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Unique Nocatee Company Provides Water Buffalo Milk Products Ponte Vedra MAY 2020 Volume 7 Issue 5 Ponte Vedra, Palm Valley, Nocatee and South Ponte Vedra Beach NewsLineA Florida NewsLine Publication page 11 page 3 page 12 page 14 Get To Know . Local OPEN businesses! BFF Best Furry Friend Laura Moritz Puzzles BEAM experiences Unique Nocatee company provides increase in requests water buffalo milk products for assistance; By Tiffany Merlo Phelps [email protected] announces Virtual Punita Patel values a really good cup of what to do. Food Drive tea. By NewsLine Staff “It worked out like a dream,” [email protected] Having grown up in India, Patel enjoyed said Patel. “It was as if she the cuisine so much, and, most especially, knew where she needed to go.” The Beaches Emergency Assistance the tea; however, something was miss- Ministry (BEAM) staff and volunteers ing when she tried to Her chil- continue to serve the influx of families recreate that exact cup dren, now nine-year- in Jacksonville’s beaches communi- in the United States. Photos courtesy Punita Patel ties who have been hard-hit by the old twins Punita Patel and one of her children with a water buffalo economic impact of COVID-19. The “I realized that the tea and an non-profit organization is working to was so good and what 11-year-old, found ensure their most at-risk populations made it so special was an instant connec- fences and figuring out drainage issues. have access to emergency services, while the milk from water tion with Goldie, Patel said she also had to learn the best adhering to recommendations from buffalo,” said Patel, and Patel found way to share her products with the com- the CDC, the Florida Department of who moved to Texas them snuggling up munity. Going to farmer’s markets proved Health and local authorities. when she was 17 years to Goldie the next old. Water buffaloes morning. Patel said to be the best way to grow her business she has learned so and to learn product preferences even Patel searched for water buffalo milk; much throughout this journey, and that though Patel was at first scared to be a she tried to order some from a Vermont process will never end. vendor. farm but it could not be shipped, and she asked local dairy farmers to consider add- Goldie had her “My fears were not ing one water buffalo to their farms. She first calf, Luna, realized. They are all hit a dead end. That’s when Patel, a nurse four months after trying to help me bet- by training, knew that she had to open a she arrived at the ter my product,” she micro dairy farm. Backyard Buffalo. said. “I am guided A second milking by all the kindness Patel spent many years researching and buffalo, Lola, arrived around me. I have visiting water buffalo farms and moved to in 2019, and Patel found help at the St. Johns County three years ago look- soon realized that she most unexpected ing to find land for what would become needed some assis- places. If you keep at Photo courtesy BEAM Backyard Buffalo. After living in Nocatee tance. So, she placed it, folks will come out A BEAM volunteer hands food to a client in his vehicle. for one year, Patel and her family pur- an ad on a local site, to support you.” chased four acres off Canal Boulevard in looking for someone Palm Valley that included helpful horse Backyard Buffalo honey Patel’s products By mid-April, BEAM had assisted 102 interested in milking farm infrastructure. water buffalo. include items such households with Emergency Financial as Shrikhand, a creamy treat made from Assistance for April rent payments. Enter Goldie, the Patel’s first water buf- Enter Dan Stone, a retired civil engineer cultured milk and often blended with In March, BEAM served a total of 69 falo from a New Jersey farm. She arrived who had worked on a dairy farm and had fresh fruits, nuts and/or spices; Raita, a households seeking assistance with in December 2017, and Patel said she was also owned a beef farm. Stone’s wife en- blend of vegetables with a soft yogurt like overdue bills. The non-profit organiza- restless the night couraged him to answer cheese to be eaten as a dip or condiment; tion expects this number to continue to before before the ad. and Ghee, a purified butter made using climb. BEAM is actively seeking funds worrying about buffalo cream and local cow cream. to support this growing financial need. the animal’s size “It was life-altering for and many other me to have met him,” Patel currently sells her products at BEAM cont. on pg. 7 details. said Patel. Beaches Green Market in Neptune Beach (which includes pop up market locations) Goldie arrived Not only did Stone vol- and The Harvest Basket, the Palm Valley in a trailer that unteer to milk the water Farmer’s Market off Canal Boulevard. was too big to buffalo, but he used his Since the COVID-19 crisis began, Patel fit down Patel’s engineering background ECRWSS has switched to online sales with delivery Jacksonville, FLJacksonville, Permit No. 1858 Permit US Postage Paid US driveway, so Backyard Buffalo ghee to make life on the Presorted Standard being provided by The Harvest Basket. Goldie had to farm easier for Patel by (To place an order and to see a full prod- walk the distance of the driveway to get building a milk parlor/milk house, rais- to her paddock. 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