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Blizzard of Yaks

Yaks never cease to amaze me. The wind was wicked. The snow stinging. The yaks all acted like it was any other day, except to shake off the snow every now and then.

Feathered Jewels

Bob and Bev have visited a few times and we were able to tour their pheasant houses when we delivered yaks to them. The pheasants are incredibly beautiful. The Merrits are great hosts and Bob delights in showing off the sheep – just ask him! They own a beautiful yak bull named Inky.
http://www.chieftain.com/articles/2009/10/25/life/local/doc4ae388846865f749597765.txt

Alumni find calling on yak farm

A great article from The Daily Princetonian about Vermont Yaks.
http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2009/10/23/24250/

Stock tank cleaning crew is given thumbs up by Yaks!

Our friends told us that goldfish would keep a stock tank sparkling clear all year…. They told us to get a dozen “feeder fish” and that we would have to replace several of them over the first few months as they acclimate to the tank. The original 12 are doing a great job and our [...]

Yak Cheese Helping Tibetan Nomads

Western China’s most abundant resource, the humble yak, are now helping Tibetan nomads.
Farmed in the region for centuries, the yak has been a traditional source of sustenance.
But now, Yaks are also providing luxury fibres and gourmet cheese to some of the world’s leading fashion houses and hotels.
They’re apart of social enterprises – businesses which aim to achieve social, environmental and financial goals.
Check out the link and the video.

Good Friends and Yaks

Hey anyone/everyone that loves Yaks.

I really have no idea of what to blog about. I can tell you that in the grunge of a recession and mire of my business reality, yaks continue to lead me in the right direction. My family had the opportunity to take “a road like Black Bear Road” last weekend [...]

Yak Butter from Textures of Seoul

It was by chance that I tasted yak butter, and it was not because I became so comfortable as to walk up and milk one of the roaming lady yaks myself, closing my winnings into a glass jar and shaking it forever and a day. We had gone horseback riding–this was included in our tour package–and the horse herder who guided us invited us back to his ger for tea. We met his two young boys, whose heads were clean shaven like their daddy’s and who, at a stature half of my own, handled our horses like they were puppies, and his wife served us cow’s milk tea, home baked bread (because that is all there is so far from town) and yak butter.

Our Experiment with Yak Cheese

We aren’t sure how to move forward with yak cheese but it is delicious! After making this batch with the help of our friend Shannon, the whole family was sold on the how great yak cheese is. Getting enough milk to provide anymore than personal consumption is going to be a challenge.
Keep an eye out [...]

Socolofsky Farm Visit!

We have been spending a good deal of wintertime thinking about our ranch and how to develop complementary operations to our central yak business. Books by Joel Salatin and the have been in heavy rotation.