Owner Phil Giglio believes in the creamy magic of water buffalo milk, its richness lending itself well to dairy products such as cheeses and gelatos. "Water buffalo milk's just got a lot more fat content to it than cow's milk does," Giglio says, despite what people may think of milk coming from the domestic bovid. "This is not gross; it is a really nice, beautiful milk, and everything's locally made."
Giglio, who still works as a corporate lawyer, kept thinking about water buffalo milk, so he decided he wanted to get into the dairy game. However, despite its popularity internationally, especially in Italy, it wasn't readily available in Texas. "Around the world, it's viewed as this ultra-premium thing, but in the U.S., we just don't have any context for it, because there's not many people doing this," he explains.
He connected with Jason Peeler of Texas ranch Peeler Farms, which was already raising water buffalo. They partnered to create a dairy farm in Floresville, completed in 2020. "It's [a] very South Texas kind of ranching tradition," Giglio says, which is "a little bit unique for a dairy."
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