The El Bucarito farm is right outside Rota. It is a goat cheese farm. They also raise Iberian pigs, horses, and chickens. The pigs are eventually made into jamón and chorizo. The coolest part of the farm is that it is a complete cycle for producing no waste. The animal poo turns into fertilizer for the fields where the goats graze. The whey from the cheese production is fed to the pigs and baby goats. We started the tour with a typical Spanish breakfast of orange juice and toast with olive oil. The toast is not the typical square sliced loaf, but instead is about 6 inches round and delicious. Next we saw the cheese making and even made our own from the first pass curds. The cheeses are hand pressed and then put in refrigerated rooms for maturing. Next we saw the goats and I felt a connection to their milking days upon days. The pumping room was impressive that is piped directly to the storage tank in the room adjacent to the cheese processing room. Then we saw the pigs which Owen absolutely loves and laughs whenever they make noise. The mom pigs are in a room for 20 days continuously for nursing their piglets. It was a fun farm, good tour, and yummy cheese and jamón.
Owen is not a fan of his hair net.
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