BlackMesaGoatRanch

July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: DAVID HEININGER and his wife, KATHRYN HEININGER, walk their dairy goats through the pastures on Black Mesa Ranch, their 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. Their dairy goats are raised by hand and the Heiningers walk them out to the pastures every day. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ

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July 26, 2008 -- SNOWFLAKE, AZ: DAVID HEININGER and his wife, KATHRYN HEININGER, walk their dairy goats through the pastures on Black Mesa Ranch, their 280 acre spread in the high desert near Snowflake, AZ. Their dairy goats are raised by hand and the Heiningers walk them out to the pastures every day. The ranch owners, David and Kathryn Heininger, run a herd of about 40 Nubian dairy goats and hand make artisan cheese from the goat's milk. It's a second gear for them, they retired from Tucson, AZ, where they bought and renovated historic homes. The moved to the ranch in 2001 and started making and selling cheese shortly after the move. Their cheese is used in expensive restaurants in Phoenix and sold at natural food stores in Arizona. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ