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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Kathryn Heininger, co-owner of Mesa Ranch, shepherds the goats in Snowflake, Ariz. Goats are adaptive to the cool climate of the mountains in Arizona (Photo courtesy of Mesa Ranch)

Goat dairies on the rise in Arizona

MAlamri June 8, 2015
Arizona’s mountains are attracting goat dairies, creating a new market of award-winning artisan cheeses. Since 2003, when the first commercial goat dairy was certified in Arizona, five more have emerged, totaling about 600 goats producing milk and cheese under state regulation. “Goats are fun,” said Kathryn Heininger, co-owner of Arizona’s first certified goat dairy, Black Mesa Ranch, in Snowflake. “They are like big, productive puppy dogs.”
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