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Where to Buy Water Buffalo Milk in the U.S. - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Where to Buy Water Buffalo Milk in the U.S.

There’s just something so loveable about domesticated water buffalos, including the proper name – Bubalus bubalis. They’r...

Freezing Milk for Cheese Making - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Freezing Milk for Cheese Making

We don’t hear much about freezing milk these days. Home economists used to recommend it, and a lot of farm women used to...

Making Camel Milk Cheese by Becca Heins - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Making Camel Milk Cheese by Becca Heins

A year ago, we posted an interview with Becca Heins when she earned her prestigious Cheese Professional Certification from...

How to Make Condensed Milk - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

How to Make Condensed Milk

Got milk? Here’s another way (besides cheese) to preserve it. Essentially, you simply add sugar and remove 50% of the wa...

Cream of the Crop Farm in Russell, MA - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Cream of the Crop Farm in Russell, MA

Cream of the Crop is just getting started. Less than 6 years ago, the farm consisted of an empty house and store. Now, ...

Raw Milk Progress in Massachusetts - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Raw Milk Progress in Massachusetts

There are now 16 states (soon to be 17) where licensed raw milk dairies can sell their milk at farmer’s markets and throu...

Camel's Milk Cheese! - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Camel's Milk Cheese!

Photo from AsiaOne World Camel’s milk is relatively low in fat, so the yield is low as well. But, cheese can ...

Real Milk Needs Support - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Real Milk Needs Support

My kefir made with unpasteurized goat’s milk WARNING – This is a political post. I don’t do many of them, but occ...

Raw Milk Institute - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Raw Milk Institute

The time has come… Charlotte Smith (Champoeg Creamery), Mark McAfee (founder of RMI) and his wife, Blaine Fina...

Pictures From Farm Food Freedom Rally - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Pictures From Farm Food Freedom Rally

They drank raw milk at the FDA headquarters! If you saw our post about this rally (which took place November 1st), you k...

Raw Milk Freedom Riders Caravan & Rally - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Raw Milk Freedom Riders Caravan & Rally

Photo from rawmilkfreedomriders.com Making a Difference Tuesday, November 1st, 2011 We are big supporters of the ...

Questions About Milk - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Questions About Milk

You can’t make cheese without milk! We have a HELP section on our website with many questions answered about all ph...

Using Sheep's Milk to Make Cheese - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Using Sheep's Milk to Make Cheese

A few months ago, we received this note from a customer: I was wondering if you might post on your “recipes wanted” secti...

Homogenizing Milk - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company

Homogenizing Milk

How is Milk Homogenized? There are 2 stages: 1) In most cases, the milk is forced through a narrow opening at very high ...

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