Nature's Harmony Farm

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Nature's Harmony Farm
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Nature's Harmony Farm LLC is an

artisanal cheese operation located in Elberton, Georgia
.

It is a privately owned Limited Liability Company that has been featured in The New York Times,[1] CNN,[2] Garden & Gun Magazine [3] and other publications.

Nature's Harmony Farm was founded in 2008.[4] The farm is owned and operated by Tim and Liz Young.[1][5][6][7]

The farm originally produced pastured raised

cows in 2010, at which point the farm began producing farmstead cheese. This became the primary focus of the farming enterprise in 2012.[citation needed
]

Co-founder Tim Young wrote a book titled The Accidental Farmers[9] which describes the founding of this farm business.[8]

Today, Nature's Harmony Farm produces several varieties of handmade artisan cheese that have won national and international awards,[10][11][12] and a Good Food Award.[13] In 2015 Nature's Harmony won third award at the United States Cheese Championship.[14]

Nature's Harmony Farm launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter in 2013.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b Muhlke, Christine (June 2, 2009). "American Pastoral". Nytimes.com.
  2. ^ Little, Wes (August 5, 2009). "Growing local-farm movement expanding to meat". CNN.com.
  3. ^ "Third Annual Made in the South Awards. Winner: Food Category". Gardenandgun.com.
  4. ^ "Georgia Secretary of State Division Records".
  5. ^ Wright, Marcella. "Cheese Profile: Nature's Harmony Cheeses". cheesesociety.org. American Cheese Society. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  6. ^ "Nature's Harmony Farm". localharvest.org. LocalHarvest, Inc. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  7. ^ Gumbrecht, Jamie. "Elberton's heritage turkey farm". AJC.com. Cox Media Group. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  8. ^ a b About.com review of "The Accidental Farmers."
  9. . Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  10. ^ Taylor, Heather (March 18, 2014). "Elberton cheese maker wins 2014 Flavor of Georgia". Archived from the original on July 26, 2014.
  11. ^ "World Jersey Cheese Awards".
  12. ^ "2012 ACS Judging & Competition Results".
  13. ^ "Good Food Awards".
  14. ^ "Contest Results 2015". United States Championship Cheese Contest. Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  15. ^ "Cheese Cave Expansion & New Gourmet Cheese Shop". Kickstarter.com.

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