European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Carole Maynard single hand edly looks alter a hoc of St sheep Lour rams three horses and two dogs at a 3s-acre Dairy farm near Dunton. England. Sheep a milk Dairy Delight you can to be a a flavor Story and photos by Amy Geszler Jones . Bureau move Over Bessie. Make room for to and Marjorie. A milk and Dairy products from goats and sheep a milk Are finding their Niche in today s food markets along with products made from cows milk a flock of 51 British Friesland sheep provides milk for a mom and pop Dairy farm run by Carole and Tim Maynard in Central England. Besides a thick greek state Yogurt Maynard also whip up what they Market As Quot luxury desserts Quot a Frozen Yogurt and ice Baa Baa an ice Cream like concoction a from sheep s milk. They also make a Type of fruit sorbet called fruit ice that is a Dairy free product. Carole a Perky 4g year old British woman who laughs easily single hand edly tends to flock White soft spoken Tim. 49, is sole product making Man. Quot he loves machines and i love animals Quot said Carole who also looks after a flock of 19 lambs four rams three horses and two dogs at 35-acre farm located near , a few Miles from Biggleswade. The . Air race base Raf Chicksands. Is about 15 Miles from former Corn and pig farm. What started m 1986 As a part time Endeavor with 10 ewes to keep Carole from experiencing empty nest syndrome Hen their two grown children left Home has turned into a Quot labor intensive Quot business after considering a Goat Dairy Maynard settled on and my Long Nesland sheep because woolly . Have a longer lactation Pence and a higher milk it a h i he production company that want supposed to bought and processed too up went out of business. Rather than find another company Maynard decided to process milk themselves. The concept of sheep milking first started in England eight years ago according to Olivia Mills founding member and Secretary of British sheep Dairying association. About one fifth of Britain a 250 sheep Dairy farms make their own products with most of that fraction producing yogurts and cheeses. A Market is now growing faster than people going into it Quot Mills said. A Maynard so entire milking and processing operation is housed in one quonset like building behind their 300-year-old farm House. Two immaculate White enclosures in front half of Structure make up production Side of business. Inside Are stainless steel machines that Tim in a White apron and White hat uses to create his concoctions. The other half milking area is reserved for Pearl Magone Jasmine Moroz Jackie haughty Mummy and other ewes -1. A j i a a a s t pm a outfitted in a White lab overcoat and Pink rub two. Gloves Carole milks twice a Day during High lactation period Between March and july. She th.,n drops to one milking session daily until november when ewes Quot dry up Quot because they Are pregnant Quot they re very Busy sheep Quot Carole said. During Peak times each of her named sheep gives about sour to five pints of milk a Day after they be been relieved of their milk Carole says Quot thank you a pats them on Rump them Oft to Frolick in Meadow behind quonset. The Maynard also buy Rilk Srorn other sheep dairies and store it in a Freezer. With stockpile. Tim can continue making products during dry season a Tim makes More than 9 Gallons of Yogurt and about 7 half Gallons of Frozen Yogurt or what they cull Yogurt tee a week. The self professed ice Cream Lover also prepares about 4 Gallons of ice Baa Baa and fruit ice weekly for their 50 customers every afternoon monday through Friday their Driver Gardener Ken Lee makes deliveries. Their current Market which spans four British counties a Cambridgeshire Bedfordshire Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire a includes health and me food shops restaurants two health farms and a Hospital they Are hoping to expand their and also Ribeir customer list this summer when More equipment arrives Quot this is where we score we Don t Supply masses it s More specialized Quot said Carole expat Irful their seemingly Small yet profitable business Quot you Don t Huo to be massive to make it work Quot it s Good to see it growing it feels Good to have people wanting what you re Mak my. A she added i her Bugge St Settlor is Yogurt which is simply ,. A continued on / age to la Friday. August 3, 1900 Star o and stripes or Page
