Our farm was mentioned in the February 26,2018 edition of the Winston-Salem Monthly
GOOD GROWING: Let It Grow Produce
Fresh, local food is always in season at Let It Grow Produce
Becky Zollicoffer, owner of Let It Grow Produce, has some advice for customers looking to cook a fresh meal at home: Shop first, meal plan second.
“I tell everybody, ‘Come in here with a mindset—see what’s in season, and make your menu around that,’” she says. “When you start with good ingredients, that’s all you need. People can taste the goodness in the food.”
Located on Country Club Road, Let It Grow provides a much-needed space for the community to purchase locally grown food year-round. It also benefits area farmers by giving them a space to sell what they grow.
“I really think people want local, clean food if they can get it a fair price,” she says. “Customers understand these items aren’t coming from an industrial farm. They’re coming from real people, and they’re farming for a living.”
She says local farmers have embraced her mission since she opened back in 2011.
“I love getting to know the farmers, and I have so much respect for what they do,” she says. “I’m buying their excess, so it’s win-win for everyone.”
She regularly deals with about a dozen farms, many of which can also be found selling at local farmers markets.
“It’s nice, because sometimes if they sell out of an item at the farmers market, they’ll tell customers they can come up here,” she notes.
Johnny and Robin Blakley, who raise goats and make goat cheese at Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery in Germanton, were the first farmers to buy in to her idea. They said Zollicoffer has been an important resource for the farming community since she’s willing to purchase their extra produce. This can be especially helpful if, for example, a torrential rain cancels a farmers market one week.
“You’ve got to have some place local to find a good home for that fresh produce,” Blakley says. “She’s always had the idea of making local food more available.”
While produce is the shop’s main focus, Let It Grow stocks lots of other local food items as well. Zollicoffer built her inventory gradually and has added products for the winter months, including Caldero Bone Broth from Winstead Farm, UpDog Kombucha, Black Mountain Chocolate, Red Clay Gourmet pimento cheese, dairy items from Wholesome Country Creamery, and krauts and kimchi from Gnomestead Hollow. There are also local barbecue sauces, jams, jellies, and pickles.
In March, the store will have lots of lettuces and hydroponic tomatoes along with store staples, including baked goods from Swedebread of High Point and Rustic Charm Confections, and cheese straws from Rose’s Kitchen in Advance. Zollicoffer also sells pasture-raised eggs, chicken, and beef. Spring brings fennel, Delicata squash, and seedlings and herbs. Look for a rainbow of tomatoes in the height of summer, including customer favorites: Sungold cherry and Cherokee purple.
“I love everything we carry here, I really do,” Zollicoffer says. “Everything is so fresh. I look forward to each arrival.”
A Fresh Idea
Zollifcoffer grew up in Winston-Salem but regularly visited her grandparents’ farms on the weekends: Her father’s family had a dairy farm in Virginia, and her mother’s parents raised beef, grew vegetables, and had an orchard. Her childhood instilled a passion for freshly grown foods, but it didn’t become her profession until much later in life.
She worked for 25 years as an administrator in the medical field before deciding she needed a career change. She began thinking about what she could offer the community, looking around at what it needed, and settled on the idea of a year-round farmers market.
“When I was in the corporate world, I always wanted to go to farmers markets, but my schedule wasn’t really conducive to that,” she says. “I wanted to help people like me who wanted to shop at farmers markets but couldn’t always get there.”
She began her venture by selling plants and produce under a tent on Jonestown Road in 2010. The response she got was positive, so she decided to move inside to her current location the following year.
While the shop’s inventory has evolved over time, local food remains the focus. Everything in the store is sustainably grown without pesticides, and a lot of it is certified organic. She selects inventory items based on taste and nutrition, and she often posts recipes that she’s prepared with produce from her shelves on the shop’s Facebook page.
“I love helping customers cook healthier at home,” she says. “Most of them have become more like friends than customers to me. They’re what make this place special.”
Our farm was featured in the Oct 16, 2018 edition of the Greensboro News and Record
Germanton farm wins cheese awards at N.C. State Fair
Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery in Germanton won several awards in the N.C. State Fair cheese competition.
Buffalo Creek, which specializes in goat’s milk cheese, won first place in the category of Goat’s Milk Fresh Chevre Cheese (Flavored) for its Date & Honey and Garlic & Chives cheeses.
Buffalo Creek also won second place in Goat’s Milk Fresh Chevre Cheese (Unflavored) and second place in the Feta category for marinated-garlic feta.
The top honors of Best of Show in the competition went to Box Carr Handmade Cheese of Cedar Grove for its Smear Ripened Campo.
For more information, visit www.ncstatefair.org.
Our farm was mentioned in the November 21, 2018 edition of the The Stokes News
Kickoff the holiday season on Small Business Saturday
By Amanda Dodson
If you’re looking for the perfect gift for holiday giving, two local farms have teamed up in support of Small Business Saturday on Nov. 24 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.
The event, now in its fifth year, will be held at Plum Granny Farm and Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery. Plum Granny Farm is slated to offer a wide variety of farm products including garlic braids, turmeric, ginger, jams, mistletoe, fresh vegetables and more. Several other local farms and producers will include Borrowed Land Farm, Bunny’s Trees, Chad’s Chai, Greenberries Farm, Monteith Homestead, Mystic Wolf’s Den and Scattered Seeds Farm. The popular Almost Home Cooking food truck, based out of Winston-Salem, will be serving an eclectic menu of southern staples.
Cheryl Ferguson of Plum Granny Farm is a strong proponent of agritourism and supporting the local business community. Her farm is USDA certified organic and set on 54 acres just south of Hanging Rock State Park.
Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery in Germanton will open their farm store where they sell aged raw milk goat cheese, brined and marinated feta, flavored farmers cheese, farmstead meats and handmade goat’s milk soap. Their venders will include As Good As It Gets, Dinnertime Chimes, Enno Farm, Horseshoe Homestead, Jillie’s James, Long Family Farm, MawMaw’s Chicken Pies, Mother Holtz Kitchen, NC Cheese Trail, Oma’s Lovevest Company, Piemonte Farm, Shady Creek Farm, Sticks and Skeins and VineWorks. El Taco Vaquero will be one hand serving tacos and other tasty fare.
Plum Granny Farm is located at 1041 Flat Shoals Road in King and Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery 3241 Buffalo Creek Farm Road in Germanton. For more information about Small Business Saturday’s farm hosts visit plumgrannyfarm.com and buffalocreekfarmandcreamery.com
Our farm was mentioned in the October 21, 2019 edition of Culture: The Word on Cheese
In Bloom
Keia Mastrianni
When Fleming Pfann began making goat cheese in 1987, no one wanted to buy it. Thirty-three years later, Pfann and her husband, Britt, owners of Celebrity Dairy in Siler City, North Carolina, are part of the North Carolina Cheese Trail, a robust community of cheesemakers across the state. The trail, formed in 2014, is a statewide exploration of artisan and farmstead cheesemakers and “friends” of cheese. From the mountainous corners of the west to the wide, flat stretches of eastern North Carolina, cheese lovers can taste a wide and varied selection while traversing the trail. The gorgeous scenery along the way is just a bonus.
Johnny Blakley of Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery bags and hangs fresh goat’s milk Johnny Blakley of Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery bags and hangs fresh goat’s milk curds for chèvre 
Johnny and Robin Blakley operate Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery in Germanton.
Our farm was mentioned in the November 13, 2019 edition of The Stokes News
Two local options to celebrate Small Business Saturday Nov. 30
From staff reports
Nov. 30 is Small Business Saturday and several local small businesses are marking that day with special events that will help shoppers get ready for the holidays.
There will be a Holiday Market from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Plum Granny Farm on Flat Shoals Road. Part of the national Small Business Saturday, several local small businesses will be on hand including Borrowed Land Farm of Pinnacle, Bunny’s Trees of King, Chad’s Chai of Winston-Salem, Farm Girl Arts of Kernersville, Greenberries Farm of King, Monteith Homestead of King, Momma Wolf’s of King and Mountain Momma Spoons of Fancy Gap, as well as the host Plum Granny.
The Plum Granny Farm is located at 1041 Flat Shoals Road in King. Call (336) 994-2517 or visit www.plumgrannyfarm.com for more details.
And in Germanton, Buffalo Creek Farm & Creamery will hold a similar event from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Other small businesses from the area participating will include Enno Farm of Walnut Cove, Dinner Time Chimes of Germanton, Shady Creek Farm of Dallas, Niki’s Pickles of Pilot Mountain, Long Family Farm of Germanton, Jillie’s Jams of Kernersville, Heavenly Hill Honey of Ararat, VineWorks of Winston-Salem, Oma’s Love Vest Company of Winston-Salem and others. El Taco Vaquero will provide food, and there will be information on the North Carolina Cheese Trail, on which Buffalo Creek is a stop.
Buffalo Creek farm is located at 3241 Buffalo Creek Farm Road, in Germanton, near the intersection of Highways 65 and 8 (Germanton Road). The Farm Store is open daily 9-6 Monday-Saturday and 1-6 on Sundays except for Christmas Day. The shop sells aged raw milk goat cheese, brined and marinated feta, savory Farmer’s Cheese, natural and flavored Chevres, Queso Fresco, farmstead meats (beef, lamb, and goat) and our handmade goat’s milk soap.
To learn more, visit www.buffalocreekfarmandcreamery.com/.
Our farm was mentioned in the April 15, 2020 edition of The Stokes News
Local farms say ‘don’t forget us’
By Neill Caldwell neill.caldwell@thestokesnews.com
Mid-April is normally the time when spring erupts with fresh produce and folks can begin visiting local Stokes County farms to fill their baskets and pantries.
The coronavirus has thrown a monkey wrench into just about every facet of daily life right now, but that little virus is not stopping Mother Nature. Farm are about to burst forth and are saying to the public “please don’t forget us!”
Most are open for business, while practicing social distancing and other new phrases that we didn’t know six weeks ago.
Here’s a rundown of what local farms are doing to prepare for a very different season:
At the always popular Mabe’s Berry Farm in Walnut Cove, Christy Mabe Rogers says she “will update Facebook as soon as the strawberries start to come in; it will probably be in about two weeks depending on the weather. We are taking numerous precautions to protect both our employees and our customers. We look forward to seeing you in our strawberry drive-thru soon. … Since agriculture is recognized as essential, “shelter-in-place” will not apply to us. We will continue our operations with several added precautions.”
Interviewed by WXII-TV, Rogers said ”We’re a seasonable business. We’re not like the grocery stores. If you don’t come out to us and get these berries. We may not be here next year. This is our livelihood. This pays our bills and not only that, but if you don’t purchase the berries from us during these hard times, there may not be a crop for you to come to next year.”
She added that blueberries should be in around June 10.
Robertson Family Farm in King is “planning business as usual. We ask customers to be smart and stay home if sick. We will offer order ahead and curbside pick-up. Our you-pick will open when berries are ready. And there will be a limited number of people in the patch at one time.”
Robertson Farm has developed some additional ground rules: “We will help you at your car if you do not want to get out. Pull up close to the stand and be patient while we help others. … For the you-pick, we will ask you to wash hands entering and exiting the field. You will have the option to buy the bucket you pick in for $1 more or we can place your berries in a cardboard picking tray. You will be instructed a zone to pick in and you need to stay in that zone with your family. No wandering away from your family this year due to distance and trying to maximize space for as many families as we can. Everyone please do not touch the produce at the stand unless hands have been sanitized. If you don’t sanitize and you touch then you buy. Most importantly, everyone needs to be patient with us and other customers. This is a difficult time but we are going to have a great season despite the challenges!”
Country Road Strawberries in Pinnacle reports that the warm weather has been great for strawberry growing. “Our plants are blooming and we are beginning to see actual berries. Opening day will be around April 25. Stay tuned to our Facebook page and our website for more information.”
Cheryl Ferguson at Plum Granny Farms says they have been “swamped with calls and emails from folks looking for produce.” The farm is doing pre-order sales for pick-up at the farm or at Cobblestone Farmers Market, both of which are open on Wednesday afternoons. “We decided to delay our plant sale by a week,” Ferguson added. “It will be April 24-27 here at the farm.”
“As a farm, we’re deemed an essential business and folks can visit us without concern of violating the stay-at-home order. However, we want to make sure that we have adequate protections in place for all customers and make arrangements for those who are at-risk.”
The farm has also started an online market where you can tell them what you want, where you want to pick up your order, and pay for it. All you need to do then is go by either location and pick up your produce.
Plum Granny is also seeing much greater demand for its “PlumFresh Harvest” subscription program, which allows customers to get a bag of produce between May and November. It can be picked up at the farm, at Buffalo Creek Farm or the Cobblestone Farmers Market. We also do deliveries as well. Additional information is available on our website.
Armstrong Artisan Farm in Walnut Cove is offering online ordering with pick-up at the farm. They offer beef, pork, lamb, goat, and chicken or duck eggs.
Grace Meadows Farm is normally selling at farmers markets, but now markets are closed or postponed for the “We hope to have them open by summer.”
The folks at Newsome Farm in King say they are “restocked with hamburger. Call to place an order and schedule a pick-up time before we run out. We are now doing curbside service and ask that everyone remain in their vehicles while we bring your order to you.”
The Jones Family Farm on Highway 66 has beef and eggs available. In Germanton, Mitchell’s Hills and Hollers offers beef, pork and chicken.
At Walnut Grove at Big Creek Farms, the virus has delayed processing for their beef, as well as being able to meet its clientele for delivery or pick up of their purchases. “We count on this time of year for our farm income, we fully agree and comply with the orders in place by local and federal government agencies, but also has us in a place facing big losses, with faith and hope we will be able to recover. We pray for all farmers that they will be able to recoup and recover during this difficult time.”
Ridgecrest Beef Farm in Lawsonville has a waiting list for its beef products. “I have about 120-plus of ground beef plus several other items on the list. Hopefully we will be able to fill those orders by April 30. Its a process that really can’t be rushed in order to produce a quality product. The beef needs to have enough finish on it before slaughter and then allowed to dry age before packaging. … Our business had slowed significantly from before when we were going to three farmers markets a week. All of a sudden it took off by leaps and bounds, mostly from customers who had bought from us in the past, but it seemed they all came at once!
“Our farm is much more than a freezer beef business. The other parts haven’t changed much. It’s still business as usual… mowing, feeding cattle, poultry house work, etc.”
Jones Family Farm has also seen an increase in traffic to its Facebook page. “We sell beef and unfortunately we were out of beef before this hit. We are hoping to have more in the next month. I’m hoping that all of this makes people realize that they need to shop more locally and the farm next door to them may be able to provide many things that they need including fresh beef, eggs, and produce.”
Enno Farm reports its normally does a lot of egg sales at work “and working from home has ended that. Social distancing recommendations have cancelled fiber fairs where we sell wool yarn and fleece, and closed the store where we sell finished wool products, like dryer balls and scarves. But this is a small price to pay to help our nation get through this pandemic. Ewes are lambing now, we’ve sheared their 2020 fleeces, hens are hatching eggs and we’ll be here when our customers are ready. We’re using our extra time at home to get an inventory of dryer balls and ornaments ready for fall, and are hoping to do some on line sales of homemade Jersey milk soap and dryer ball gift bags for Mother’s Day. Hoping returning customers will continue to shop locally and new online customers can find us for now.”
Serenade Acres in Walnut Cove says it has seen an increase in sales “because grocery stores are out of meat. Honestly we are thankful for this time we get to spend together as a family. We pray daily for our community and our nation.”
Saura Creek Farm says they’ve “taken a few courses online since the outbreak and have figured out a way to create an online market for our customers to order and pay through, so that it’s just a pick up situation. We also learned about the CDC’s guideline for cleanliness , sanitizing and disinfecting all of our works surfaces. Since we are only a two person operation it is easy for us to follow safety protocol. We are definitely going to be back at farmers markets as soon as we are able!”
Buffalo Creek in Germanton reports its Farm Store is open, and the farm is also offering curbside pickup if requested.
Tabitha Points, manager at Weathered Wood Farm, a small farm that raises and sells beef cattle, says that “the demand is certainly more than what we can supply. As a matter of fact, I posted on Facebook last week that we will be taking two cows for processing next month and within 30 minutes, we sold those cows! More and more people are buying in bulk. What I mean by that is, my customers are buying a quarter or a half of a cow at once.”
Todd Morse, owner of Our Chosen Heritage Enterprises in Pinnacle, which includes Intended Way Farm, says that “Since the outbreak of COVID-19, our local farm business has actually increased. We have twice as much interest in Heritage Delaware chickens (dual purpose birds for meat and egg laying). Due to the recent egg shortage, people are purchasing chicks to produce their own eggs looking to be more sustainable — and breeding orders are three times more than the last five years. In addition, we have folks picking up meat at our farm store. The customer contacts us in advance and we place the meat in a cooler and they bring their cooler and we make the transfer of product and cash in the parking area with gloved hands.”
DW Family Farms in Pinnacle asks that customers “connect with us ahead of your visit to the farm so that we can pull your order and have it available for you when you arrive. Deliveries to local areas are also still possible; we’ll just all maintain ‘one horse length’ of distance between each other as much as possible. … We appreciate all of the interest that’s been shown in our pork and eggs this spring. It’s our honor and pleasure to keep food supplies available for our community, and we hope that the flavor of home-grown goodness has brought happiness in an otherwise unsettling time. It’s also been ‘all hands on deck’ with regard to getting our normal and a few additional garden spaces ready for planting. We’re working to get fresh fruits and veggies ready ASAP and will keep you posted with photo updates as we near harvest time. Again, we thank you for supporting our small farm.”
RavenRidge Family Farm says that “With the pandemic, it is more important than ever to know who you are buying products from, to minimize any risk of exposure. We operate our manufacturing, packaging, and shipping under the assumption that any employee could be infected, and any surface could contain active coronavirus. Accordingly, all employees follow a strict protocol to prevent coronavirus spread. We have also temporarily lowered our prices to help the large number of folks who would like to benefit from quality CBD products and are under additional financial strain during this stressful time. These prices will be in effect through June.”
And while not technically a farm, Mitchell’s Garden and Nursery remains a popular spot for plants at this time of year. Mitchell’s was closed Monday to restock and clean. On a social media post, the business said it “can no longer accept call in orders due to an overwhelming response, as we are too understaffed to continue. We apologize for any inconveniences this may cause. Also we will be adjusting our business hours: We will be open to the public from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday. … It will be business as usual until further notice. We will be sanitizing common surfaces and fixtures to reduce any risks that may be present. For the safety of our employees we ask that payment methods be contained to cards or checks. Cash will be accepted but will not be the payment method of choice going forward for the immediate future. Hand sanitizer will always be available to our customers and employees.
“In addition we will be respectful of maintaining safe distances, therefore we are temporarily suspending the use of our golf carts to pick up customers from, or return them to the parking area and for the purpose of browsing the nursery. We will still pick up larger plant items and take them to your vehicle for you. There is a new parking area up front that is more easily accessible for those with mobility challenges and we will be installing new handicapped signs. During times of uncertainty we want to stress the benefits of growing your own vegetables and fruits and planting flowers within your own space to enjoy while trying to avoid the spaces of others. There is a comfort in knowing the exact life cycle and path of the food you consume.”
Our farm was mentioned in the April 1, 2021 edition of Forsyth Family
The Farmer’s Basket: Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery
Linda Doss
The open forum of a marketplace is a burst of seasonal colors and a steady buzz of chatter. The curious shopper discovers he or she has direct access to fresh and locally grown fruits and vegetables, herbs, dairy-based products, and proteins. The woman or man behind the table provides a small sampling of popular items; yet, you can experience a more expansive array of goods at their farm. It’s vital to introduce yourself and inquire where the growers or farmers live. Most likely, it’s just around the corner! “Support local” is more than just an expression. It’s an opportunity to support growers and farmers in communities near you!
Cobblestone Market
Not all farmer’s markets are open to the community until the spring season. Winston-Salem has a unique opportunity for customers year-round at a producer-only marketplace. Located on 1001 South Market Street, patrons can choose from naturally-grown or butchered, to artisan-prepared. Each month, vendors arrive to provide their fresh products. Perhaps the Cobblestone Market introduced you to Robin Blakley of Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery. In perusing their website, you’ll set your GPS and start driving!
Visiting Buffalo Creek Farm
Traveling from Winston-Salem north on Germanton Road/Highway 8, pastoral fields lead to a 35-acre farm containing herds of goats and sheep, and two miniature donkeys, Lillie and Pixie, on guard duty! Most travelers slow down to take in the scene from the high vantage point, just in time to turn into Buffalo Creek Farm Road and the farm.
Expanding the Farm
A new, two-story addition was constructed on the farm in 2012, featuring a Farm Store and, just below, the Creamery. When the herd of goats freshens, John and Robin begin seasonal cheesemaking. In the production of their raw-milk-aged cheese, the Blakleys adopted a traditional approach from ancient recipes and techniques for the aging process.
Available types:
Raw-Milk-Aged Cheeses
Multiple offerings include Rock House (a Parmesan-style), Saura (a white, sharp cheese), St. Philip’s (a white gouda-style cheese), and Drunken Goat (a red wine infused gouda-style cheese).
Fresh Cheeses
Included are Chèvres, a soft, spreadable goat cheese, natural or flavored; fetas, both brined and marinated; farmer’s cheese, crusted in black pepper and herbs or onion and paprika. Queso Fresco, a white Mexican cheese, is also available.
Robin writes, “As farmstead cheesemakers, we are involved in every aspect of animal husbandry, diet, wellness, disease testing, and breeding of our goats. It continues in the Creamery, from adding cultures and cutting curds, to air drying, waxing, aging, and packaging!”
The Farm Store
It takes one visit to learn the farm store meets every individual’s needs. Along with Buffalo Creek’s pasture-raised lamb, goat meat, and cheeses, they support North Carolina farmers and businesses. Visitors can purchase grass-fed beef, country ham, pickled okra, and hand-rolled salted butter while shopping for household items, such as homemade laundry and hand soap. If you need healthful jams and jellies without high fructose or raw, unfiltered honey, you have a place to go! One warning to parents, Buffalo Creek maintains a fully stocked supply of children’s toys, books, and clothes year-round!
Robin writes, “Our customers enjoy coming to the farm to make their purchases, so they can watch the animals, whose pastures surround the store. Visitors often bring family and friends to show off where they shop locally.”
NC Cheese Trail
Cheese lovers have a grand opportunity to take part in visiting nine other cheesemakers and ten marketplaces on the “North Carolina Cheese Trail.” You’ll need to call ahead to reserve tours, cheese tastings, classes, visits, and sometimes, available housing. To begin a grand journey, go to www.NCCheeseTrail.com.
Our farm was featured in the June 14, 2021 edition of Culture: The Word on Cheese
Cheesy Road Trip: North Carolina
Hannah Leidy | June 14, 2021
The hilly, tree-lined roads through North Carolina’ s mountains-to-sea landscape inspire wanderlust but, more importantly, cheese-lust. Over the past five years, the state has quietly forged a reputation for quality cheese-making by boutique producers.
Early last year, I made a plan to explore the North Carolina cheese trail. I set my sights on the central and western parts of the state: The Research Triangle Park covers the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill metropolis. This spirit of innovation applies to the region’s cheesemakers, too, who engineer award-winning bloomy wheels, aged goat Taleggio, and farmstead wedges. I’d continue west to the Blue Ridge Mountains, where the craft goes completely pastoral. At the secluded farms dotting the rolling mountainsides, I’d meet goats; buy handcrafted cheese and local cider; and picnic in the mountain meadows. I’d brave the hairpin turns on country roads to reach family-run creameries and stop at every farm store to load my car with handcrafted chèvre logs, tomme wedges, and brie wheels.
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Buffalo Creek Creamery, Germanton
The small, unincorporated community of Germanton doesn’t have much, but the Buffalo Creek Creamery supplies all the attraction you need between the locally-driven farm store and creamery tours centered around all things goat- and cheese-related. A three-generation farming family runs this meat and dairy farm, which produces farmstead goat cheese, goat’s milk soap, and market meats. The goat cheese appears in various forms beyond the standard fresh chèvre (though they make that, too), presenting playful takes on tommes, goudas, and havarti. They sell all their products onsite, along with local jams, honeys, pickles, and other goodies from other nearby makers.
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Our farm was featured on Discover Family Farms on July 13, 2021
Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery
Meet Robin & Johnny, the husband-wife duo behind Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery.
What started out as a simple adventure at a rundown farmland, soon turned into one of the finest Farmstead Creameries in Forsyth County (NC). Johnny and his wife, Robin, bought their 34-acre farm in 1992 that was originally a cow dairy and fish farm. In fact, you can still see the blue ponds that were filled in if you google their address! But today, you’ll only find Nubian diary goats and Katahdin Cross hair sheep (without wool).
Their Grade B dairy farmstead creamery provides high quality, ethically-raised meats and cheeses that have NO added hormones. Their goats and sheep graze on naturally occurring forage and hay that is harvested on nearby local farms for a higher milk production.
You can stop by their farm store from open Monday-Saturday (9am – 6pm) and Sunday (1pm – 6pm), where you’ll find a variety of tasty grass-fed beefs, traditional chèvre, goat feta, a variety of goat cheeses, and more!
FUN FACT: Do you know the best way to tell the difference between sheep and goats is their tail?
Being that Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery has both Nubian diary goats and Katahdin Cross hair sheep (without wool), it could be a little difficult for visitors to tell the difference. But Johnny was kind enough to inform us that goats’ tails stay up, while sheep’ tails stay down.
Meet Robin & Johnny, the husband-wife duo behind Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery.
What started out as a simple adventure at a rundown farmland, soon turned into one of the finest Farmstead Creameries in Forsyth County (NC). Johnny and his wife, Robin, bought their 34-acre farm in 1992 that was originally a cow dairy and fish farm. In fact, you can still see the blue ponds that were filled in if you google their address! But today, you’ll only find Nubian diary goats and Katahdin Cross hair sheep (without wool).
Their Grade B dairy farmstead creamery provides high quality, ethically-raised meats and cheeses that have NO added hormones. Their goats and sheep graze on naturally occurring forage and hay that is harvested on nearby local farms for a higher milk production.
You can stop by their farm store from open Monday-Saturday (9am – 6pm) and Sunday (1pm – 6pm), where you’ll find a variety of tasty grass-fed beefs, traditional chèvre, goat feta, a variety of goat cheeses, and more!
Learn more about their story in the video below.
FUN FACT: Do you know the best way to tell the difference between sheep and goats is their tail?
Being that Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery has both Nubian diary goats and Katahdin Cross hair sheep (without wool), it could be a little difficult for visitors to tell the difference. But Johnny was kind enough to inform us that goats’ tails stay up, while sheep’ tails stay down.
Thank you Johnny and Robin for the lovely conversation, and amazing goat cheeses!
Be sure to stop by their Farm Store at 3255 Buffalo Creek Farm Road, Germanton, NC 27019 for all your farmstead creamery needs, or learn more about them online by clicking here.
And if you’d like to keep up with them on a day-to-day basis, you can follow their socials!
Facebook: @buffalocreekfarmandcreameryllc
Instagram: @buffalocreekfarm
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