Pennsylvania dairywoman Lolly Lesher from Way-Har Farms joins host Kimmi Devaney on this episode of the Progressive Dairy Podcast to discuss on-farm processing, selling directly to consumers through their farm market and other retail avenues, farm tours and community outreach.
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Here is a breakdown of the episode:
- [~1:00] About Way-Har Farms and Lesher’s family
- [~1:50] Differences between their old freestall barn and the new one they built in 2016
- [~3:30] Farm market
- [~4:50] On-farm processing
- [~5:40] How they develop new flavors
- [~7:00] Marketing
- [~9:30] Product distribution
- [~9:55] Ice cream trailer for events
- [~10:45] Employee recruitment differences between the dairy and the farm market/on-farm processing
- [~11:40] The part of her farm Lesher is most proud of
- [~14:05] Advice for other dairy producers interesting in trying on-farm processing
- [~20:00] Employee training
- [~20:40] About their farm’s open house in 2020
- [~25:30] School tours
- [27:00] Internships
- [~28:30] Helpful resources
- [~29:15] Their Airbnb
- [~30:45] Agritourism advice for other producers
- [~33:00] Rapid-fire questions