05/22/2026
This month we quietly turned 10 years old.
I say quietly because, much like our own wedding anniversary over the years, we forgot to celebrate it. Not because it’s not special, it is. Most small dairies we know never make it to 10. But, if I’m being honest, the same anxiety driven hustle and flow that propelled us through the early years of starting a first-generation goat dairy is still powering us today.
The amount of times we have adapted, pivoted, reinvented this farm is dizzying—and yet, here are.
Ten years older...and ten years wiser (ha!)
But this isn’t a sob post. I kind of hate those honestly. Every human on this planet could write their own sob post and have it mean something. I don’t want to do that.
Instead, I want to recognize all you incredible souls who have, for the past ten years, made our cheese an ingredient in your lives. Yes there are some of you who just found us (welcome! We’re so happy you did!) but also there are those of you who have been supporting the dream of local goat dairy in your community since day 1.
It’s because of you and your choice to spend your hard earned money on goat cheese named after a peacock (who is using a photo of a goose) that we can even say (belated) Happy Anniversary.
And it’s because of you that Olympia still has a robust, dare I say, thriving goat herd in it’s midst.
This business is uncertain...shoot, the world is uncertain...but I do know one thing for sure.
When enough people come together and say yes, producing food in my backyard is important, we take away just a tiny hint of the uncertainty that hangs over all of us like a storm cloud.
The zombies may eventually come...but if they do...at least we won’t be hungry.
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We are enrolling members into our Summer CSA, with six pick up locations! This CSA is the backbone of our dairy and we’d love if you could join. Details are online at
csa.lostpeacock.com
(Link in comments!)
And our Farm Stand is open every Saturday and Sunday from 10-2 (until October!)
