Our Family Farm

boys and babies, the early days

Spinning Spider Creamery is an artisan goat dairy nestled in a mountain cove on Bailey Mountain in Madison County, NC.  Our elevation is high, our air and water are pure and our goats reflect this in their vitality and production.  And because of this, our cheese encompasses the essence of our mountain environment.

We are a family farm with our roots in 4-H and homeschooling our three sons.  Our family mission is to maintain a lifestyle that incorporates the cycles of the seasons with our love of our animals, our craft of cheese making and our family unity.  The entire family participates in the operation of the creamery.  The end result is a variety of handcrafted artisan cheeses brought to their fullest complexity of flavors through care and attention to detail in an old world style.

the dairy

The creamery is operated by our family with help from several employees.  Everyone in the family is involved in the day to day operation of the dairy.  Chris is the head of the operation.  She's the main cheese maker and makes the day to day management decisions on the herd.  Milking, chores, and herd maintenance is shared by Sylas (19) and Morgan (14) along with staff.  Cullen (22) is currently in college at UNCA but contributes when he's home, especially with decisions regarding the herd and with marketing cheese at farmers markets.  Chris' husband, Jeff, is employed full time with NC Cooperative Extension service.  When he's not at work, he contributes the equivalence of another full time job building and maintaining the facility and most importantly, marketing cheese on weekends at the farmers markets.