This week I began a four-part series on some fascinating farms and farmers I met during a recent trip to Agassiz, in BC’s verdant Fraser Valley.
Today’s item portrayed two different dairy farms, the first one a goat farm with 550 goats, owned by Marcus and Andrea Flukiger. These Swiss emigres can’t keep up with the demand for goat’s milk. They send it all for processing to the Happy Days Goat Dairy in Chilliwack.
I also visited Valedoorn Farm, owned and operated by John and Tom Hoogendoorn of Agassiz. This is the most modern and high-tech dairy farm I have ever seen. The milking parlor alone is a model of efficiency, with a computerized system that tells the farmer everything he needs to know about milk production from each cow. To listen to today’s item in streaming RealAudio, click here.
