About Jody
The journey behind Dancing Ewe Farm — built on responsibility, craftsmanship, and a lifelong connection to the land.
​Early Life
I grew up in the Northeast in a modest single-parent household alongside my younger brother. While my father lived a very different life, it was my mother who shaped nearly everything that would later become Dancing Ewe Farm.
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She believed less in luxury and more in responsibility, compassion, hard work, and meaningful experiences. Through 4-H and agricultural programs, my brother and I were immersed in animal care from an early age. Horses, sheep, county fairs, show rings, barns, and long summers spent at agricultural camps became the backdrop of my childhood.
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By the age of nine, I was already showing horses competitively, and much of my early life revolved around caring for animals and learning the values that come with rural life — patience, stewardship, humility, and community.
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A Path Into Veterinary Medicine
That path eventually led me into veterinary medicine.
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After studying animal science in New England, I attended veterinary school at the University of Liverpool, where I focused heavily on equine medicine. Following veterinary school, I continued my training at Texas A&M University in the Large Animal Intensive Care Unit — an experience that deeply shaped my understanding of discipline, animal health, and agricultural life.
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Around that same time, my mother had purchased a farm in Granville, New York — beautiful land on the border of Vermont and New York that needed vision, energy, and purpose. Faced with the decision of continuing down a traditional veterinary path or building something of my own, I chose the farm.
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That decision ultimately changed the course of my life.
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Drawn by a fascination with traditional food culture and inspired by books such as The Cheese Primer, I traveled to Italy to study artisanal cheesemaking. What began as a curiosity soon became an obsession — not only with cheese, but with the broader culture surrounding food, wine, cured meats, olive oil, hospitality, and the Italian philosophy of slowing down and gathering around the table.
The Foundation of Dancing Ewe Farm
Those experiences became the foundation for Dancing Ewe Farm.
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Over the next two decades, the farm evolved into a small artisan creamery, a gathering place for farm-to-table dinners, and a reflection of the lifestyle and values that had shaped me since childhood: authenticity, craftsmanship, hospitality, and connection to the land.
