Heritage Homestead Schedule your appointment!

Heritage Homestead Goat Dairy is nestled on 17 acres in the mountains of Ashe County just outside of Jefferson, North Carolina. Carol and Lon Coulter purchased the old Florence Kelly home place in 1994, which had been a working cow dairy until the early 70s. To help clear the briars and brambles that had taken over the farm, the Coulters purchased goats. One thing led to another and soon enough Carol was milking goats and taking cheese classes. For the last 6 years the Coulters have worked toward becoming a licensed dairy and in January of 2009 Heritage Homestead was licensed.

The Coulters raise Saanens, Alpines and a few Nubians. Their wonderful sweet milk is made into farmstead cheese sold at local farmers’ markets and select retail shops. The goats are milked for 8 months out of the year and bred and kid in mid March-April and the cycle begins again.

We are open for appointments only. Please call us at (828) 773-8319 to schedule your appointment! You can also go to our website to order our cheese, fudge or caramel. We cook our goat milk for 6 hours caramelizing the natural sugars in the milk, add a little brown sugar and vanilla for the real deal. No high fructose syrup or fake flavors in this caramel. Yumm! We look forward to hearing from you!