Are Goats the Future of Dairy? Interview with Allison Hooper of Ayers Brook Goat Dairy and Vermont Creamery

In this segment, we get a lesson in all this goat farming and goat cheesemaking with Allison Hooper from Vermont Creamery.

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In this season one segment from “Weekends with Yankee” (episode 112) Amy and Richard are in Randolph, Vermont, with Allison Hooper, co-founder of Ayers Brook Goat Dairy and the award-winning Vermont Creamery. At the farm, Allison demonstrates how the world of dairy farming includes more than just cows. Then it’s on to Vermont Creamery in Websterville, where we see the cheesemaking in action and enjoy a rustic goat cheese and squash galette.

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Produced by GBH, Boston’s preeminent public media producer, Weekends with Yankee is a Telly Award–winner in theTourism/Travel category and was recently nominated for Best New Series and Best Travel Program by The Taste Awards. Series funding for Weekends with Yankee is provided by New Hampshire Division of Travel & Tourism DevelopmentMaine Office of TourismMassachusetts Office of Travel & TourismThe Barn YardAmerican Cruise Lines, and Grady-White Boats.

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