Alise Jennissen came back from the National 4-H Dairy Conference in 2002, and with the confidence only a 17-year-old red head can muster, told her parents they needed to build a farmstead cheese operation on their dairy.She said: "This is what I want to do and this is what we need to do." She argued it would be a wonderful way to add value to the high solids milk they were already producing and her opportunity to stay on the 200-cow dairy, make a living and raise a family just as she had growing up. Her parents, Jerry and Linda,...

Originally published at : https://www.midwestdairy.com/innovating-farm-sustainability-jer-lindy-farms-and-redhead-creamery/A dedication to sustainability and energy efficiency is second nature for Jer-Lindy Farms in Brooten, Minnesota. The 258-acre farm uses the most sustainable methods to cultivate corn and alfalfa and provide the best environment for its 200 dairy cows. And now the family has found a way to ensure the future of the family farm with its latest venture, the high-profile Redhead Creamery, which is attracting interest from people all over the country who are hungry for its artisan cheese and story of the next-generation farming legacy. For its innovation in sustainable farming, Jer-Lindy Farms has...

Farm­ing is an inde­pen­dent job. We get to choose how we man­age our land, our ani­mals, our time, and our money to a great extent. But, many peo­ple do not real­ize the rela­tion­ship we have work­ing both with and under gov­ern­ment regulations.One such exam­ple is the Min­nesota Agri­cul­tural Water Qual­ity Con­trol Pro­gram (MAWQCP). This new ini­tia­tive came from Min­nesota Gov­er­nor Mark Day­ton in an effort to con­tinue improv­ing Minnesota’s water qual­ity. In just the first year, over 100 farms signed up with­out much effort, mean­ing that they were already using the best prac­tices as directed by the state and fed­eral...

It’s amaz­ing that we’re already host­ing some­thing for the sec­ond time. Time flies when you’re hav­ing a good time.June Dairy Month is just around the cor­ner and we’ve put together another fun book fair with Jody from Usborne Books, for you and your chil­dren. So what hap­pens dur­ing a ‘Not Your Aver­age Book Fair’? We will be have a read­ing cor­ner every hour, on the hour in the cheese shop and chil­dren will have the oppor­tu­nity to go out­side and pet the ani­mals they were just learn­ing about. We plan to have a baby calf, goats, a sheep and some...

Redhead Creamery has found its groove with a brie that’s so good you’ll want to buy two at a time.by Stephanie MarchYou gotta love the next-gen ag kids who infuse energy into the old family farm. Alise Sjostrom grew up among the cows and cats of Jer-Lindy Farms in Brooten, about an hour west of St. Cloud. When she was 16, she decided she wanted to make cheese, and eventually designed a major that allowed her to do that at the University of Minnesota, before immersing herself in Vermont’s farmstead cheese-making culture. She then returned home and dug into the...

Many dairy farmers never get to see their customers enjoying their products. But for a family near Brooten, that is a thrill they experience every day. Read more… https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2016/03/06/finding-minnesota-redhead-creamery/