactic acid.
Widely known for its moisturizing ability and gentleness, goat milk products owe their natural ability to gently cleanse, soften and heal skin to several chemical properties of goat milk.
The moisturizing ability of goat milk skin care products is the result of both the fat and the protein composition of goat milk.
Fat molecules in goat milk are smaller than in cow's milk, and remain, to a large degree, naturally homogenized within the milk. The fat composition itself contains significantly larger amounts of medium chain fatty acids, known as capric, caprylic and caproic acid.
The larger proportion of these shorter chain fatty acids as compared to cow's milk, combined with the smaller size, makes the fat in goat milk more accessible to being absorbed by the skin.
The nature of the protein structures in goat milk is also different, having more shorter strand proteins, which are also more easily absorbed by the skin. This greater absorption property of fat and protein helps leave skin smooth and supple.
Finally, goat milk is rich in many vitamins and minerals that are absorbed through the skin along with the fat and protein. Particularly important to skin health is vitamin A, of which goat milk contains about 47% more than cow's milk.
These properties of goat milk skin care products are particularly beneficial in the needs of aging skin. You can read more on this topic in Elderly Skin Care and Goat Milk Products.
Exfoliation creates the appearance of more youthful-looking skin, including reduced appearance of wrinkles, rough skin and uneven pigmentation.
Goat Milk Soap has a longstanding reputation for gentleness and suitability for sensitive skin. These qualities can be largely explained by three factors: a lower alkalinitya higher degree of superfatting, andtype of oils usedCompared to other kinds of commercial soaps, goat milk soap exhibits a lower pH that is closer to the natural pH of human skin. This is particularly important to those with sensitive or delicate skin, including babies.
The acidity of skin is maintained by what is commonly known as the acid mantle, a very thin film on the skin's surface. The acid mantle helps keep the skin healthy and acts as a barrier to potential pathogens, such as bacteria and viruses.
"Harsh" soaps are usually alkaline (have a high pH) in nature, and strip away the acid mantle, resulting in dry, itchy skin.
Healthy skin maintains a pH in the range of about 4.5 to 6.0 on the pH scale, so the closer your soap is to this level, the more gentle it will be.
Because soaps are alkaline by nature of the soap making process, you won't find one that completely matches the acidity of skin; but, the closer you can match your soap to this level, the better for your skin.
A second factor in soap's gentleness is its amount of superfatting. Superfatting is the amount of "extra" oil left in soap after it reacts with lye in the chemical process of making soap.
Superfatting ensures that the "soap" molecules have enough oil to bind with without stripping away all of the skin's natural protection. Thus, a higher degree of superfatting produces a gentler soap.
A soap produced with the same recipe, but using goat milk instead of water, will have a higher percentage of superfatting because of the naturally occurring fat in the goat milk.
Finally, a soap's gentleness depends upon the type of oils or fats used in its production.
Some fats, like olive oil, avocado oil and shea butter, produce soap that has natural skin conditioning properties. Other fats, such as tallow (lard), do not produce a soap that has these properties.
Goat milk soapmakers are most often interested in producing soap that is as beneficial to the skin as possible, and so select oils that complement the properties of the goat milk.
Another factor that separates handmade soaps from commercial soaps is the glycerin content.
The chemical reaction produced by combining lye with fats results in two products: soap and glycerin.
Glycerin is a humectant that attracts moisture to the skin, thus helping to keep skin moist. In commercial soapmaking, the glycerin is extracted to sell separately, leaving only the soap without the benefits of the glycerin.
Handmade soap retains all the benefits of the naturally-occuring glycerin.
Goat's Cheese and Chicken Stuffed Peppers
Take as many whole fresh and firm large red or yellow capsicum peppers as you will require to serve one to each person.
Cut carefully round the stalk on each pepper, remove it, and then through the hole remove the seeds and white pith from the interior of the capsicum. Set aside. (I don't use green peppers for this dish because they have a slightly bitter taste.)
Take one modest breast of chicken for each capsicum. Open it out, and then with a knife slit along the thicker side of the breast to create a pocket. (You may wish to remove and use on another dish the usual small loose piece of breast.)
Without overdoing it, stuff this pocket with part of a soft goat's cheese, preferably the squat cylindrical kind that has a skin all around it. Riper is better. Add black pepper and any fresh herbs that you fancy, including garlic if you like it.
Roll the breast of chicken so that the slit is closed, and tuck the pointed ends of the breast back over to contain the cheese within the breast.
Now gently work the stuffed breast into the capsicum through the hole at the end, taking care not to split the pepper. Using the point of a knife to manipulate it, make sure that when you have finished, there is a complete seal of chicken breast across the entrance of the pepper so that the cheese will not leak out as it melts.
Place the stuffed capsicum peppers on a roasting tray and put into a fairly hot oven for about 35 minutes. (In my terms this would be close to the top in the main oven of the Aga!)
When the skin of the pepper is looking cooked, even beginning to change colour, the chicken should be cooked, but for safety, please do check one before serving it the first time you make this in your own oven, to make certain that the chicken is fully cooked.
The Goat's Cheese and Chicken Stuffed Peppers can be served with whichever carbohydrate and vegetables you prefer. On a bed of rice is good, but for a supper party, my dramatic favourite is to serve all the stuffed bright red and yellow peppers on a single large dish, sitting on top of a mound of black squid-ink tagliatelle. That gets an oooh!
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Health Benefits of Kefir
The health benefits of kefir as a food are anything but trivial.
Food and nutrition, as well as medical, research abounds with scientific studies that have shown the effectiveness of kefir for various health and medical conditions.
While Eastern medical traditions have long promoted the "food as medicine" premise, Western societies are only now starting to embrace this philosophy.
Westerners, with easy, affordable access to taste-pleasing foods that are high in fat, sugar and refined carbohydrates, have been on an "eat now, pay later" merry-go-round that encourages unhealthy diets, followed by disease and expensive drug- or sugery-based medical treatment.
Thankfully, though, this trend is slowly, but surely changing, and kefir deserves nothing less than superstar status in this emerging emphasis on culturing health through diet.
First, we'll examine the benefits of kefir due to its standing as a probiotic. Probiotics are foods that contain beneficial microorganisms, primarily bacteria, that promote the health of the host animal.
The most popular probiotic currently, due to massive marketing campaigns, as well as taste appeal, is probably yogurt. However, other cultured products like buttermilk and cheeses also count as probiotics.
What's the significance of probiotics to health? Well, it all begins in the digestive system.
The digestive system plays a vital role in the health of every cell in the body. Nourishment and hydration, as well as toxins and disease-causing agents, can all enter our bodies through ingestion.
A healthy digestive system can efficiently extract and distribute nutrients from food, eliminate toxins and also prevent pathogens from multiplying and causing systemic illness.
An important part in this system is a plentiful supply of "good" bacteria in the intestinal tract. According to an article in Yoga Journal, the gut is the seat of the body's immune system.
An extensive colonization of beneficial bacteria here is credited with a multitude of benefits, including protection from infection, and prevention of gastrointestinal problems, such as constipation and bowel inflammation, as well as other conditions like asthma and allergies.
A low count of good bacteria, on the other hand, can open the door to a variety of health issues, including overactive immune system responses and a variety of digestive problems.
A deficiency in good bacteria can occur for several reasons. Diet plays a factor, in that "bad" bacteria feed readily on refined carbohydrates, in which the typical Western diet is high, while "good" bacteria need soluble fiber to thrive.
Antibiotics, of course, are commonly known to kill the good intestinal bacteria, along with the disease-causing bacteria. However, low levels of antibiotics in meat and drinking water can be enough to damage the colonization efforts of good bacteria and keep them from thriving.
Without good bacteria to act as a defense, bad bacteria increase and begin to take their toll on health.
The addition of probiotics, either in supplement form, or in food products, can help restore the proper balance of good bacteria.
The article, Probiotics Could Help Stress-Induced Gut Problems, reports a study that indicates probiotics are effective in managing intestinal dysfunction that is induced by stress. The study reported that probiotics reduced the adherence of harmful bacteria to the gut wall, and also reduced migration of bacteria into the lymph system.
Regarding the health benefits of kefir, specifically, an article in Midwifery Today states:
Of all available sources of probiotics, kefir may be one of the most useful.
Kefir is cultured at room temperature, rather than with heat, like yogurt. This lower temperature allows more kinds of bacteria to survive, as heat is detrimental to microorganisms (that is why our bodies use fever to combat infections).
Kefir contains over a dozen different kinds of microbes &mdash a greater variety than any other probiotic food. These include yeasts, lactobacilli, lactococci, and even vinegar bacteria. Each of the microbes contributes differently to the health of the host.
Kefir as a probiotic has been used effectively to treat and prevent urogenital infections in pregnant women, and Lactobacillus in kefir has been shown to actually kill disease-causing bacteria in the large intestine.
Furthermore, kefir has been shown to contain microorganisms that can colonize the intestines, providing ongoing benefits, unlike those of other probiotics, which only provide a one-time benefit, and must be replenished.
It seems, however, that the benefits of kefir extend beyond just the function of colonizing good bacteria to keep the bad bacteria in check.
In contrast to yogurt, kefir does not contain merely a handful of bacteria that ferment the milk or other culturing liquid. Kefir grains are complex colonies of many strains of bacteria and yeast.
Kefir: A Symbiotic Yeasts-Bacteria Community with Alleged Healthy Capabilities reports that up to 23 species of yeast can be found in kefir. The symbiotic relationship of the yeast and bacteria plays a very important role in generating the unique properties that result in the benefits of kefir.
The community of kefir organisms produces lactic acid, antibiotics and bactericide during the course of fermentation of the milk or other liquid.
The microorganisms in kefir grains are held together by a gelatinous substance known as kefiran. Kefiran is produced during the metabolism of milk lactose by a strain of the bacteria present. The presence of the yeast in kefir grains has been shown to increase both the rate of kefiran production and cell growth.
Kefiran is suggested as the primary causative agent in a study that showed kefir demonstrated the ability to inhibit tumor growth. The report, Antitumor Activity of Milk Kefir and Soy Milk Kefir in Tumor-Bearing Mice, concludes:
These results suggest that milk and soy milk kefirs may be considered among the more-promising food components in terms of cancer prevention and enhancement of mucosal resistance to gastrointestinal infections.
Note: Emphasis added.
On a less serious note, lactose intolerance is a condition that affects a large percentage of the adult population. Kefir has been shown to improve lactose digestion and tolerance in affected people.
Another study conducted on mice showed that milk and soymilk kefir supplementation reduced blood levels of components known as IgE and IgG1, which are associated with allergic responses. This indicates that another of the benefits of kefir is in the role of preventing or minimizing food allergies.
Ever heard that announcement on an infomercial? Everything sounds good, up to that point, but not good enough to make you leave that couch and grab your phone and credit card. But, then, the announcer uses that famous catch phrase and doubles or triples the products you will get for the same price. Suddenly, it's worth the effort to get off that couch and make the call!
So, if you're not sold yet, here are a few more benefits of kefir that might convince you.
Kefir has shown substantial antimutagenic and antioxidant properties.Kefir is believed to suppress UV damage in cells.Kefir demonstrated beneficial effects on cells that have been damaged by radiation.Kefir "significantly decreased" serum total cholesterol and phospholipid levels in a study on rats.Kefir has been shown to stimulate the immune system.Kefir is nutrient-rich, containing protein, vitamins and minerals.Kefir generally receives the credit for the renowned length of life spans of the people in its originating region of the Caucasus.Tumor-Bearing Mice," Nutrition and Cancer, 44(2), 182-187, 2002.
Lopitz-Otsoa, Fernando, Aitor Rementeria, Nataliz Elguezabal and Javier Garaizar, "Kefir: A Symbiotic Yeasts-Bacteria Community with Alleged Healthy Capabilities," Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia, 23:67-74, 2006.
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Milk processing equipment for home use is something of a niche market, and it can be difficult to find exactly what you need. That's why I've put together this page of processing equipment.
Because processing equipment tends to be durable &mdash many pieces are made of stainless steel &mdash and can be pricey, used items often offer a great value.
The best single source of equipment that I've found for both new and used items is Ebay. You'll find Ebay listings for most of the products listed below, as well as elsewhere on this site.
Many people (like myself) already have an Ebay account, so this makes it very convenient to find great deals on dairy equipment, along with just about anything else.
However, if you don't have an account, it's very simple to set up. Clicking on the banner below will take you through the process.
Then, you'll be ready to find quality processing equipment to make the most of your fresh goat milk! If you need more information on processing your own milk, read the article, Home Milk Processing.