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Women in Business: Stina Kutzer of Gammelgarden Creamery

Stina Kutzer runs Gammelgarden Creamery in Pownal, Vermont. All Gammelgården products are handmade, hand-packaged and personally delivered by their team. Their special recipe for cooking and small batch pasteurization preserves both the freshness and the nutrient content of SKYR and our other products. You can find Gammelgården Creamery products at our Saratoga Springs, NY location.

1.) What’s your business’ origin story? How did it all start?

In 2004, my husband gave me a beautiful Jersey calf named Babette for my birthday. In 2010, with milk from Babette, Babette’s daughters, and a small Jersey herd, my sister, Marta, and I started Gammelgarden, a farmstead creamery in Pownal, VT. In the fall of 2010, we began making Skyr, our signature product and bringing Skyr and other dairy products to local farmers markets. Today our products can be found in over 20 stores throughout the Northeast.

2.) What is the most rewarding part of owning your own business?

Being able to provide a quality locally made product to all of our loyal customers!

3.) What are some of the challenges?

Keeping the product affordable. Keeping up with growth. Winter weather! Equipment.

4.) Name one company or business owner that you really admire and why.

Lisa MacDougal – owner of Mighty Food Farms. I admire Lisa’s energy, hard work and constant dedication to quality.

5.) What advice do you have for other women out there that might be thinking of starting their own endeavor?

My advice would be that you have to really love what you’re doing and want to do it every single day.