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Kalona SuperNatural™ Products Features Celtic Sea Salt®
Here are Farmers Creamery we use only the best ingredients and Celtic Sea Salt® is just one more example of the carefully chosen ingredients that go into our products! We are proud to use Celtic Sea Salt® in our cottage cheese and lightly salted butter. This unprocessed whole salt is[…]
Read More »Radish Butter Recipe
Ingredients ½ pound Kalona SuperNatural™ organic butter, @ room temperature ½ shallot, minced Zest & juice of 1 lime ½ cup chives, minced 8 cherry radishes, trimmed & brunoise Pinch of sea salt Directions In a mixing bowl, fold all of the ingredients together with a rubber spatula. Serve on top[…]
Read More »A Butter Candle?
We stumbled across this emergency butter candle idea on the web recently and thought we would try it out and see if it actually works. We are happy to report that it does! Not that we are encouraging people to burn our Kalona SuperNatural™ butter rather than eat it. But[…]
Read More »Spring 2016: Cows Grazing on Fresh Pasture!
The buzz this time of year is all about the “flush.” This phrase refers to the time of the year when milk volumes, temporarily, shoot through the roof. What causes the flush? Two things drive the increase in milk supply during the flush: Cows start feeding on lush, green grass and[…]
Read More »Pasteurization 1.1
At Farmers Creamery we pasteurize using Batch or VAT pasteurization. We believe that low temperature pasteurization is preferable. First, low temperature pasteurization destroys dangerous pathogens, but not the helpful bacteria that our bodies need. Lower temperatures also preserve the fabulous, fresh flavor of milk. Customers tell us that drinking Kalona[…]
Read More »Employee Spotlight: Madeline
Here at Farmers Creamery our employees are of the utmost importance! This month our employee spotlight is Madeline. Madeline has been working for our family of companies for 4 years! Learn more about her below.
Read More »Employee Spotlight: Alyssa
Here at Farmers Creamery our employees are of the utmost importance! This month our employee spotlight is Alyssa! Alyssa has been working for our family of companies for 9.5 months. Learn more about her below!
Read More »Fencing Fields Kickstarter Progress!
It’s time for an update on our Fencing Fields Kickstarter campaign! By the time we successfully reached our Kickstarter goal, the plot of land we planned to fence first had already been planted to organic corn. We had to wait until the corn was harvested to start transforming this organic[…]
Read More »Open Interview Day on 9/9/2015!
Open Gates, a family of fast-growing companies based in the Kalona, Iowa area, will host a public Open Interview Day on September 9, 2015. The company is hiring for several positions including: Diesel Mechanic, Store Manager, Truck Drivers, Construction Laborer, PC Technician, Quality Technician, Production Team Members, and a Farm[…]
Read More »Kickstarter Success & Project Progress
From April 9- May 9, 2015, we ran a campaign on Kickstarter.com. We are excited to share that our project was over 100% funded! Project Summary: Our Fencing Fields project will increase the supply of certified organic, grass-fed milk by offering a custom grazing program to Kalona’s Amish and Mennonite[…]
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