{"id":3393,"date":"2013-04-07T11:49:57","date_gmt":"2013-04-07T15:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/?p=3393"},"modified":"2013-04-07T11:49:57","modified_gmt":"2013-04-07T15:49:57","slug":"an-april-trip-to-asgaard-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/2013\/04\/07\/an-april-trip-to-asgaard-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"An April trip to Asgaard farm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, \u00a0I stopped by to see David and Rhonda Brunner at Asgaard Farm<\/a>, where they operate a \u00a0goat dairy and small cheesemaking plant \u00a0just outside of Ausable Forks. Some of you may remember Asgaard as the site of NCPR’s 40th anniversary outdoor music bash in August 2008.<\/p>\n

You’ve heard our on air audio postcards. Consider this entry a blog postcard. It was a beautiful spring day, and lots of other people stopped by to shop at the farm store for cheese, meat, eggs and soap, including a few groups of school kids on spring vacation. (In this region, farms are often the local version of zoos.)<\/p>\n

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David returning a kid to one of the many “baby” pens.<\/p><\/div>\n

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French Alpine is the primary breed at Asgaard.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Don’t let the numbered ear tags fool you: every kid is named. This year, the theme is “spices and herbs” so there’s a Cinnamon and a Thyme and a Rosemary…David told me that last year the theme was “Southern Belles” so I’m sure there was a Scarlet in that generation.<\/p><\/div>\n

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A rare quiet moment for a David.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The black doe soaking up the sun is a “matriarch”–one of the first in the Asgaard flock.<\/p><\/div>\n

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A view across the pasture where David and Rhonda raise Red Devon beef cattle.<\/p><\/div>\n

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On the drive home, just outside of Lake Placid, ice and snow starting to break up.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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