What's more curious than a cat?

Hint - It goes moo.

#2266 gets friendly with the photographer.

Today I finished up a project on the Hatcher Family Dairy that I've been working on for the past couple of months.

The Hatchers own a fifth generation dairy farm on the outskirts of Nashville that has been in their family for over 175 years. They, like most farmers, have been struggling with the decline of the farm industry and also searching for a way to include the youngest Hatcher, Charles, in the family business.

In 2007, they decided to start processing their own milk.

Previously, they had sold their milk through a co-op, where milk from several different farms is pooled together, processed and sold to one customer, usually a grocery store chain.

The Hatchers - there are eight family members involved in the project - do everything from milking the cows twice a day, processing the milk at Middle Tennessee State University, labeling each bottle by hand and delivering it to each of their customers in the Nashville area. They also have their own store located at the farm.

As demand increases, the Hatchers plan to open their own processing facility. 

Charles Hatcher is the fifth generation of Hatchers to be involved in the family dairy farm.