{"id":15276,"date":"2015-05-20T18:23:13","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T23:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=15276"},"modified":"2015-06-11T09:10:21","modified_gmt":"2015-06-11T14:10:21","slug":"video-grettas-goats-ready-to-deliver-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/video-grettas-goats-ready-to-deliver-cheese\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Gretta&#8217;s Goats ready to deliver cheese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Sara Shouhayib<\/p>\n<p>Gretta\u2019s Goats Farm held an open house &#8211; first ever &#8211; in Pecatonica on Saturday to give fans of the soap a chance to learn more about where the product comes from.<\/p>\n<p>A big conversation circling through the open house that day focused on cheese as the farm moves to become a micro dairy.<\/p>\n<p>Gretta Winkelbauer, farmer and owner of<a href=\"http:\/\/www.grettasgoats.com\" target=\"_blank\"> Gretta\u2019s Goats<\/a>, said she plans to start offering cheese next year.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Gretta&#039;s Goats ready to deliver cheese\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/128429910?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Winkelbauer received a grant from Rick Bayless\u2019 Frontera Farmer Foundation\u00a0 about a month ago to help launch the dairy initiative. The foundation supports small sustainable Midwestern farms serving the Chicago area by providing capital development grants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s like a game changer for us,\u201d said Winkelbauer with her herd of 30 goats. The grant money will help the farm purchase a bulk milk tank and pasteurizer vat for the dairy.<\/p>\n<p>Gretta\u2019s Goats launched five years ago with goat milk soap as the main product and business, but her long-term goal was always to produce fresh dairy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really wanted to make food, sustainable food, but I couldn\u2019t do the dairy first because of all of the expense to it, all the money and the proper buildings and everything. So soap was a way to start my farm, have my goats, support my goats, support me and hopefully now transition into the dairy,\u201d Winkelbauer said.<\/p>\n<p>The farm is now making the transition in order to offer seasonal fresh chevre cheese, a creamy white goat cheese. Winkelbauer is exploring the option of making kefir cheese and frozen yogurt as well.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re all very excited about it,\u201d said Kim Nemire, Gretta\u2019s Goats farm hand. \u201cI work farmers markets for her in [Chicago] and everyone always asks when is the cheese coming? When is the cheese coming?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simon Belisle drove 100 miles from Evanston to come to the open house. He and his wife have the soap and can\u2019t wait to sample the cheese.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re really excited about that and we\u2019re looking forward to hopefully being guinea pigs,\u201d Belisle said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15780\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15780\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/Mama-Goat-and-Baby-Goats.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15780 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/Mama-Goat-and-Baby-Goats-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Nigerian Dairy Dwarf Goats\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/Mama-Goat-and-Baby-Goats-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/Mama-Goat-and-Baby-Goats-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/Mama-Goat-and-Baby-Goats.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15780\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Short Leg Farm was established in 2013. The name was inspired by the short legs of the Nigerian Dwarf Dairy goats that graze on the farm. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaitlynmcquaid.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kaitlyn McQuaid<\/a>\/Gretta&#8217;s Goats)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The farm is $20, 000 away from where it needs to be to build a USDA certified cheese make room and a mobile milking parlor to milk goats in the field. The farm will be having a kick-starter fundraiser in a month to help raise the rest of the money.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the recent changes and potential implementations, Winkelbauer wants to remain small for the sake of Sassafras, Freda and Tansy, goats who are all expecting to deliver babies this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to still know all of my goats names, and be able and be hands on, and be able to care for them and know right away if there\u2019s something off or if they\u2019re sick so I can take care of them,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Winkelbauer\u2019s goat milk soap line will still be offered at various locations even when the micro dairy launches next year including her farm in Pecatonica, several farmers markets, including Evanston\u2019s, and at a few Whole Foods Markets in the Chicago area.<\/p>\n<div id=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: People came from miles around to hold and pet the goats on the 25-acre farm.(Sara Shouhayib\/Medill)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sara Shouhayib Gretta\u2019s Goats Farm held an open house &#8211; first ever &#8211; in Pecatonica on Saturday to give fans of the soap a chance to learn more about where the product comes from. 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