Guest Speaker: Mateo Kehler of Jasper Hill Farm
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Mateo Kehler started Jasper Hill Farm in Greensboro, VT with his brother Andy in 2003 where they produce a wide range of cheeses from the milk of their herd of 45 Ayrshire cows. In 2008 they started a new venture, the Cellars at Jasper Hill, a 22,000 square foot underground aging facility, to lower the barriers to entry for new cheesemakers by maturing, marketing and selling cheeses, managing logistics and administration and providing technical support to artisan cheese makers. The Cellars at Jasper Hill is a social enterprise committed to developing economic mechanisms to keep Vermont's working landscape working. Currently, Jasper Hill operates two cheese plants, a value-added pork business, two cow dairies, manages 1200 acres of crop land and is in the process of starting up an 800-goat dairy to supply milk for a new line of cheeses, as well as a Hemp production and drying business. Mateo lives on the farm in Greensboro, VT with his wife Angie and children Reed and Zola.