{"id":408,"date":"2009-04-03T11:29:54","date_gmt":"2009-04-03T18:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fucheese.com\/blog\/?p=408"},"modified":"2009-04-22T15:29:36","modified_gmt":"2009-04-22T22:29:36","slug":"pholia-farms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fucheese.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/pholia-farms\/","title":{"rendered":"Pholia Farms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Passion is a word that\u00c2\u00a0gets bandied about a lot in artisanal food circles. While it is easy to taste the passion that these craftspeople put into their foods, farms, and lifestyles, it is a rare opportunity for those of us living the more urban lifestyle\u00c2\u00a0to get out and see it in action.\u00c2\u00a0 That is\u00c2\u00a0why after a delicious day at the Oregon Cheese Guild Cheese Festival and another dry, warm night in our yurt we were off for what, to me, was a major highlight of our southern oregon cheese weekend, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pholiafarm.com\/home.htm\">Pholia Farm&#8217;s <\/a>Open House.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Vern and Gianaclis Caldwell, along with their daughters, have created a truly wonderful farm and make some fantastically delicious cheese (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pholiafarm.com\/cheese.htm\">Wimer Winter<\/a> being my personal favorite).\u00c2\u00a0They are so obviously excited by what they do and so willing to share their joy and knowledge that I found myself getting more and more excited and motivated to get back into the kitchen and try my hand at some more home cheese making.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-421\" title=\"nicole2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fucheese.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/nicole2.jpg\" alt=\"nicole2\" width=\"283\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The whole morning was filled with goats.\u00c2\u00a0 Their herd of Nigerian Dwarf goats filled the barn, there were newborn and preganant\u00c2\u00a0goats to look at, little baby goats to feed, milking and aging rooms to see, and always Vern, Gianaclis or one of their creamery family members was there to answer questions.\u00c2\u00a0 They so easily opened up their farm and discussed their philosophies on goat rearing and cheese making that it was very hard to even think about leaving.<\/p>\n<p>Another highlight for me was the tour that Vern gave us of the solar and hydro-electric systems they use to power their farm.\u00c2\u00a0 The conscious choice they&#8217;ve made to live off-the-grid is truly inspiring and has proven to be a complete success for them.\u00c2\u00a0 The time and energy that went into the planning and construction of their farm is evident in every aspect of the operation.\u00c2\u00a0 Their website does a much better job than I in documenting the planning and construction so I strongly recommend you visit their website and take the time to look through the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pholiafarm.com\/construction%20pictures.htm\">construction photo album<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d just like to take this opportunity to thank Vern and Gianaclis for opening up the farm and to encourage you to stop in and check it out for yourself if you are in the Rogue River area.\u00c2\u00a0 The cheeses are worth the stop, in and of themselves, but I promise you&#8217;ll come away with a warm spot in your heart for goats and Pholia Farms.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-428\" title=\"nicole42\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fucheese.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/nicole42.jpg\" alt=\"nicole42\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.fucheese.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/nicole42.jpg 375w, http:\/\/www.fucheese.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/nicole42-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Passion is a word that\u00c2\u00a0gets bandied about a lot in artisanal food circles. While it is easy to taste the passion that these craftspeople put into their foods, farms, and lifestyles, it is a rare opportunity for those of us living the more urban lifestyle\u00c2\u00a0to get out and see it in action.\u00c2\u00a0 That is\u00c2\u00a0why after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,17,5,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-events","category-goat","category-nicole"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fucheese.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fucheese.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fucheese.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fucheese.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fucheese.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.fucheese.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":487,"href":"http:\/\/www.fucheese.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408\/revisions\/487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fucheese.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fucheese.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fucheese.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}