Jennifer Bice Grant Award!
We are super pleased to share that Jollity Farm was selected by the California Artisan Cheese Guild to receive the 5th annual Jennifer Bice Artisan Dairy/Cheesemaker Grant Award. Charley was chosen by the Grant Selection Commit from numerous CACG member applicants.
This is the fifth annual grant award of $10,000 that Jennifer Bice, Founder of Redwood Hill Farm & Creamery, has so generously offered as a means to support and mentor newer cheesemakers and dairy farmers in California. Bice helped establish the California Artisan Cheese Guild in 2006 and served as a founding board member. The grant award stipulates that the recipient be a CACG member, and that funds be used for creamery or farm infrastructure, or for education that relates to improving farming or business practices. “I started the Cheese Grant to encourage and support California cheese makers and dairy producers in their quest of advancing and improving their businesses,” says Bice. “Small business ownership is no small feat and requires wearing many hats. Now retired from cheese making at Redwood Hill Farm & Creamery, I think it is important to help insure the production of artisan, high quality cheese which keeps more land in agricultural production. In addition, food security for our local communities becomes even more important in the face of climate change.”
We will use the grant award to assist with the construction of a new hay storage barn, capable of storing a full truckload of alfalfa. The new barn will also have space to house bottle baby kids until they are weaned, and another space to house our “retired” girls.
We are truly thankful for the generosity of Jennifer Bice and the CACG!!
We have had several folks contact us asking if there is anything they can do to assist with completing the construction of the barn. We are forever thankful for the love and support of our community. if you would like to contribute towards the completion of the barn, you can “tip” us online by clicking the link below.
Originally published November 27, 2021