NC State Fair International Cheese Competition

Excited to have won two 1st, two 2nd and one 3rd place on our brined feta, marinated feta, date and honey, red pepper and unflavored chevres at the North Carolina State Fair in Raleigh. Be sure to stop by the Education Building during the fair to see all the NC cheese winners represented this year at the 2014 International Cheese Competition.

Best of NC Cheese Competition - Forsyth County Farm Awarded Metals

We mentioned a few days ago that we'd metaled in the NC State Fair International Cheese Competition.  We got to see them today! 

Our goat's milk cheeses are available year round in our on-farm farm store!

 

Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery, LLC

3255 Buffalo Creek Farm Road

Germanton, NC 27019

336.969.5698

Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery is located on Buffalo Creek Farm Road in Germanton, NC near the intersection of Hwy 65 and Hwy 8 (Germanton Road) at the Forsyth / Stokes County line. We are a few miles north of Winston-Salem and a short drive from Rural Hall, King, Walkertown, Kernersville, Walnut Cove, Danbury, High Point, Greensboro, Pilot Mountain, Mt. Airy and other communities in the Piedmont of North Carolina and Virginia. In our on site Farm Store, we have both raw milk aged goat cheese and fresh chevres, grass fed beef, pastured lamb and pastured free range eggs along with our handmade goat's milk soap and other local goodness.

Our International Cheese Competition Results!

We are pleased to announce that metals have been awarded in the 2013 N.C. State Fair's International Cheese Competition. We were the smallest and newest farmstead dairy represented and are honored to have been awarded a Silver metal for our feta and Bronze metals for our Unflavored, Garlic and Chive and Date and Honey Chevres.



Our goat's milk cheeses are available year round in our on-farm farm store!

 

Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery, LLC

3255 Buffalo Creek Farm Road

Germanton, NC 27019

336.969.5698

Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery is located on Buffalo Creek Farm Road in Germanton, NC near the intersection of Hwy 65 and Hwy 8 (Germanton Road) at the Forsyth / Stokes County line. We are a few miles north of Winston-Salem and a short drive from Rural Hall, King, Walkertown, Kernersville, Walnut Cove, Danbury, High Point, Greensboro, Pilot Mountain, Mt. Airy and other communities in the Piedmont of North Carolina and Virginia. In our on site Farm Store, we have both raw milk aged goat cheese and fresh chevres, grass fed beef, pastured lamb and pastured free range eggs along with our handmade goat's milk soap and other local goodness.

NC State Fair

Tickets for the 2010 North Carolina State Fair went on sale Monday on the fair’s website Concerts announced so far include: Danny Gokey, Casting Crowns, Honor Society, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Chris Young, Tuesday, Gloriana, Jeffrey Osborne, and Chris Tomlin. These tickets are also on sale now.

2010 Got to Be NC Festival

Visitors to the 2010 Got to Be NC Festival will find plenty to see and do as the three-day event promises even more family fun. The festival runs May 21-23 at the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh with free admission. A fish fry sponsored by the Amran Shriners joins the food lineup for Friday, May 21. The fundraiser to benefit the Shriners Hospital will feature North Carolina mountain trout, catfish, shrimp and flounder. The hours are 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., and the food will be served beside the Expo Building. The popular N.C. Pig Jig -- a barbecue contest pitting Masonic lodge teams against one another -- returns on Saturday, May 22. Once the pork has been judged, it will be chopped and sold as a fundraiser for the Masonic Home for Children and the Central Children’s Home, both in Oxford. The barbecue sold out quickly in 2009, but organizers are expecting more teams to compete this year. The N.C. Pig Jig will be held beside the Expo Center. Another new addition this year is the NASCAR Street Tour sponsored by Ford. Festival goers can check out tricked-out Ford vehicles sporting big-screen TVs, satellite hookups and more. The NASCAR Street Tour will be located between Dorton Arena and the Jim Graham Building. “This festival showcases some of North Carolina’s rich agricultural heritage through displays of farm equipment, fiber arts, locally produced specialty products and working farm machinery,” said Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler. “We look forward to drawing more exhibitors, more competitors and even more visitors this year as this event continues to grow.” Visitors will find plenty of their favorites, including antique tractors and farm equipment, draft horse pull, tractor pulls, lawn mower racing, bluegrass music competition, classic cars, a Harley-Davidson drive-in, music, and an expanded carnival with rides and games. This year the Fiber Fair will expand in size to offer more demonstrations on weaving, carding, looming, wool dyeing and sheep shearing. Vendors will also have wool, yarn and fiber products for sale. The Fiber Fair will again be housed in the Holshouser Building. “Antique tractors and farm equipment are one of the big draws of the festival, and festival goers will find even more tractors on display every day this year in all colors,” said Jim Knight, festival manager. “We are also excited to have a special display of Corbitt trucks and equipment this year in celebration of the Henderson company’s 100th anniversary.” The Dale Earnhardt Foundation will also make its festival debut this year, with Kerry Earnhardt on hand to sign autographs and raise awareness about the foundation’s efforts. North Carolina food and wine companies will be offering samples and products for sale daily in the Expo Center as part of the popular N.C. Food Expo. There will be two entertainment stages featuring country, alternative, beach and bluegrass music. The Geico Triangle Stage will be near Dorton Arena, and the Bluegrass Stage will be in the Flower Show area. A bluegrass competition, sponsored by PineCone, will be held Saturday, May 22, at 1 p.m. Antique and classic cars will be on display on the fairgrounds Friday, May 21, from 5 to 8 p.m. On Saturday, May 22, Harley-Davidson motorcycles will be on display beginning at noon. The grandstand will again be home to a number of “horse-powered” sports, including a draft horse pull Friday, May 21, at 5 p.m.; two tractor pulls on Saturday, May 22, at noon and 7 p.m., and lawnmower racing Sunday, May 23. Grandstand events are $5 each. Festival hours are 9 a.m. to midnight May 21, 9 a.m. to midnight May 22 and 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. May 23. For more about the festival, go to http://www.ncagfest.com/

2010 Got to Be NC Festival

Horsepower of the four-legged and mechanical varieties will compete and entertain during the Got to Be NC Festival May 21-23 at the N.C. State Fairgrounds. Horse pulls, antique-tractor pulls and lawn mower racing will be on tap at the Sam G. Rand Grandstand. Festival admission and parking are free. Admission to grandstand events is $5, and tickets will be available at the grandstand box office. Teams of draft horses will test their might against a weighted sled Friday, May 21, beginning at 6 p.m. Teams interested in competing in the draft horse pull should register by May 7. Registration information is online at http://www.ncagfest.com/. The horse pull will be preceded by a stick-horse race for children at 5 p.m. Registration for the race will begin at 4 p.m. at the grandstand entrance, and stick horses will be provided. The race is open to children ages 2 to 5, and the first 50 kids to register will compete. Antique-tractor pulls are set for Saturday, May 22. Pulls will run from noon to 5 p.m. and 6 to 11 p.m. They are sanctioned by the Old Time Tractor Pullers Association and the Carolina Antique Tractor Pullers Association, respectively. On Sunday, May 23, from noon to 9 p.m., members of the American Racing Mower Association will race souped-up lawn mowers around the oval at speeds up to 60 miles-per-hour. Teams will participate in junior- and adult-racing classes to earn trophies and points toward a national championship. “Lawn mower racing was a really popular attraction at last year’s festival, and we’re excited about bringing it back again,” said Jim Knight, festival manager. The Got to Be NC Festival is presented by the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Attractions include a full carnival, the North Carolina Food Expo, antique farm equipment, a fiber fair and more. Festival hours are 9 a.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday.

2009 North Carolina State Fair

Today, we left early in the morning to go to the 8AM Senior Doe Dairy Goat Show in the Expo Center in Raleigh, NC. There were so many dairy goats entered that one building was full and they had the overflow down the hill in a large circus style tent. Pygmy goats were housed in still another tent.

The Junior Dairy Show and Costume Class began at 9AM in the Graham Building. There were lots of nice dairy goats to see.

The Pygmy Goat Show was also today.

The fairgrounds gates open every day at 8AM and close at midnight. Advance ticket prices were $5 and the parking is free - - a much better value than the Dixie Classic Fair. After most of the Dairy Goat Show, we took in some of the other sites before heading home around 2PM. This was the last day of the fair which is a Division of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.