Lorinda Barnes, PMJS President
​North Woods Homestead, Idaho

Lorinda and her husband, Lance, own North Woods Homestead, in Idaho.  Wanting to know where their food was coming from, they bought two bred Jersey cows in 2012 and dreamt of Spring calves and fresh Raw Milk for their family.  The dream expanded into a passion for pure little Jerseys.

Lorinda and her family homestead on 60 acres in the mountains.  They have 50 acres in hay and a growing herd of Purebred Mini Jerseys.  She's a Master Gardener, cans their harvest, breeds rare Salmon Faverolles chickens and of course, makes lots of dairy products.

Lorinda is a Regional Director for National Ladies Homestead Gathering, the founder of PMJS. and a leading voice in utilizing genomics and DNA for breeding Purebred Mini Jerseys.

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PMJS Advisory Board 2021

Sarah Frick
​Frick's Farmstead, Maine

​Sarah Frick grew up raising livestock and homesteading.  Her love of farming stayed with her into adulthood.  Her family raises a majority of their own food.  Their quest for self-reliance naturally progressed to buying their first Jersey.  The family’s love and adoration for the Jersey breed recently led them to begin raising Purebred Mini Jersey cows.
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Sarah, along with her husband Brady, own Frick’s Farmstead.  Their farmstead sits on 15 acres in Maine.  They homeschool their two daughters and love living a busy farm life. 

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Ashley Roca
​Willow Valley Farm, Indiana

Ashley Roca is an Indiana-based A2/A2 Jersey Breeder. Her interest in cows was sparked when she learned about the beta casing protein, A2/A2. Since then, she has been breeding Jerseys not only for purity but also for genetics. Ashely aspires to share the knowledge she has learned about these amazing creatures, as well as the importance of having a regularly disease-tested herd and of having cows with the purist of genes.

​Aside from her hobby farming, she has an extensive background in marketing and sales, which she has used in the insurance industry.

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Sabrina Massie
Oak Spring Meadows Farm, North Carolina

With strict Raw Milk laws in NC, Sabrina decided she needed a dairy cow.  She researched and Guernsey cows were the best marketed for A2/A2 with yellow colored milk from high beta carotene.  She had never owned a cow, or milked, but got her first Guernsey on Mother’s Day.  She was the sweetest old cow and let Sabrina learn to milk without any fuss. 

Sabrina was selling raw pet milk.  In a few years, she wanted to expand but was held back by her acreage.  She happened onto Mini Jerseys and learned she could have twice as many calves each year with the same amount of acreage.  And, they convert to grass-based much better than larger dairy cows.  Plus, their size made them easier to work with.  She was sold! 
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It’s been a few years since the switch to all Mini Jerseys.  Her herd-share program continues to grow as she expands her herd of hardy, purebred, A2/A2 Mini Jerseys for homesteaders.

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