Villa Villekulla Farm takes its name and inspiration from the ramshackle home of the original flame-haired independent spirit, Pippi Longstocking. As such, it is a one-woman operation founded by Lauren Gitlin and her retinue of ruminant colleagues that seeks to embody playfulness, whimsy and superhuman strength in crafting wildly delicious goatmilk based dairy products.

Villa Villekulla Farm is a no-kill dairy, meaning that enormous effort is made to allow the animals here to live out their lives healthy, appreciated and loved. Over time, we have implemented a modified lactation schedule that allows us to breed animals less frequently, thus mitigating the medical risks associated with pregnancy and labor, as well as decreasing the number of surplus stock born each year. The older does or otherwise nonviable milking animals are retained and allowed to live out their days rather than being shipped for meat or euthanized. The young healthy stock are rehomed for use in land management, as pack animals, as companions for other farm animals, and as pets.

The dairy operation is small and shall remain small. Scaling up is not a goal. Rather, we intend to scale out, creating an expansive array of inventive products using a finite supply of both goat milk (skyr, butter) and whey (carbonated beverage, skincare products). This will allow us to operate in a way that aligns with our values and our core mission of prioritizing animal health and land stewardship.