If you visit Sankow's Beaver Brook Farm in Lyme, you'll likely find 81-year-old Suzanne Sankow interacting with her 600 sheep, making a fresh batch of sheep's milk cheese or crafting hand-spun wool into vests or socks that they sell in their on-site wool shop. Her husband, Stan, was born on the farm, but it [...]
Suzanne Sankow will tell you that she learned everything she needed to know about raising sheep by reading books. Now 81, she married into the Sankow family, which has owned Beaver Brook Farm in Lyme since 1917, when the original 150 acres were purchased for $2,000. (An additional 25 acres were added for a [...]
Link: The Day: Lambing Season Author: N/A Press: The Day Date: March 20, 2019
LYME, Conn. (WTNH) - With about 10 Jersey cows and 180 sheep, Sankow's Beaver Brook Farm is a landmark in Lyme where the same family has worked the fields for more than 100 years. "We have 165 acres," said Suzanne Sankow, who, along the way, began selling raw milk. "It just makes sense, it only makes sense." She said the [...]
Lyme — Sankow's Beaver Brook Farm opened its doors Saturday for its annual Farm Day, offering hayrides and live music, among other activities. Sol Ballard, 3, right, of Hamden throws straw at his sister, Lily Ballard, 13, left, and their friend Erika Morrison, second from left, of New Haven while taking a wagon [...]
Link: WFSB: Find Out Where Your Cozy Wool Clothes Come From Publisher: WFSB - Channel 3 Eyewitness News Reporter: Melissa Cole
Lyme — Managing a farm is a year-round production of planning and preparation, carrying out those plans and reaping its benefits. As part of that annual ebb and flow, the end of October stands as Sankow’s Beaver Brook Farm sheep-shearing period — a weekslong process that will yield more than 1,000 pounds of fleece [...]
On one of the first crisp days of autumn, I took a country drive over to Sankow’s, a 100-year old family farm in Lyme. You’re probably familiar with their cheese offerings from local farmer’s markets, but the dairy farm is just up the road from me and, believe it or not, a full-on foodie [...]
If you think buying local is a new trend, consider again. Sankow’s Beaver Brook Farm recently celebrated 100 years of being just that. At this local business, one can buy cheese, meat, milk – and even wool socks, sweaters, vests and blankets – to help keep one warm on a cold New England night. [...]
Link: Connecticut Public Television Executive Producer & Director: Heather Fay Dawson Director of Photography: Kevin Kuhl Editor: Tom Oliveras Camera: Kevin Kuhl, Mike Dunphy Audio: Larry Roeming Graphics: Sam Hockaday
