Meet the cows that make our milk

After spelunking at the Bushy Hill Nature Preserve last Friday, we all headed to the Deerfield Farm in Durham for a homeschool field trip to learn more about cows and raw milk. We got to meet the calves, who really enjoyed licking all the kids' salty hands, their moms, and the dairy farmer, a 24 year old woman named Melynda who graduated from Middletown's Vo-Ag program, and UCONN's dairy program. You can find more info at http://www.realmilk.com/

Above Dante is getting licked by one of the very friendly milk cows who was chained in the barn that day. Below is Lucia with one of the 3 veal calves. The poor things were getting sent in for "processing" next week. They were so cute and friendly, licking all the little kids, and loved getting petted and having their neck and ears scratched.