The Small-Scale Dairy: The Complete Guide to Milk Production for the Home and Market
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Includes everything you need to know in order to successfully produce nourishing, healthy, farm-fresh milk! Whether for home use, direct sale to the consumer, or sale to an artisanal cheesemaker, high-quality raw milk is a delicate, desirable product. Successful and sustainable production requires the producer to consider and tackle many details, ranging from animal care to microbiology to good hygienic practices–and, for those with commercial aspirations, business plans, market savvy, and knowledge of the regulations. Applicable to keepers of cows, goats, or sheep, The Small-Scale Dairy offers a holistic approach that explores the relationships between careful, conscientious management and the production of safe, healthy, and delicious milk. A historical overview offers readers a balanced perspective on the current regulatory environment in which raw milk lovers find themselves. Included are options for designing a well-functioning small dairy, choosing equipment, and understanding myriad processes—such as the use of low-temperature pasteurization where raw milk sales are prohibited. Whether you have a one-cow home dairy, a fifty-goat operation, or are simply a curious consumer, The Small-Scale Dairy is an accessible and invaluable resource for achieving your goals. "For both producers and consumers, The Small-Scale Dairy is a must read and a valuable contribution to a growing movement.” —Sally Fallon Morell, president, The Weston A. Price Foundation, and founder, A Campaign for Real Milk Review: Awesome book to dairy farmers, beginers or not. - An awesome book, easy to read and understand; and with deep knowledge not only on farming, but also on merchandising milk and dairy products directly to consumers. This book leads the reader from the mere idea of start a small dairy farm to develop an actual small dairy business, including all aspects as legal, financial, animal husbandry, dairy quality, and more. Absolutely a must read for who considers start a dairy farm; either smaller or bigger. Even dairy farmers already in the business should read it! Review: A truly complete guide - We are investigating starting a small-scale dairy. This books goes into great depth helping us not just understand cows, but the revenue, infrastructure, processing, and more! This is an invaluable resource for anyone looking to venture into the world of a Micro-dairy!
F**A
Awesome book to dairy farmers, beginers or not.
An awesome book, easy to read and understand; and with deep knowledge not only on farming, but also on merchandising milk and dairy products directly to consumers. This book leads the reader from the mere idea of start a small dairy farm to develop an actual small dairy business, including all aspects as legal, financial, animal husbandry, dairy quality, and more. Absolutely a must read for who considers start a dairy farm; either smaller or bigger. Even dairy farmers already in the business should read it!
K**N
A truly complete guide
We are investigating starting a small-scale dairy. This books goes into great depth helping us not just understand cows, but the revenue, infrastructure, processing, and more! This is an invaluable resource for anyone looking to venture into the world of a Micro-dairy!
L**E
Decent book, lacks some detail
I'm reasonably well versed in small-scale farming (read the books, talked to the people, manage our own farm), so I wanted more detail than this book provided. I felt like each section ended right before going into the level of detail I was interested to learn. Good overview of the components of a small scale dairy, but I felt it lacked depth.
M**E
Great up-to-date dairying information
This book is a must have for anyone who is looking for detailed information on operating a smaller dairy operation. Gianaclis Caldwell has a gift for writing easy to read how-to's for those of us who are running a farmstead business or just dreaming of one. This is the perfect companion to her first book "The Farmstead Creamery Advisor". Nowhere else can you find such solid information, from real questions to assess if you are ready to start a dairy, how other successful small dairies operate, and an invaluable list of dairy equipment suppliers. Whether you are milking cows or dairy goats there is something to gain in every chapter from her practical expertise and wisdom.
E**R
The Small Scale Dairy
this is the book I have been waiting for! it has answered many of my unanswered questions and it is a huge blessing that Gianclis has written this book as a follow up to her excellent Farmstead Creamery book which is more about the business side of the dairy. This book is more about the practical and equipment side of the small dairy.
M**S
Very valuable information to have
We are just starting with dairy jerseys and will be getting about 10 more head this spring and summer. Trying to do everything on our property and neighbors with lease agreements & start a small but scalable milk production program, for local to state sales. This book has a TON of information needed for all of that, and more. It's never a bad thing to have a well established library and resources for any venture you take on, yet this one book can replace several.
S**I
Great book
A must have for anyone interested in keeping dairy animals
J**S
The Authoritative Source to Starting You Own Dairy
This book is an awesome reference for anyone looking to get into the dairy business! The author has literally covered ever topic you could think of and then some. This book is not an introductory title, it is a comprehensive guide to starting and running your own dairy. The book is easy to understand and follow and answers the questions you will encounter as you work towards starting your own dairy. I would highly recommend this book to anyone looking to start a new dairy or expand their current farm operations. Well done Gianaclis!
C**N
Cows
Great read
M**A
it was the perfect choice for my needs as a fledgling dairy farmer- ...
I haven't read it through yet but from briefly flicking through, it was the perfect choice for my needs as a fledgling dairy farmer- very accessible.
8**T
Very useful
This is an extremely easy to read, attractively laid out book. It has hugely helped my business planning toward a small scale dairy.
G**K
Five Stars
So much good info.
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