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ARTISAN SHEEP CHEESE • YOGURT • SOAP • FREEZER LAMB
Carroll County Department of Economic Development’s 2011
Agribusiness Award Winner! |
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Welcome to Maryland's very first sheep-milking dairy farm! Sheep have been raised for milk for thousands of years and were
milked before cows. The world's commercial dairy sheep industry is
concentrated in Europe and the countries on or near the
Mediterranean Sea.
The dairy sheep industry is in its infancy in the United
States. There are approximately 100 dairy sheep farms in the U.S.
They are found mostly in New England, the Upper Midwest, New York,
California - and now in the mid Atlantic.
Shepherds Manor Creamery produces
artisan sheep cheese and other products. Located in the beautiful countryside of Carroll County, Maryland,
we are less than an hour from the Baltimore/Washington DC metro
area. We are also very close to the vineyards and wineries of
Carroll and Frederick counties.
Thank you for visiting our site and please be sure to check
back often!
Colleen & Michael Histon
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== SPRING 2013
==Markets:
We
will be at the
Shady Grove Farmer's Market in
Rockville, every Wednesday from May 15th thru Sept 11th.
The
Little French Market in Ellicott City - farmer's market on the
2nd Sunday of each month from April - Dec. And at
the
32nd Street Farmers Market in Baltimore every Saturday morning
from June 8th to November 23rd.
Events:
The Sheep and Wool Festival, May
4th and 5th at the Howard Co Fairgrounds
The
DC
Lamb Jam on May 20th
20 D.C. restaurants/chefs offering samples of dishes featuring
American Lamb. Friendly chef/dish competition to garner awards and
prizes in categories including
Best in Show,” “People’s Choice” and “Best Leg, Breast, Shank and
Shoulder” categories with voting by a panel of key media
representatives and event attendees. The winner goes to the Lamb
Jam Finale in New York City this Fall 2013. Hands-on American lamb
butcher demos. Lamb swag, cake pops, caricature artist & more
Local wine, beer and spirits sponsors. Live Music. [More
Events]
For our Latest
News - and Information on Farm Tours - Please Check Out our
Dairy Diary
INTRODUCING OUR FIRST SHEPHERD'S MANOR CSA
PROGRAM!
A Unique Opportunity To Savor Six Months Of Delicious
Sheep’s Milk Cheeses, Plus Soap, For Just $495 ($400 if
picked up at farm)
Find out more and make a credit card payment on the Dairy
Diary page!
ONLINE SALES - BUY OUR CHEESE RIGHT NOW!
Carroll County Times Article & Video:
New Windsor farmers start first
sheep dairy in Maryland, make artisan cheese.
Tucked on the outskirts of New Windsor, Shepherds Manor
Creamery is the first sheep dairy in Maryland, making
artisan cheeses and delicate soaps from their sheep’s milk,
which they sell at special events such as The Maryland Wine
Festival in Westminster Sept. 15 and 16.
Links in the
Dairy Diary
Our cheese
is also available at the following locations:
Black Ankle
Winery in Mount Airy
Elk Run Winery
in Mount Airy
Fox Hollow
Farm in Gaithersburg |
ABOUT US
Colleen and Michael Histon grew up in
the suburbs of Silver Spring, Maryland and moved to Mount Airy
21 years ago. Colleen is a financial administrator for a
construction company. She has a small commercial embroidery
business, dabbles in catering, and as a hobby entertains
friends with wine pairing course dinner parties. Michael works
with an engineering firm.
They raised two children Anne Marie and
Matthew, who spent several years in the Carroll County 4-H
program. They raised market lambs, breeding sheep, market
steers, and market pigs to show at the county fairs. In 2006
research began to find a sustainable agricultural business
that would satisfy their joy of animal husbandry as well as
Colleen's interest in food.
They traveled to several sheep dairy
farms and decided to embark on raising dairy sheep and
producing farmstead sheep's milk cheese. Lambs were purchased
in Virginia and Wisconsin. They found a suitable farm to
purchase in New Windsor and sold the Mount Airy house. With
much help from friends, family, and neighbors, they moved in
to the farm in January 2010. |
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SHEPHERDS MANOR
CREAMERY
NEW WINDSOR, MD
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