About Me
An organic farmer and cheesemaker for over 20 years and a lifelong artist, Carol Lake is a passionate educator, using her art, farming and yes, even cheesemaking to encourage others to see the beauty of the natural world around them. “I am such a strong supporter of grass fed dairies, and the fabulous milk that flows from well fed and well loved herds. Farming allows us to keep land open and undeveloped - instead of more pavement and development. Small, local farming develops strong community relationships fostered between the farm and their customers. Fresh cheese from fresh milk is the pinnacle of nutrient dense, delicious, easy to make food. But so many of us have forgotten how.”
“Basic, simple foods are what we have thrived on as a species for hundreds of generations”, she says. “It’s time to bring back that instinctual knowledge of simple things, like how to make cheese from good, fresh milk and other pronounceable ingredients.”
Carol founded and was the executive director for over ten years of two educational farms in NH. While there, she started and ran a small grassfed raw milk dairy with both goats and cows and perfected her cheesemaking skills. Many grateful pigs, chickens, farm dogs and compost piles gratefully absorbed her early efforts. After years of practice, Carol thoroughly enjoys teaching others how to avoid some of those very pitfalls, and shows us just how simple (and cost effective) it really is to eat delicious, homemade artisan cheese, even, in a pinch, from store bought milk off the grocery shelf.
Carol currently teaches about organic farming, running a homestead goat dairy, composting, treatment free beekeeping and cheesemaking from her home, Dancing Dog Farm, in southern NH.
“Basic, simple foods are what we have thrived on as a species for hundreds of generations”, she says. “It’s time to bring back that instinctual knowledge of simple things, like how to make cheese from good, fresh milk and other pronounceable ingredients.”
Carol founded and was the executive director for over ten years of two educational farms in NH. While there, she started and ran a small grassfed raw milk dairy with both goats and cows and perfected her cheesemaking skills. Many grateful pigs, chickens, farm dogs and compost piles gratefully absorbed her early efforts. After years of practice, Carol thoroughly enjoys teaching others how to avoid some of those very pitfalls, and shows us just how simple (and cost effective) it really is to eat delicious, homemade artisan cheese, even, in a pinch, from store bought milk off the grocery shelf.
Carol currently teaches about organic farming, running a homestead goat dairy, composting, treatment free beekeeping and cheesemaking from her home, Dancing Dog Farm, in southern NH.
