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Anne talks with Angela Miller, author of "Hay Fever: How Chasing a Dream on Vermont Farm Changed My Life".
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Cutting The Curd Introduction (13:00)
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Cheesiest show, Anne Saxelby, Sam Edwards Virginia Ham, Angela Miller, beautiful afternoon, literary agent, farmer, author, new book Hay Fever How Chasing a Dream on a Vermont Farm changed my life, self depricating, funny, not a memoir, not self righteous, pulls you into what farm life was like, comedy of errors, the most I think I know the less I really know because Nature throws you so many curveballs, we are all in the same boat, government definition of farmer is that you must have farmed for 10 years or more, tax breaks for property, if you keep farm a farm get 25% off property tax, American Farmstead Cheeses, they make a stellar product, writers take center stage, you don' take personal calls when at a meeting, but the farm is the farm - you always pick up when the farm calls, livestock on livestock murder, multi-faceted support system, your life is so insane you should write a book, as long as its a cautionary tale and funny, I don't make the cheese but have put a team together at Consider Bardwell, writing a book was really difficult, Ralph is my co-author, never wanted to hear from Ralph but I needed a disciplinarian, a deadline is a deadline, fear of God, The Great Recession, more dramatic than most years, from breeding to distribution, the Seasons of a Farm, breed goat in November, fresh chevre,Angela Miller, Author of "Hay Fever: How Chasing a Dream on Vermont Farm Changed My Life" (18:17)
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Published by Wiley, now available in stores, the books focus is the year in the life of a goat farm, skill sets to bring a group of people together, what are you good at and what are you not good at, how did you decide cheese, dramatic switch the suddenly to cheese, The Cheese Plate, love that book, Peter Dixon, whole thing coalessed magically, nine goats we were milking, played with aged cheeses and chevre, in 2004 became the cheese maker, a whole other universe, world class cheese brand, new farmers can help multi-generational farmers, being face of the cheese is its own job, Vermont Institute of Artisanal Cheese, partying on Shelter Island, I needed a big project, this has added energy to my life, runner up in Best in Show American Cheese Society, won Jersey Cow Association Award in Europe, gratifying but scary, how has farmed change, it was a derelict cow dairy, has the biggest barn was all filled with debris, he designed the infrastructure, Cambridge alum, I organize and communicate, manage to make it all happen, Peter Dixon designed special two special cheese caves and will be designing two more, one huge one in the hay loft, no more romps in the hay, milk own goats, partner with Lisa Kaimen on Jersey Girl Farm, bring her milk over to make 3 cow's milk cheese, adding value, represent Jean Georges, he tasted West Pawlet aka Chester for the first time and loved it, is from the state of 'Vraimont', a badge of honor, seal of approval from a French chef, in Greenmarkets, one final question: if this book is made into a movie who would you cast to play us, too scary, who would you cast, Myrle Streep could work, some other classy lady, Glen Close, Diane Keaton, Cutting the Curd will come back to you next Sunday,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
