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Spotlight: Nature's Harmony Farm

Great profile of Nature's Harmony Farm in Georgia, written by Andre Gallant in the Athens Banner-Herald:

Out in Elbert County, Tim Young and his wife, Liz, produce cheese that’s influenced by the French and English but adds Georgia-inspired and environment-loving customs into the process.

Tim Young is enamoured with old-world farming and cheesemaking methods.

“Each cheese has a history,” he said. “My role in the cheesemaking process is to understand how and why a cheese evolved and then to pay homage to that history.”

Where the cows pasture, and what grass they eat, plays an important role in shaping the taste of the cheese, Young said.

“Farmstead means that you own the animals that provide the milk, and you milk them on your farm,” he said. “We are both artisanal and farmstead cheesemakers.

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Spotlight: Nature's Harmony Farm