The Little Brown Farm?

So some people mentioned that it might be good record some of the path of our endeavor to open a Grade A goat and sheep dairy/creamery. So today, I will start that.

Some posts will be historical, documenting some of the work we've done so far. However, most posts will be more like a journal, where we are now, what is going on.

We hope to create a source of information that might help others who choose to follow this path, or are just curious about the process.

I am not a writer. This will not be a great literary masterpiece. Hopefully, it will be interesting enough for some to follow along.

So let's start by telling you how we got our name, The Little Brown Farm.

I am lucky enough to work or a marketing and PR firm, with some great talent. So the first thing I did was come up with a few (very lame!) names for our farm, then I asked everyone in the office to help - it was a naming party with over 30 options.

Liz, one of my co-workers came up with The Little Brown Farm. Brown is our last name, Little suits (we're a micro-farm on less than 5 acres). We love teaching children and seeing kids interact with the animals, it is a passion to reach out to the up and coming generations. The name fit and seemed like an obvious choice even against 30+ competitors.

We dream someday of having a Little Brown Farm storybook about our farm. I've toyed with the idea of illustrating a coloring book for kids visiting the farm.

Our herd name, we came up with before the Farm name. It had limitations put on it by ADGA (American Dairy Goat Association) and we had some challenges finding a name that would get approved. We wanted Magna Latte, but the name Magna was taken and at the time no one could have the same first word or some strange issue, so we ended up settling for Latte Magna for our herd name. We thought it fit, because our girls give a lot of latte, er... milk. Also because my husband was hit on my old motorcycle (a Honda Magna), and it gave us a change in perspective of our lives and helped us to see this new direction.

So this is the story of us, our passion for cheese and animals. The cast: husband and wife, 2 house cats, 3 house dogs, 39 hens, 2 roosters, 1 LGD (livestock guardian dog), 2 sheep (subject to change) and 18 goats (subject to change).