Local, family-owned farm starts selling homemade milk products during pandemic
Local, family-owned farm starts selling homemade milk products during pandemic
By: Patrick Johnstone
and last updated 2021-01-26 20:20:23-05
SANDIA, Texas â For nearly 100 years, Knolle Dairy Farms has operated in Sandia. The farm has been in commercial milk production since 1928. At one point, it was the worldâs largest herd of Jersey cattle, milking 7,000-8,000 heads of cattle, operating on 10,000 acres of land. Recently, the farm began a new venture; processing and selling its own dairy products.
The plan for an on-site processing facility started around four years ago. After 22 months of construction, the project was finished in 2020, and Knolle Dairy Farms began selling homemade cheese in November.
With farm on the line, family fights through pandemic to hold on their history
By: Bo Evans
and last updated 2020-12-11 13:59:29-05
BLACKSTONE, Va. â The Jones family has had to adapt to survive and maintain their longstanding farm in Blackstone, Virginia, especially amid the pandemic.
âThis is a relationship that youâve been in all your life and to try and figure out how to live without it is just, I mean you hear stories about people who sold the farm and didnât get off their sofa for the next few years. Itâs just soul crushing,â said TR Jones.