I think one of the scariest days of my life was when we launched Monforte Renaissance 2010 back in February 2009. We didn’t know how it would work out. We didn’t know if anybody would sign up for a CSA. We didn’t know if we’d ever be making cheese again.

Truth be told, there’ve been lots of scary days since. But through it all we’ve tried to do the right thing – be as open as possible to, well, possibilities. A friend of ours calls it “water logic” and it means flowing with what life presents you. That’s a good analogy when your work is milk.

We’ve had to do it this way because no one has built a dairy with CSA’s, sort of like Maggie from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof who “depended on the kindness of strangers”.

And what kindness we’ve received! The support from you has been tremendous. We’re so grateful to each and every one of you, not only for each subscription, but also for how you’ve supported us by blogging, posting pictures and videos, spreading the word, your patience and your words of encouragement.

Here we are with over $400,000 from our CSA subscribers, a dairy that’s built, cheesemaking and market staff hired, a storefront right at the dairy. We’ll even have an Earth Market following the principles of Slow Food every Sunday at the dairy during market season. We hope to see you there often

I feel like I’ve landed in butter. I feel like the luckiest girl in the world!

Fondly,