Rick and Lora Lea Welcome You To Their Goat Farm

Step into Quillisascut Farm with founders Lora Lea and Rick Misterly, who have lovingly stewarded this land since 1981. Nestled in the hills of northeastern Washington, Quillisascut Farm is a living example of sustainable agriculture and seasonal living—a place where food, animals, and community flourish. 

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Your afternoon will begin with a guided tour of the farm’s abundant landscape: thriving vegetable plots, heirloom fruit trees, heritage chickens and ducks, and of course, the beloved goats. Each step reveals the rhythms of a farm rooted in care and intention.

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After the tour, gather at the table for a hearty, seasonal lunch—a celebration of the land’s summer bounty. The theme of the day is "Eating with the Seasons & the Healing Power of Culinary Herbs." Expect vibrant flavors, nourishing ingredients, and inspiring insights from Dr. Casey Carr on food as medicine and health importance of seasonality.

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You will also join Lora Lea—renowned cheesemaker with over four decades of experience—for a hands-on workshop in crafting farm-fresh chèvre goat cheese. She’ll also share her favorite “gateway drug” into the world of home cheesemaking: old-fashioned cottage cheese, made the way it was meant to be. (Spoiler: it tastes nothing like what you find in the grocery store.)

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You'll leave not only with knowledge, inspiration, and a deeper connection to your food—but with your own log of fresh goat cheese to savor at home… if it makes it that far.