South Mountain Dairy

South Mountain Dairy
We started this dairy because we love our goats. As we say at South Mountain Dairy, "It's All About the Girls!"

Welcome to South Mountain Dairy!
South Mountain Dairy is located in Southern Santa Fe County at the base of South Mountain. This area is also known as the East Mountains of Albuquerque. We are a farmstead, artisan cheese business. Farmstead because we use only the milk from the goats who are raised on our farm. Artisan because we make our cheeses by hand.

South Mountain Dairy is owned and operated by Donna Lockridge and Marge Petersen. We are a seasonal dairy, producing cheese from early April through November. We began building our dairy in 2004, and received our Grade A Dairy License in April, 2005. Our goal in 2004 was to build the dairy so that we could both enjoy an early retirement from our respective "corporate lives", and have something meaningful to do with our time after we had retired. Today we are both retired, and working harder than we ever did when we were employed!

But at South Mountain Dairy, it's ALL about the girls!

Our Mission
Our mission statement and principals are simple, and short. The bottom line is this: It's ALL about the girls!

Vacations
Most of you know that we love to go on vacation. Every winter we find time to visit Hawaii, our favorite vacation spot. But while we are working the dairy it is hard for us to get away. Rather than forfeit our vacation time, we have decided to make it available for you to rent, at a reasonable rate. Check out "Vacation Anyone?"

It's All About the Girls at South Mountain Dairy