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Company Overview

Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy, one of approximately 50 farmstead cheesemakers in America, has been producing farmstead and artisanal goat cheeses in Colorado since 1992. It has received numerous awards over the years from the American Cheese Society and the World Cheese Contest. Haystack cheeses are on sale at restaurants and retail stores in 30 states, including Wild Oats, Whole Foods, King Soopers and Safeway. Haystack Mountain is the last remaining dairy in Boulder County, which once was home to 16 cow dairies producing milk for the local market.

Boulder County moving plans. Haystack Mountain also plans to relocate its goat herd and milking facility to a 32-acre land parcel at 63rd Street and Oxford Road northwest of Niwot, Colo. in spring of 2007.  Its cheesemaking operation, now located at its original Niwot farm and at a facility on Colorado Ave. in Longmont, will gradually relocate to the new farm in mid-2008. The 32-acre parcel is part of 80 acres that Boulder County purchased for its Open Space program on March 31, 2006. Under a unique arrangement intended to preserve undeveloped land and to foster local agriculture, Boulder County sold Haystack Mountain the 32 acres and will lease the parcel’s remaining 48 acres to the company. The new Haystack Mountain dairy will house state-of-the-art milking facilities and a single facility producing all of the company's cheeses, which include fresh chèvre, feta, two fresh-ripened cheeses and three aged raw-milk cheeses. The move to the new property will also enable Haystack Mountain to gain USDA "certified organic" status, since its goats will have access to grazing land, a key requirement for organic certification.

The company also plans to apply for Certified Humane® status from the nonprofit organization Humane Farm Animal Care.