odin and i had the chance to visit an organic valley dairy farm with some friends and it was quite an adventure.

we slept in sleeping bags and got up at the crack of dawn to see 100 happy cows who spend their days grazing on wide open pasture get milked in the "milking parlor". it was quite a sight to see and despite the opportunity to try his hand at milking he politely declined preferring to watch from a distance.

we saw cows and roosters and hens and tractors and silos and sheep, but i don’t think any of the sights and smells and sounds surpassed the simple pleasure of getting to hold a little, fuzzy baby chick for the very first time.