Welcome to the picture journal I kept, as we built the Grade A Dairy!

I have been raising Dairy goats now for several years to provide the milk supply for my family. I've also had many people wanting to buy my extra RAW Goat's milk from me. When WA State Law makers added new language to laws regarding the sale of RAW milk in 2006 (making cow/goat shares illegal to do so unless you were licensed with the State & adding fines), I started looking into what it would take to become licensed.

So, after much research, speaking with (and viewing) other Grade A Goat Dairies in the area, and discussing my situation with the local Food Safety Officer (Inspector), we decided to take the plunge!

So, the next five pages of pictures will take you throught the process we took as we built the addition to the existing barn, to add the rooms we needed for the Dairy!

We added a Milk Room "the clean room" (where I strain & bottle the milk), a porch in front of the milk room that is covered and one end houses a fridge for customers to pick up their milk from, a new Milking Parlor (where I will be hand milking my girls on metal milk stands), and a covered storage area where we can put equipment and other things that need to be under cover!

Here's a blueprint of the Dairy!

The drawing shows the existing barn (to the left) with the new milk room, parlor & storage rooms added to it (on the right).
If you click on the blueprint you can view a larger scan.

Mar 15-26, 2007
Pouring the floors and putting up the roof!

Mar 27- Apr 9, 2007
Finishing the roof. Here come the walls! Pouring more floor, and in go the doors and the window.

Apr 15- May 5, 2007
Wiring, siding, sheet rock, painting, and more!

May 27- July 19, 2007
More painting, install the flooring, ditch digging, and installing equipment.

Aug 7- Aug 27, 2007
Last minute touches and final look!

Hope you enjoy your time looking around, come back and visit us again!

Jekuthiel's Dairy
Jessica Howard, owner
Located in Shelton, WA (45 min NW of Olympia)
360-229-1924

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