Billings Farm is celebrating Dairy Celebration Days and our 150th Anniversary as a Jersey cow dairy and you are invited to join in!
Saturday & Sunday Activities:
Enjoy a complimentary bite of birthday cake and pair it with our Dairy Bar Birthday Special: homemade Strawberry Rhubarb ice cream, made with Billings Farm milk, available for purchase at the Dairy Bar, 11AM-5PM.
Learn about Billings Farm’s mostfamous cows and view artifacts and images from the past 150 years.
View our “historic” Birthday Cake and miniature farm scene. Sign the giant Birthday Card and share your favorite Billings Farm memories!
Live demonstration on how to make Cheese Straws, enjoy a sample! Pick up some of our best dairy recipes and view a recorded demonstration featuring a historic Mac-n-cheese recipe. Learn all about the history of our dairy. (Learning Kitchen)
As our gift to you, take home a Billings Farm Dairy mini milk bottle.
Saturday Only
Step behind-the-scenes and visit with local youth in the Show Barn as they groom their cattle and prepare to compete in Sunday’s Youth Invitational Dairy Show.
11AM & 1PM Join the Farm staff for the Judging Dairy Cattle program and learn how to identify certain characteristics that make up a prize dairy cow. (Show Tent)
11AM-3PMGoat’s milk soap making demonstration with Tina Tuckerman of One Chicken at a Time Farm. (Wagon Barn)
12:00-12:45PMTake an Instagram-worthy picture with one of our prize-winning Jerseys (Outside the Horse Barn)
2PMBrush a Heifer! (Outside the Horse Barn)
Sunday Only
Watch local youth and their cattle compete in the Third Annual Youth Invitational Dairy Show. (Show Tent)
12:00-3:00PM Purchase a fresh Billings Farm Grilled Cheese Sandwich with Tomato Jam and a garden-fresh side salad prepared by the Woodstock Inn & Resort.
Billings Farm Celebrates 150 Years:
One hundred and fifty years ago, Frederick Billings imported Jersey cattle from the Isle of Jersey, building a prize herd and transforming his Woodstock estate into a model farm that employed the latest sustainable agricultural practices.
While the intervening years brought successes – as in 1893, when Billings Farm’s Jerseys garnered top honors at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago – and heartbreaking challenges, as when the herd was sold off during hard times in the 1930’s – the Billings family’s dedication to Frederick Billings’ vision held true.
Today, the Billings Farm & Museum breeds and milks a herd of nearly 50 blue ribbon Jerseys, producing more than 650,000 pounds of milk, some of which goes to Agri-Mark for Cabot products and some of which is used to craft award-winning artisan cheeses in partnership with Grafton Village Cheese. The Woodstock landmark is a Vermont destination which attracts thousands of visitors annually with its educational exhibits, engaging programs and special events that bring to life Vermont’s rural heritage.
Billings Farm is celebrating Dairy Celebration Days and our 150th Anniversary as a Jersey cow dairy and you are invited to join in!
Saturday & Sunday Activities:
Saturday Only
Sunday Only
Billings Farm Celebrates 150 Years:
One hundred and fifty years ago, Frederick Billings imported Jersey cattle from the Isle of Jersey, building a prize herd and transforming his Woodstock estate into a model farm that employed the latest sustainable agricultural practices.
While the intervening years brought successes – as in 1893, when Billings Farm’s Jerseys garnered top honors at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago – and heartbreaking challenges, as when the herd was sold off during hard times in the 1930’s – the Billings family’s dedication to Frederick Billings’ vision held true.
Today, the Billings Farm & Museum breeds and milks a herd of nearly 50 blue ribbon Jerseys, producing more than 650,000 pounds of milk, some of which goes to Agri-Mark for Cabot products and some of which is used to craft award-winning artisan cheeses in partnership with Grafton Village Cheese. The Woodstock landmark is a Vermont destination which attracts thousands of visitors annually with its educational exhibits, engaging programs and special events that bring to life Vermont’s rural heritage.
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