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Brimi dairy has for as long as people can remember been managed using traditional methods, and we want that to continue into the future. The old dairy cottage dates back to the 15-1600 hundreds. We live on the dairy with its animals every summer, from the end of June until the end of September. We milk the cows two times a day, and process most of their products ourselves. In addition to our 15 dairy cattle, we own horses, calves, pigs, chickens, lamb (fed milk from a cup), geese, ducks, dogs and cats, and we are quite convinced the animals enjoy life at the dairy as much as we do.
The mountain dairy, besides serving as a pasture in the mountains during the summer, has been a significant feature of Norwegian agriculture, and has thus been an important part of its cultural heritage for hundreds of years. No one knows for certain how long Brimi dairy has been in operation, though sites uncovered in the area suggest that there was activity there dating as far back as the Stone Age.
Life on the mountain dairy has changed considerably over the course of its history. Before there were milk trucks, most of the milk was processed on site. In addition to butter, cheeses (such as pultost and gamalost) made from soured milk were produced until the advent of the brown cheese variety, which arrived at the end of the 1800’s. White cheeses for storage were produced mostly for private use and were primarily eaten during the winter months.
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Brimi dairy abounds with tales of the tusse-people (pixie-like gnomes) and Huldra. The Huldra even has her own stall in the barn, in which our livestock never seem to be at ease. Perhaps there is more to this world than meets the eye… |
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