Our Farmstead Artisan Goat Cheese comes from Black Mesa Ranch in Snowflake, Arizona. Black Mesa Ranch’s pampered and happy goats are milked twice daily by rancher Kathryn Heininger. Her husband David then craftfully turns the milk into awesome cheeses. Black Mesa Ranch has both the “Certified Humanely Raised and Handled” and the “Certified Naturally Grown” labels. Black Mesa Ranch cheeses have won many regional and national awards.
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One goat cheese share costs $30 and consists of six 6-ounce logs delivered at the rate of one log every other week. Cheese shares are only available in the summer and fall sessions (June to November). Cheese shares are available only to those subscribed to a produce share.
Cheese Pickup Days: cheese pickups are every other week, on even-numbered pic-up weeks (weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 of the Summer and Fall sessions). If you forget to pick up your log(s), we will freeze them and you can pick them up later (they freeze very well). At the session of the session, we donate all unclaimed cheese to charity.
There are four flavors available: Plain, Herb, Chipotle and Jalapeno. By default, members receive each flavor in rotation. If you wish to receive specific flavors, you can indicate your desired flavors when you complete your member’s contract.
Black Mesa Ranch also produces exquisite chocolate and candy made from the ranch’s goat milk cream and top-grade Belgian chocolate: Truffles, Caramels, Butter Almond Toffee, Dark Debris and Fudge. They are only available seasonally (from Thanksgiving to Christmas), so grab them when they’re available!