our youth: AG KIDS
Mac ‘N Cheese
BY CHRISTINA LOVELESS
OCTOBER 2015
PA R K E R C O U N T Y T O D AY
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he’s the girl behind Little
Mac D Dairy Farm,
who creates everything
from flavorful goat cheese,
to insanely unforgettable
fragranced-soaps. Mackenzie
Daniels does it all without
help, while juggling a
schedule that would make a
Navy Seal drag.
Mackenzie starts her day
at the crack of dawn. She
milks her goats twice a day,
shows her goats and is an
ambassador for the Parker
County 4-H Youth Livestock
Association.
Mackenzie Daniels started
her agricultural career in
2007, inspired by her 4-H
leader, who raised and
showed goats.
“I was five,” Mackenzie
said. “I thought that anything
that was little and cute and
fluffy should be mine. I said
I really wanted goats but my
mom said we don’t need
goats until we have moved
out to the country.”
And, moved to the country
the Daniels family did. They
bought a milking cow, but
since the cow was too big
for Mackenzie to handle, the
family acquired a few goats
for her to milk.
“I learned about showing
goats and all the things you
can do with their milk,”
Mackenzie said.
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