DE LA CHIVA DAIRY - Key Persons
Kathy Doty is the CEO and owner of De La Chiva Dairy. She is the life and back bone of the diary. Her dedication, hard work, strong belief and faith has kept the dream of De La Chiva alive. Born in Alliance, NE and raised on a cattle ranch Kathy has always been involved with animals. Along with her sons she has been raising diary goats since 1993. She is the primary financial advisor and decision maker. Kathy can almost always be found at the dairy where she has taken on the time consuming daily tasks for feeding, milking and caring for the goats on a daily basis. She loves the business so much she hardly takes a day off.
She supervises the kidding and getting the young kids started feeding after birth. She is very involved with the cheese making process insuring cleanliness and temperature control all along the process. She is a strong leader and always keeps the business needs in prospective. Not only a mother of three boys she has been very influential in the lives of many. The goats as well as the rest of us at De La Chiva appreciate and value Kathy very much. Without Kathy, De La Chiva would have never been able to make it.
Matthew Doty, born in Alliance, NE. is our maintenance and all around fix-it man. We at De La Chiva would be lost without his great skills. He is our lead vendor, taking our cheese products to local farmers markets. Soft spoken and calm, Matthew loves talking with our customers and builds relationships with them rather than trying to sell to them. When not working the farmers markets and fixing things he assists with making and packaging the cheese. Matthew is responsible for procuring hay, feed and grains as part of his management of the goats diets and daily feedings. His duties also include assisting with the milking process.
Timothy Doty Jr, born in Alliance, NE has always dreamed of farm life. His love for animals, particularly goats, started the family's endeavor into the goat world in 1993 when he bought his first goat as a 4-H project. He soon realized the potential the goats had and was able to convince Kathy to start a dairy. He now is responsible for the breeding and herd management of the goats. Tim is responsible for herd care and does all the dis-budding of kids and all other health needs and care of the goats. He also assists with daily milking. Versed in midwifery Tim helps out with the delivery of kids and feeding. Tim's involvement with the cheese production grew from his personal interest and from his travels and studies in Europe. He has plans to revisit Europe for further training in cheese making. He practices farmstead/artisan cheese making. Tim has also started a side business making goat milk soap out of extra milk from the dairy.