Fincaometepe's blog

The day starts early in the pasture. First, the calves get their turn — they nuzzle in and drink just enough to get the milk flowing (thank you, oxytocin!).

Each udder is washed clean, and the teats are dried. Hands are dried, too — this improves milk quality— and then the real work begins. Milking looks simple from the outside, but it’s harder than it seems. Our milkers have forearms like iron from years of practice, able to strip each quarter clean.

We have a baby donkey. Her name is Poppy. She is adorable. She is also kind of challenging for her Mom to handle because Poppy is currently going through the donkey version of the terrible twos. She wants what she wants when she wants it—and usually what she wants is a banana, some attention, or the right to chew on her mother’s ears.

I LOVE FOOD!