Rawson Brook Farm

Not only is the goat cheese top of the line but you can pal around with the stars themselves and meet the kids in spring!
A complete cheese journey for any enthusiast, and a welcome treat in the backwoods of the Berkshires!!!

On a recent visit out to the Berkshires, we decided to check in to a little bed and breakfast and make avail of the kitchen to take advantage of the bountiful produce in the region – the bed and breakfast may have been a disaster, but out visit to Rawson Brook Farm certainly was not.
A picturesque setting, harkening back to the days of small family-​run farms. And the owner personally gave us a little tour. We told her about our cooking ambitions, and five minutes later, she had gone into her garden to dig up a couple of beets to accompany our goat cheese purchase!
A lovely visit!

This hard to find goat farm is definitely worth the visit.
I was able to visit during late May which is apparently birthing season. I saw one goat getting kicked from the inside out. While it was sort of gross it was mostly awesome.
The farm is super clean, and didn’t even smell like a farm!
It’s pretty old school and reminds me of farm stands in Upstate New York where you can take some corn and leave some quarters. Here you take some goat cheese and leave some cash. The system seems to be working!
If you like goat cheese and the miracle of birth, make it your business to stop by Rawsoon Brook Farm!

Rawson Brook Farm has some fine goats.
Seriously, I have never seen fifty farm animals so clean and friendly. And I’m a big fan of visiting farms.
And not only were the goats picture-​perfect, in the middle of the farm was a lush garden full of flowers and perfectly ripe ready to be picked produce. Not a single week or pest — it’s like on that day we walked into a postcard.
And the most adorable part of all — all the goats have name tags. So when you visit the goats, you can have full on chat, too.
The cheese, of course, delicious. I wouldn’t expect anything less from such fine goats.
Rawson Brook Farm is a wonderful place to stop by and support when you are out in the Berkshires — just keep in mind, it’s not a petting zoo, but a great way to get in back in touch with where our food comes from.

Nestled into a hillside, complete with rolling pastures, is the humble operation that is Rawson Brook Farm, producer of over 450 pounds of delicious Monterey Chevre every week. On a bright Sunday afternoon, we visited the farm and had the opportunity to chat with the founder and owner, Susan, and learn more about the start of the farm and it’s current inhabitants: goats!
Susan began the farm from scratch with the family land and a few goats. Part of the «Back To The Land» movement, she built the farm in 1984 and currently breeds goats every year, resulting in about 80 – 90 kids born each season. She feeds them organic grass and hay and knows every single goat by name – no easy feet when they are easily 150 goats on hand at all times!
We arrived at just the right moment, having the opportunity to see some newborn baby goats (literally born that moment!) and hold some goats that were only a few weeks old. The cheese is bought on an honor system (leave the money in a bin by the refrigerator) and can be found in a small room just behind the stalls where the goats are kept.
If you love goat cheese or have an interest in natural farming practices, visit Susan and her goats at Rawson Brook Farm!