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This leaflet tells you how to become a member of Birchbark Farm's Community-Supported Agriculture program and own a share of our goats for the season. As a member you are entitled to your goat's products. Come see these hard-working dairy girls and enjoy the fruits of their labor.
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Birchbark Farm Goat Cheese
CSA
http://birchbarkfarm.com Contact us at 231-462-9436 or
[email protected] to visit or become
a Birchbark CSA member
We are a northwest Michigan farmstead goat dairy, making artisanal cheeses from the milk
of our pasture-fed Swiss alpine goats available through CSA Goat Shares.
Offered in 2011: from April through October
Fresh goat cheese (chevre) • Fresh goat yogurt
• Fresh bloomy cheese (brie)
from July through December Aged goat Gouda Aged goat Raclette
Aged goat Appenzeller
Fresh goat cheese is delicious in: • Fresh spread on bagels, bread, toast or crackers, crumbled on pizza or potatoes • Baked goat cheese buttons (appetizers) • Chilis Relleno (cheese-filled peppers) • Tomato and goat cheese tarts • Fava bean and goat cheese salad • Goat cheese-ricotta crepes • Twice-baked spuds with goat cheese • Black bean and goat cheese tortas • Spicy tomato goat cheese fondue • Prosciutto and goat cheese bites • Herbed goat cheese tarts • Asparagus, cheese & prosciutto spears • Roast potato salad with goat cheese • Scalloped potatoes with goat cheese • Goat cheese enchiladas • Roasted tomatoes with garlic, pesto & goat cheese • Goat cheese custard • Lemon goat cheese dessert tarts
Birchb
ark Farm
Goat D
airy
3338 N. Cam
pbell Road
Foun
tain, M
I 49410
Recipe Ideas
Use aged goat cheeses in:
Visit our website or email us to request recipes and serving suggestions!
• Beautiful and delicious cheese slices with dried fruits, nuts, crackers and olives • Mashed potatoes with melted goat cheese • Gouda and Gruyere fondue • Gouda and pear slices in grilled cheese sandwiches • Macaroni and melted goat cheese • Burgers with aged goat cheese • Mushroom, spinach and gouda quesadillas • Goat cheese tuna melts
Birchbark Farm is a micro-dairy, with six Swiss Alpine goats who give us approx. two gallons of healthy milk daily, from April through October.
We operate as a Community Supported Agriculture supplier (like a co-op). This brings you as close to the local end product as possible, and keeps our cheeses/yogurt affordable as well as very fresh, high quality and free of preservatives or other additives.
We happily encourage you to visit our farm to see the cleanliness and health of our animals and product preparation first-hand. We milk at 7:00am and 5:30pm and make cheese in between, so please call ahead so we are around to meet you. And of course, we encourage you to come taste the cheese!
To participate, simply fill out the form in this brochure, pay the associated CSA member- ship fee, and send it in. You’ll become a partial “owner” of one of our milk goats for a season. This entitles you to a portion of the cheeses she/we produce. It’s that simple.
Either pick up your cheese(s) from us on the farm, or make arrangements with us for drop-off at a location near you (delivery limited to Mason and Manistee Counties, MI). Sign up today, as a limited number of shares is available. We can freeze your fresh cheese if needed, with no deterioration in taste. Shipping is possible for aged cheese.
The CSA concept for cheese
Become a member to own a 2011 goat share, and let us know the type of cheese you prefer: Name:
Street Address:
Town, zip code:
Phone: Email:
Closest cross streets to house:
Type of cheese I prefer:
Fresh pasteurized goat cheese
Fresh pasteurized brie/crottin cheese
Fresh pasteurized (drinkable) goat yogurt
Aged raw milk goat Gouda or Raclette
Aged raw milk goat Appenzeller (wine-washed)
I like to experiment, and am open to other types you may have on hand
Fresh Cheeses & Yogurt Available April-‐ October
$20.00 Basic Membership = 1 goat share
This share gives you 2 packages of Fresh Cheese, 8 oz ea., 16 oz of yogurt, OR
Purchase addiOonal shares for $5, each gives you 8 oz of fresh cheese or yogurt, OR
Aged Cheeses Available July-‐Nov.
1 package of Aged Gouda, 10 oz
5 oz of aged cheese. Larger packages of aged goat cheese available
More easily digested and less allergenic than cow
cheeses, goat cheese has smaller molecules,
lower fat, cholesterol and calories than other
cheeses.
Goat cheese is a regular feature of the much-touted Mediterranean Diet, which
has been credited as helping to lower heart disease. Pasture-fed goat cheese also contains Conjugated Linoleic Acid
(CLA), a heart-healthy fatty acid. And because Birchbark Farm cheese is so
mild and sweet, you can use it in appetizers, salads, sauces, sandwiches,
spreads and even desserts!
Benefits of eating goat cheese
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Goat cheese is a healthy alternative to cow’s milk
cheese & meat as a source of digestible protein,
calcium and lower-fat, creamy-tasting cooking
ingredients.