Sunflower Farm Creamery

Nigerian Dwarf Dairy

[Open to the Public for free visiting Saturdays 11-5 from May 23rd-October 31st 2024.]

Welcome to Sunflower Farm - where all the romance of farm life is still very much a reality. Looking for delicious local cheese made in small daily batches? You have come to the right place. May-October, our feta, chevre, yogurt, caramels, fudge, truffles and cajeta are available in our self serve farm shop. Come check out what is available, then relax a bit and watch the goats grazing in the field.

We smile when folks visiting ask us if all the goats have names. Not only do they all have names, they all have distinct calls we know even from the kitchen, they each have preferences for their favorite treats, and places they most love to be scratched. In the milkroom, each mama has their own approach to our time together: Plum likes to be milked without her head closed in to the head gate. Belle insists that she be milked one side at a time. After Rhubarb is milked, she waits on the milk stand for a few minutes of love before she is ready to hop down and go about her day. And Sweet Pea looks right at our kitchen window and calls us to the barn each morning while we are getting our coffee brewed.

There are lots of hot words in the sustainable food movement. Some mean very different things depending on who is using them and for what purpose, but for us, “local” dairy products are unique because each bite is intimately connected to the way the animals at our farm live. Even a town over, the goats are eating different grass, enjoying a different breeze, their milk is not from Claire and Radish and Cinnamon. We find great joy in sharing our lovely goats with visitors so that when they eat our chèvre or feta or yogurt or caramels, they taste even better because they are remembering a sunny summer day in the field with our herd. Hopefully you can taste the love.

After you place your order, let us know how you would like the above digital card addressed and we will personalize it for your sweetie and share it with you via email!


BUY one or both of our Bold goat KIDS Board Books!

Skip, Leap, BOOM! cover

SKIP, LEAP, BOOM! At just a few hours old, baby goats begin learning to hop. Follow along as Jack the goat kid joyfully explores his new talent and ends up a little farther away from home than he expected. A celebration of joy, bravery, and all the sweet things that keep us grounded as we grow.

SWEET PEA IS FREE! Follow Sweet Pea on her journey to a new farm where she discovers she is the only goat with long ears! She learns that her unique qualities are gifts that can empower her!

Have our inspiring Bold Goat Board Books shipped to anywhere in the US! Discount on both books or pick one!

#BoldGoat any photos of your little one enjoying the books! I can’t wait to see them in all kinds of sweet little hands!


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We figure each of our 30 goats eat about 1/2 bag of grain each month. We work hard to make a No Cull approach to farming work, and any time we can subtract an expense means we are able to get closer to making the business run well so we can meet all the needs of the goats even as they age. By taking a goat to dinner, you are helping the farm's bottom line and making a goat happy every day of the year.

We worked with a really cool program through Maine Farmland Trust for farmers this winter to break down farm expenses and time spent making products and working with the herd. The goal was to try to come up with realistic prices that reflect money and time put in so that if we ever did some wholesale we would have solid numbers in mind. What we realized, in the end, is that the formula doesn't exactly work for our tiny farm or goats making a tiny amount of milk, especially since we are committed to the most humane practices and a no cull approach where every goat is treated like a prized pet. We realized we would have to charge about $20 a container of cheese. But after the shock, we realized that we didn't want to count our time spent as part of the calculation, because there is nothing we would rather be doing than this work. Nothing better than connecting with our herd and the amazing people who love them.

Our goal has always been to find creative ways to cover some expenses like Open Farm Days and Donation Yoga Classes that enrich the community and allow the farm to cover expenses and generate a profit. We have tried to make the farm a small scale version of the openness we want to see in the world: in 2020, even when visiting was limited, we added extra barn cams which people watch around the world and took over 20 school groups on free Zoom field trips to the farm.

We know you are all as connected in many ways to the herd as we are. If you have been watching the live feed and wished you could reach through your computer to love on the mamas, here is your chance! Join us for our first-ever grain subscription program and then every time they are enjoying breakfast or dinner, you will know you are the one treating them to their favorite moment of the day!

Interested in feeding a goat? Use button below. It will charge your PayPal $7.00 a month for as long as you want to keep feeding a goat a month of grain!

Take a goat to dinner.- You buy dinner for a goat in our herd for the whole year. $7.00 will be billed to you monthly. cancel whenever you like.


Get Your Sunflower Farm Swag!

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FARM SWAG in every size and color at your fingertips! For quality farm printed items including our portrait of Don Pedro which proved OLD GOATS ARE COOL! Click Here. A few dollars from every purchase goes to help support our no null, humane approach…

FARM SWAG in every size and color at your fingertips! For quality farm printed items including our portrait of Don Pedro which proved OLD GOATS ARE COOL! Click Here. A few dollars from every purchase goes to help support our no null, humane approach to farming. You can have the art printed by Threadless onto cell phone covers, pillows, framed prints, t-shirts, sweatshirts and more!


ORDER ON AMAZON HERE! Grit, Grace & Goats opens an intimate window into life on a Nigerian Dwarf goat farm in Maine. Mini memoirs allow readers to step into a day at the farm and come away with a new perspective on life. Even city folks will fin…

ORDER ON AMAZON HERE! Grit, Grace & Goats opens an intimate window into life on a Nigerian Dwarf goat farm in Maine. Mini memoirs allow readers to step into a day at the farm and come away with a new perspective on life. Even city folks will find experiences that translate to paths to feeling more human. The delightful collection also includes the creamery's delicious recipes for goat milk chèvre, feta, yogurt, cajeta, caramels and fudge. This issue is full of heart melting photos taken by the author Hope Hall and also showcases photographer Catherine Frost, who shot stunning portraits of each member of Sunflower Farm’s goat herd. Grit, Grace & Goats is the perfect gift for anyone who loves goats and wants to learn more about local, humane farming. It includes nitty-gritty tips that will help if you plan to make the leap into tending your own herd and plenty of big-picture thinking to remind you why you dream of small farming! The book even includes instructions for making a 3D felted goat sculpture and a knitting pattern for making a goat sweater for those who are looking for goat inspired crafting ideas.

Part 2 of the collection, due out August 2018, will include exciting coverage of the ups and downs of kidding season. 50 Nigerian Dwarf goat kids are expected to arrive over two weeks in April! You can also look forward to lots of tasty recipes highlighting goat milk products, a story about goat yoga, a design plan for building a low waste hay feeder, tips on building a licensed cheese kitchen, advice for when kidding does not go like clockwork and more goaty goodness. Unable to wait for the next collection to be published? Check out the Sunflower Farm YouTube channel and live barn cam or even better, head to Maine for a visit! You can visit our farm website at www.sunflowerfarm.info

Published March 2018 - Sunflower Farm Creamery - Cumberland, Maine - 68 pages full color - available in print and on Kindle as a download - All proceeds go to taking care of the goat herd on our No Cull Farm.

Thanks so much for ordering. A few dollars from each order of the print softcover or Kindle copies directly support the farm's expenses and allow us to continue our No Cull approach.


Stella’s Sweater PatterN for Nigerian Dwarf Goat Kids

GOAT SWEATER PATTERN -Would you Like to Knit your own Nigerian Dwarf Goat Sweater? Donate whatever seems fair to our No Cull Farm by clicking button above and you will then be taken to a Document with the Pattern designed by Stella for our kids! If …

GOAT SWEATER PATTERN -Would you Like to Knit your own Nigerian Dwarf Goat Sweater? Donate whatever seems fair to our No Cull Farm by clicking button above and you will then be taken to a Document with the Pattern designed by Stella for our kids! If you have any problems, please email us at sunflowerfarmcreamery@gmail.com and we will send you the pattern as a PDF file. Please share photos of your finished sweater designs and goats on our Facebook page!

CLICK DONATE BUTTON AT LEFT TO ACCESS OUR NIGERIAN DWARF GOAT SWEATER PATTERN