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Polonyna Shchivnyk is a highland farm that includes huge pasture in the Carpathian Mountains, farm facilities, dairy, and guesthouse. The farm is located at an altitude of 1600 m above sea level. Only four months workers and guests can use the farm, when the weather is comfortable. The rest period the farm is abandoned.
The name Shchivnyk refers to the local plant that is widely spread in the highland region. Indeed, during summertime, the pasture is rich in various herbs that influences milk quality and makes milk unique after the words of the local farmers.
Life in high mountain pastures is unusual and includes its specific challenges. Farm workers should work hard every day to provide their lives, but they love this beautiful place and friendly community. Traditionally, only men can work in this highland farm. In our video, you can see a small part of their everyday routine and feel the unique atmosphere of this place.
In this farm, they own over 100 cows and horses that graze in the mountains. Farmers produce and sell three kinds of cow cheese: budz, wurda, and bryndza. We will show cheese production in the next videos.
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00:00 intro
00:05 Polonyna Shchivnyk – a highland farm in the Carpathian Mountains, Ukraine
1600 meters above sea level
00:16 Mushrooms gathered by the local farm workers in the forest
00:23 Place where they cook meals and dry mushrooms and berries
00:39 Men are going to shoe a horse
00:47 They fix each leg and clean the hooves before shoeing
00:57 Man is cooking a traditional meal for lunch – corn porridge kulesha
01:20 The meal is made from three ingredients only: corn flour, salt and water
01:30 Cooking on fire makes the meal especially tasty
01:35 Time to milk the cows
02:50 Fresh cow milk
03:26 Shoeing a horse to protect his hooves
03:35 Cooking of kulesha porridge requires mashing it several times
03:57 Dogs observe men carrying cans with milk to the diary
04:18 Getting ready to cheese production
04:45 Adding a little bit more corn flour
05:08 Cows are grazing in highland pasture
05:17 Farm workers are maintaining cleanliness and order
05:32 Every cow wears a bell which helps shepherds to find them if they get lost and to identify them according to the bell style
06:11 Corn porridge kulesha is ready
06:25 Pleasant lunch time
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