(Hamilton, NY- Oct. 2013) Kriemhild Dairy Farms is hosting a pasture walk and local food dinner at their soon-to-be creamery in Hamilton on Sunday, Oct. 6 from 2 to 5 p.m. The Pasture Enhanced, Sun Infused Tour will start at EFS Farm on Route 12B (just past Colgate University). Guiding guests will be Lindsey Jakubowski, General Manager of Kriemhild Dairy Farms, and Bruce and Nancy Rivington, owners of EFS Farm and founders of Kriemhild Dairy Farms.
The pasture walk will end with a viewing of the afternoon milking in the New Zealand style milking parlor. The event then moves less than a mile up the road to Kriemhild Creamery for a light and local dinner prepared by Lofo of Syracuse with music by Williams Road band.
The Rivington’s are grazing 600 head on 730 acres of pasture and woodland in the town of Lebanon. They’ve travelled the world to places like Ireland, New Zealand and Australia studying pasture based dairy systems.
In 2000, the Canadian couple moved their farm from Ontario, Canada to Madison County and slowly began converting the existing corn fields to a complex system of grass and legume species. Being a seasonal dairy has allowed the Rivington’s to build an ‘open air’ New Zealand style milking parlor, a style of parlor unique to this area.
Kriemhild Dairy Farms began producing and selling Meadow Butter in 2010, with a motivation to pay grazing dairy farmers a premium for their grass fed milk. The company found its niche in the spring of 2012 and has been growing rapidly through a variety of markets found locally and throughout the northeast. Meadow Butter is a seasonally made, sweet cream butter that is churned to an 85 percent butterfat. Using the milk from Rivington’s grass based dairy, Meadow Butter is currently being made at Queensboro Farm Products in Canastota.
Kriemhild Dairy Farms is planning to expand their product offering and recently purchased a building to house their soon-to-be creamery. Locating the creamery adjacent to the farm will allow the creamery to irrigate waste water and reduce milk hauling fees as well as truck emissions from hauling milk.
KDF will also be investing in solar thermal energy through Madison County’s Solarize Madison program. It is the company’s mission to produce quality, healthy foods in a manner that is cohesive with and unburdensome on the environment.
To purchase tickets and for additional information, visit http://kriemhilddairytour.eventbrite.com/.
Tickets for the pasture walk are free; tickets for the dinner are $20. Guests can visit the creamery without being required to buy a ticket for dinner. Please make sure to bring appropriate footwear and clothing for inclement weather.