Eight excellent reasons “how small dairies make a big difference” (as noted by Catskills Family Creameries, which no longer has an internet presence): (1) Food that is grown closer to home is fresher and tastes better, (2) Fresher food has more nutritional value, (3) Farmers take responsibility for their animals and the food they sell directly to consumers and have “accountability,” (4) Well-managed farms protect clean water and maintain ecosystems that plants, animals, and humans inhabit, (5) Buying from local farmers supports the local economy so that rural farming communities survive, (6) Unwanted and excessive development is prevented by preserving the farm landscape, (7) The rural cultural heritage is sustained, and (8) Supporting local farmers preserves food production for future generations so that the need for agricultural imports decreases and “we can feed ourselves.”
Arkansas
Elkins (Washington County)
White River Creamery
11701 S Hwy 16
479.310.0355
Fresh chèvre & raw aged goat milk feta from from farm’s own herd of Nigerian Dwarf goats; feta, neufchatel, camembert, ricotta & fromage blanc from local cow’s milk certified free of antibiotics & hormones
http://whiterivercreamery.com
California
The California Artisan Cheese Guild is dedicated to the bounty of artisan, specialty and farmstead cheese and provides a directory of its 28 cheese producing members: www.cacheeseguild.org/
Canada
Canadian Georgs Kolesnikovs, a lifelong lover of cheese, includes listings of nearly 200 cheese makers in Canada on his Canadian cheese lover’s website. Easily searched, it has listings of nearly 200 cheese makers in Canada, organized geographically by seven distinct regions of Ontario, thirteen distinct regions of Quebec, the Maritimes, and the Canadian West. CLICK HERE for a link.
British Columbia
Parksville (Vancouver Island)
Little Qualicum Cheeseworks
403 Lowry’s Road
250.954.3931
16 artisan cow’s milk cheese including aged raw-milk (Swiss gruyere-like) Rathtrevor, potent & tangy Bleu Claire & buttery Caerphilly from farm’s own herd of Hostein, Ayrshire, Brown Swiss and Canadienne dairy cows
www.cheeseworks.ca/
Quebec
Information on more than a dozen cheesemakers provided at Fromages du Quebec
Colorado
Fort Collins (Larimer County)
MouCo Cheese Company
1401 Duff Drive
970.498.0107
Natural rind, cows milk (from local farms & tested to be free of antibiotics) cheeses, soft and creamy, including Camembert, Truffello, ColoRouge and Ashley.
www.mouco.com
Longmont (Boulder County)
Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy
1121 Colorado Avenue
One of the first artisanal goat cheese producers in U.S. Cheeses include pure and simple chevre (Haystack Mountain Boulder Chevre), herb-coated, marinated and smoked varieties of cheve, goat milk feta and goat camembert
https://haystackmountaincheese.com/
Connecticut
Colchester (New London County)
Cato Corner Farm
178 Cato Corner Road
860.537.3884
Farmhouse cow milk cheddar and signature Hooligan, a ripe washed-rind cheese with creamy interior
www.catocornerfarm.com
Florida
Winter Park (Orange County)
Winter Park Dairy
4501 Howell Branch Road
407.671.5888
Artisan cow’s milk cheeses including Bleu Sunshine (natural rind blue vein cheese with mild, nutty taste & creamy texture), Florida Tomme (a pressed alpine style semi-hard cheese), Florida Cheddar, Baby Swiss, and Black & Bleu (cracked roasted peppercorn infused blue vein cheese) made with milk from farm’s herd of dairy cows.
www.winterparkdairy.com
Georgia
Carrollton (Carroll County)
Coles Lake Dairy
655 Coles Lake Road
770.830.6455
Savory chevre goat cheeses (including onion & chive, roasted garlic, Italian herb, and sundried tomatoes with pepper), sweet chevre goat cheeses (including strawberry, blueberry, cranberry and peach) and Persian-style feta
coleslakedairy.wordpress.com/about/
Hawaii
Kula (Maui)
Surfing Goat Dairy
3651 Omaopio Road
808.878.2870
Fresh goat cheese chèvre made with milk from 42-acre dairy’s herd of 100-plus goats, mostly Saanen and Alpine. Flavors include Udderly Delicious (plain), Garden Fantasia (fresh garden herbs), Mango Supreme (fresh mangoes & mango chutney), O Solé Mio (sundered tomatoes), Olé (jalapeños, artichokes, lime juice, cilantro), Rolling Green (fresh garlic chives), and Mandalay (apples, bananas, curry).
www.surfinggoatdairy.com
Idaho
Victor (Teton County)
Paradise Springs Farm Cheeses
Fox Lane (slightly west of Idaho State Highway 33)
Small batches of cow milk cheeses including Mahogany Ridge Raw Organic-Alp style and Teton White Cheddar Raw Organic style from farm’s small herd of mostly Brown Swiss cows
www.paradisespringsfarm.com
Illinois
Greenville (Bond County)
Marcoot Jersey Creamery
526 Dudleyville Road
618.664.1110
Cow’s milk cheeses made solely from the milk of the creamery’s Registered Jersey, grass fed cattle. Farmstead cheeses include gouda, havarti, and cheddar. Cave aged cheeses include tomme, alpine, cheddar and heritage.
www.marcootjerseycreamery.com
Indiana
Connersville (Fayette County)
Jacobs & Brichford Farmstead Cheese
2957 S. State Road 1 (Indiana 1, 3 miles south of Connersville)
765.692.0056
All cheese processed with raw cow’s milk sourced only from farm’s grass-fed herd of Jersey, Normande & Tarentaise cross cows. Farmstead artisan cheeses include Ameribella, a semi soft, washed rind cheese, Briana, a semi-firm smear ripened cheese carefully aged for 90 days and Everton, styled after Alpine cheeses with a firm creamy texture and a savory, sweet flavor that gets sharper with age.
http://jandbcheese.com
Greenville (Floyd County)
Capriole Farm
10329 New Cut Road
812.923.9408
Goat cheeses: (1) fresh (O’Banon & Chèvre); (2) surface ripened (Crocodile Tears, Piper’s Pyramide, Sofia & Wabash Cannonball); and (3) aged (Mont St. Francis, Julianna, Old Kentucky Tomme)
www.capriolegoatcheese.com
Zionsville (Boone County)
Traders Point Creamery
9101 Moore Road
317.733.1700
Cow milk artisan cheeses made from farm’s herd of organic Brown Swiss cows including farmstead feta, Boone County bloomy (soft-ripened with ash rind similar to camembert) as well as “Continental” cheeses including baby swiss, white cheddar, mozzarella, pepper jack and “fromages” (freshly made, spreadable cheeses in blanc, garden herb & spicy flavors).
www.tpforganics.com
Iowa
Milton (Van Buren County)
Milton Creamery
202 East Highway 2
641.656.4094
Cow’s milk cheeses made from milk from small Amish dairy farms with herds of less than 55 cows managed and milked by immediate families. No artificial growth hormones and cows grazed through much of the year. Cheeses include Flory’s Truckle, cheddar formed and aged clothbound in truckles (cylinder shapes); Prairie Breeze, white cheddar style cheese, sweeter than typical cheddar; and Prairie Rose, mild natural rinded Swiss-style cheddar.
www.miltoncreamery.com
Kentucky
Austin (Barren County)
Kenny’s Farmhouse Cheese
2033 Thomerson Park Road
888.571.4029
Cheddar, Asiago, Gouda, Havarti, Gruyere-type called Norwood
https://www.facebook.com/Kennys-Farmhouse-Cheese-129706760381045/
Maine
The Maine Cheese Guild provides a down-loadable brochure of its 26 producing member creameries and a link to a handy map to locate the creameries: www.mainecheeseguild.org/
Appleton (Knox County)
Appleton Creamery
780 Gurney Town Road
Goat milk chevre, feta, crofter (aged); Sheep milk brie, feta, yogurt
www.appletoncreamery.com
Columbia (Washington County)
Udder View Farm
256 Sacarap Road
207.483.2611
Goat milk chevre, feta
www.udderviewfarm.com
Skowhegan (Somerset County)
Crooked Face Creamery at Clark Haven Farm
620 Middle Road
207.858.5096
Farmstead cheeses made with milk from farm’s Jersey cows include aged Gouda-style cheese in various varieties including plain, red pepper, rosemary, herbs de provence & savory (wood-fired) and whole milk ricotta & ricotta salata (pressed ricotta with fresh herbs)
www.crookedfacecreamery.com
Maryland
Brandywine (Prince George’s County)
P. A. Bowen Farmstead
15701 Doctor Bowen Road (Village of Aquasco)
301.579.2727
Farmstead raw milk cheeses (aged a minimum of 60 days) from small herd of grass-fed Jersey cows including Prince George’s Blue, a natural-rinded, creamy blue cheese, Chesapeake Cheddar, a classic aged cheddar with creamy texture and buttermilk tang, Dreamy Creamy, a white stilton-type cheese, and Barely Blue, a few blue veins run through the center of each wheel surrounded by creaminess of Dreamy Creamy
http://pabowenfarmstead.com
New Windsor (Carroll County)
Shepherds Manor Creamery
1126 Slingluff Road
240.388.6633
A farmstead sheep’s milk creamery, which is Maryland’s first and only sheep dairy, offering Tomae (a washed-rind wheel); a mild baby feta, and ricotta
https://shepherdsmanorcreamery.com/
Massachusetts
Hardwick (Worcester County)
Robinson Farm
42 Jackson Road
413.477.6988
Unique farmstead cheeses from grass fed cows; all washed rind, aged at least 120 days, made with raw whole milk including swiss, tomme & mild comte style
www.robinsonfarmcheese.com/
Hubbardston (Worcester County)
Westfield Farm
28 Worcester Road
978.928.5110
Goat milk chevre, blue; Cow milk camembert, blue
www.chevre.com
Newbury (Essex County)
Dancing Goats Dairy
41R Parker Street [farmstore hours: everyday 8:00AM-7:00PM (cash only)]
978.255.3218
Farmstead goat’s milk cheeses (fresh & aged) from dairy’s own herd of pasture-grazed mixed breed goats
www.dancinggoatsdairy.com/
Warwick (Franklin County)
Chase Hill Farm
74 Chase Hill Road
978.544.6327
Farmstead & organic cow’s milk cheese from farm’s own herd of 100% pasture-grazed cows available at Amherst Farmers Market & local co-ops and markets in Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts
www.facebook.com/pg/Chase-Hill-Farm-1405735603006544
Westport (Bristol County)
Shy Brothers Farm
1325 Main Road
508.333.2626
Handmade cow’s milk cheeses from third generation dairy farm including Hannahbells (boutons de culottes): tiny artisinal cheeses in rosemary, lavender bud, shallot, as well as classic French; Also: Mozzarella curd and Cloumage, a fresh lactic curd with texture of a baked ricotta
http://shybrothersfarm.com
Williamstown (Berkshire County)
Cricket Creek Farm
1255 Oblong Road
413.458.5888
A small, grass-based cow dairy nestled in the Berkshire hills producing 7 different styles of artisanal farmstead cheeses including its flagship cheese, Maggie’s Round, a semi-firm, raw milk cheese inspired by the Tomas of the Italian Alps with flavors of swiss and cheddar
Farm Store is open 7 Days a week, generally 7AM-7PM
https://cricketcreekfarm.com/
Winchendon (Worcester County)
Smith’s Country Cheese
20 Otter River Road
800.700.9974
Gouda, Cheddar, Havarti
www.smithscountrycheese.com
Michigan
Northport (Leelanau County)
Idyll Farms’ Alpine Goat Farm & Creamery
10901 East Peterson Park Road
231.386.7823
French-style goat cheeses including fresh chèvre, washed rind aged tommes, bloomy rind camembert style, chevrotin, ricotta & creme fraiche
www.idyllfarms.com
Minnesota
Mankato (Blue Earth County)
Alemar Cheese
622 North Riverfront Drive
507.385.1004
Artisan cheese includes Bent River, in the style of camembert, made with cow’s milk from 100% grass fed herd of cows
www.alemarcheese.com
Nerstrand (Rice County)
Shepherd’s Way Farms
8626 160th Street E
507.663.9040
Hand-crafted farmstead sheep milk cheeses including Friesago, a natural rind semi-aged table cheese; Shepherd’s Hope, fresh & creamy; Morcella, soft ripened with local morel mushrooms; Big Woods Blue, a full flavored blue cheese
www.shepherdswayfarms.com
Missouri
Bloomsdale (Sainte Genevieve County)
Baetje Farms
8932 Jackson School Road
573.483.9021
Pure artisan farmstead goat cheeses including its award winning Bloomsdale, a mold ripened cheese rolled in a mixture of ash and salt, and Coeur de la Creme cheeses, heart shaped fresh chevre cheeses seasoned with different herbs or fruits (plain, herb de provence, three pepper, garlic and chive, cranberry and orange, dark chocolate raspberry, bavarian lemon creme*, vanilla lime*, pumpkin walnut* and cranberry and cinnamon*. [* indicates it is seasonal]
www.baetjefarms.com
Owensville (Gasconade County)
Cool Cow Cheese
1613 Tschappler Road
573.437.2699
Cow’s milk cheeses from pure bred herd of Jersey cows including edam, gouda, Jersey jack
Store Hours on farm: Tues-Sun 10:00AM-5:00PM
https://coolcowcheese.com/
Weston (Platte County)
Green Dirt Farm
20363 Mount Bethel Road
816.386.2156
Fresh & spreadable sheep’s milk cheese in five varieties (plain, nettle, garlic & peppercorn, spicy chilis and rosemary) made with sheep’s milk from farms “own gently raised, grass-fed ewes” as well as Bossa (sheep’s milk washed rind cheese), Dirt Cover (classic ash-dusted French farmhouse cheese), Prairie Tomme (French alpine-style cheese similar to gruyere and gouda), Wooly Rind (like a classic camembert)
www.greendirtfarm.com
Nebraska
Spalding (Greeley County)
Clear Creek Organic Farms
82228 499th Avenue
308.750.1086
Pasteurized and raw cow’s milk cheeses from 100% grass fed (pastured) cows, including aged cow’s milk Cheddar, plain and white, and in various flavors (bacon & ranch, black walnut, caraway, smoked) and Monterey Jack
http://clearcreekorganicfarms.webs.com
New Hampshire
Canterbury (Merrimack County)
Brookford Farm
250 West Road
603.742.4084
Farmstead cheeses made with milk from grass fed cows including various cheddars, gouda, Dutch maasdam (in Swiss emmental style), bleu, brie, feta, camembert & cottage cheese
www.brookfordfarm.com/dairy/
Walpole (Cheshire County)
Boggy Meadow Farm Dairy
13 Boggy Meadow Lane
603.756.3300
Raw cow’s milk Alpine cheeses including Baby Swiss & Smoked Baby Swiss, Farmstead Jack, “cave-aged” Fiddlehead Tomme & others
www.boggymeadowfarm.com
Wilton (Hillsborough County)
Abbot Hill Creamery at Temple-Wilton Community Farm
195 Isaac Frye Hwy
603.654.6082
Raw cow’s milk farmstead cheeses including camembert, feta & quark (a tangy, German-style cream cheese) from farm’s herd of grass fed Ayrshire, Normandy and Jersey milking cows
www.twcfarm.com/abbot-hill-creamery
New Jersey
Long Valley (Morris County)
Valley Shepherd Creamery
50 Fairmount Road
908.876.3200
Sheep milk cheeses including Oldwick Shepherd (a cave ripened raw sheep milk cheese), and Bababloo ( a cave aged Blue) and Sheepamid (like a creamy goat cheese but made from sheep milk mixed with Jersey cow milk)
www.valleyshepherd.com
New Mexico
Pie Town (Catron County)
Coonridge Organic Goat Cheese Dairy
47 Coonridge Dairy
888.410.8433
Artisinal varieties of soft-spreading goat cheese including herbs de Provence, flame roasted green chile, New Mexican raspberry jam, hot curry delight and Scarborough Fair (parsley, sage, rosemary & thyme) made with goat’s milk from dairy’s herd of Alpine, Nubian, La Mancha and Oberhasli dairy goats, which roam freely in high desert country protected by Maremma guardian dogs.
https://www.facebook.com/CoonridgeOrganicGoatCheese/
New York
The Finger Lakes Cheese Alliance has a members page with information on farmstead dairy creameries producing artisan cheeses in eight counties located in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, including in Cayuga County (4 Tin Fish Farm micro goat dairy in Conquest), Livingston County (Heaven Scent Farm in Dansville), Schuyler County (Sunset View Creamery in Odessa), Seneca County (Crosswinds Farm & Creamery in Ovid and Muranda Cheese Co. in Waterloo), Steuben County (Parulski Farms in Bath), Tioga County (Engelbert Farms in Nichols and Side Hill Acres Dairy Goat Farm in Candor), and Yates County (Shtayburne Farms in Rock Stream).
Argyle (Washington County)
Argyle Cheese Farm
990 Coach Hill Road
518.638.8966
Farmstead cow’s milk cheeses including (i) Grace, a raw milk aged cheese similar to gouda, (ii) Havarti, (iii) Revival, based on Dunlop, a Scottish cheddar & (iv) Caerphilly, semi firm with a buttery texture
http://cheesefarmer.com
Cazenovia (Madison County)
Meadowood Farms
5157 Ridge Road
315.655.0623
Handcrafted farmstead sheep’s milk cheeses (May-Oct), inspired by the Piedmont region of Italy, including Ledyard, soft-ripened in style of Robiola; Rippleton, in style of Talleggio; Lorenzo, an Alpine style similar to Raclette, as well as cow’s milk cheeses including Juvindale, soft-ripened in style of Reblochon & Lincklaen, a naturally rinded blue cheese
http://www.meadowoodfarms.com/
Cherry Valley (Otsego County)
Windy Hill Goat Dairy
504 North Road
607.2673582
Farmstead artisan chevre & feta handcrafted on-farm
www.facebook.com/Windy-Hill-Goat-Dairy-141401212643852/
Deansboro (Oneida County)
Jakes Gouda Cheese
2142 Brothertown Road
315.841.4072
Gouda cheese in the Dutch tradition made with milk from farm’s own cows, turned daily on pine planks to ensure uniform age and perfection for at least 60 days and covered with a cream coating instead of a wax seal. Available in three styles- baby, aged, and smoked.
http://jakesgoudacheese.com
Delhi (Delaware County)
Modern Milkmaid’s Farmstead Cheese at Betty Acres Farm
21529 NY-28
607.746.9581
Handcrafted fresh in farm’s micro creamery from milk of own Guernsey & Jersey cows, and aged in farm’s hillside cave
https://www.facebook.com/bettyacresfarm/
East Bethany (Genessee County)
First Light Farm and Creamery
Cacner Road (west of Bethany Center Rd)
585.297.7044
Chevre from farm’s own goat milk, and feta & cheddar curls from a blend of farm’s goat milk & certified organic cow’s milk from nearby Grassland Dairy, 6350 Sparks Rd., Pavilion (Genessee County), NY, and cheddar and jack cheeses made from Grassland Dairy’s cow’s milk
http://www.firstlightfarmer.com/
Garrattsville (Otsego County)
Painted Goat Farm
371 Mittedorf Road
607.321.3191
Farmstead artisan goat’s milk cheese from small herd of 70 goats, pastured on over 100 acres of rolling hills
www.paintedgoat.com
Ghent (Columbia County)
Hawthorne Valley Farm
327 County Route 21C
518.672.7500
Aged, raw milk, hard cheeses (100% certified organic and biodynamic) including Cheddar and Alpine; various soft cheeses including Bianca and Mayhill from farm’s own herd of 60 dairy cows
http://hawthornevalleyfarm.org
Goshen (Orange County)
5 Spoke Creamery
1089 Pulaski Highway
914.934.1649
Farmstead, raw milk cheeses “produced on site with a closed herd” of grass-fed Holstein cows, free of pesticides & hormones. Cheeses include Welsh Cheddar & Herbal Jack.
www.5spokecreamery.com
Hoosick Falls (Rensselaer County)
Berle Farm
319 Beechwood Road
518.686.3249
BerleBerg, certified organic and hand crafted in small batches with raw cow milk, is a washed rind artisan cheese aged over 6 months and HayMakers, raw cow milk cheese aged and brushed in the cellar for over a year
https://www.berlefarm.com/
Interlaken (Seneca County)
Lively Run Goat Dairy
8890-8990 County Road 142
607.532.4647
Traditional French-style plain chèvre (and various flavors of chèvre including dill, fine herbs, garlic & pepper, herbs de Provence, lemon thyme); goat milk feta; Finger Lakes Gold, a hard cheese made from goat milk; and cow’s milk cheeses including Blue Yonder, Lake Effect Cheddar and Gorge Trail Gouda.
http://livelyrun.com
Jefferson (Schoharie County)
Harpersfield Cheese at Brovetto Dairy
1677 Co. 29
607.278.6622
Aged natural & crafted by using milk from 40 year old farm’s own herd of Holstein/Jersey cows
https://www.harpersfieldcheese.com/
Jordan (Onondaga County)
Wake Robin Farm
125 Brutus Road
315.689.0034
Cow’s milk cheeses from farm’s own small herd of Jersey cows: Mona Lisa (similar to Asiago, Provolone, Parmesan); Bailiwick Cheddar, Opus (similar to English cheddar), Caerffili (similar to mozzarelli), Trillium (similar to camembert), Brutus Blue (similar to Stilton), Jordan Jack (similar to Monterey Jack), Farmer’s Fromage (similar to farmer’s cheese) & fresh cheese curds.
www.wakerobinfarm.org
Keesville (Essex County)
North Country Creamery
931 Mace Chasm Road
518.645.2697
Cow’s milk cheeses from farm’s own herd of 100% grass-fed Milking Shorthorn & Jersey including fresh cheeses: Cheeseville (like fromage blanc), Farmer’s Cheese (fresh pressed cheese curd) & Feta. Also aged cheeses: Couronne (semi-hard tomme), Northland (semi-hard gouda/tomme cross, Herdmaster (hard swiss-like Alpine) & Havarti (semi-soft).
www.northcountrycreamery.com
Middleburgh (Schoharie County)
Cotton Hill Creamery (Heather Kamin & Jon Franklin)
1037 Cotton Hill Road
Fresh, artisinal cheeses from pastured Alpine goats
Click on link for info on availability at farmers markets in Delmar (Albany County), Kingston (Ulster County) & Hudson (Columbia County), as well as retail stores
http://www.cottonhillcreamery.com/
Pine Plains (Dutchess County)
Chaseholm Farm Creamery (Rory & Sarah Chase)
100 Chase Road
518.398.0368
Farmstead artisanal cheeses, made by hand with cow milk from farm’s grassfed “motley crew of Holsteins, Jerseys and a few Brown Swiss.” Cheeses include herbed farmer’s cheese, queso blanco, camembert, raw milk tomme, alpine style gruyere, a smear ripened cheese washed with hard apple cider (Red Beard) & a slightly aged, bloomy rind cheese with ash layer beneath (Moonlight: Chaource style).
http://www.chaseholmfarm.com/
Poland (Kuyahoora Valley of Herkimer County)
Three Village Cheese (the Felio family)
2608 Newport Road
315.794.9545
Artisan cheeses from raw cow, goat & sheep milk: semi-sort cheeses including havarti (plain & various flavors-Italian herb and jalapeño, for example), and feta; hard cheeses including (i) Tomme, (ii) a nutty-sweet Swedish farmer’s cheese, (iii) Nokkelost, a traditional Norwegian cheese flavored with cumin, caraway & cloves and (iv) Cascadita, an aged goat cheese.
https://www.facebook.com/threevillagecheese/
Sharon Springs (Schoharie County)
Beekman 1802 Cheese Blaak
Mercantile Store at 210 Main Street
518.284.6039
Italian-style semi-hard cheese, with mild but distinctive flavor, made from 60:40 mix of goat and cow milk: aged for 4 months, Blaak is coated with ash at each turning to promote ripening of the wheel
https://beekman1802.com/collections/cheese
South New Berlin (Chenango County)
The Maiden’s Creamery at Good Fields Farm
1277 Copes Corner Road
607.859.2227
Farmstead artisan raw milk aged cheese from farm’s herd of Alpine & Nubian goats
https://www.facebook.com/The-Maidens-Creamery-947353872006400/
Stuyvesant (Columbia County)
Ardith Mae Farmstead Goat Cheese
1094 State Route 9J
917.744.4314
Artisanal fresh and aged goat cheeses, including chèvre, camembert and feta
www.ardithmae.com
Warrensburg (Warren County)
Nettle Meadow Farm and Artisan Cheese
484 S Johnsburg Road
518.623.3372
The farm is home of over 100 farm sanctuary animals! Committed to principles of natural ingredients, happy and healthy animals, and carefully hand-crafted artisan cheeses made from sheep, goat and cow milks, including semi-aged cheeses, chevres, fromage blancs, and washed rind cheeses.
https://www.nettlemeadow.com/
North Carolina
Climax (Randolph County)
Goat Lady Dairy
3515 Jess Hacker Road
336.824.2163
Goat milk cheeses including spreadable fromage in 9 flavors, tangy raw milk feta & buttery aged gouda
www.goatladydairy.com
Marshall (Madison County)
Three Graces Dairy at Ferguson Farm
335 Milky Way
828.656.2195
Farmstead cheeses including fresh chevre, goat feta, Guernsey cow feta
www.3gracesdairy.com
Rougemont (Durham County)
Prodigal Farm
4720 Bahama Road
919.477.5653
Farmstead goat cheeses including plain and flavored chevres (herbes-de-province, strawberry, jalapeno, roasted garlic with chipotle); marinated feta and Cambozola, a camembert-style chevre
http://prodigalfarm.com
Ohio
Mount Gilead (Morrow County)
Kokoborrego
6398 State Route 19
614.657.8559
Sheep & cow milk farmstead cheeses, including sheep milk Owl Creek Tomme, cow’s milk Headwaters Tomme with “river” of ash through center, and alpine style cow’s milk Moraine, with a creamy Swiss-like character
http://kokoborrego.com
Oklahoma
Helena (Alfalfa County)
Wagon Creek Creamery
11690 County Road 710
580.496.2447
Yogurt cheese (original, garlic & jalapeño), raw milk colby (fresh or aged), ricotta (curd style & cream style), mozzarella cheese, all made from small herd of grass fed cows on family farm.
http://wagoncreekcreamery.com
Oregon
The Oregon Cheese Guild, which is dedicated to the art and craft of making cheese, provides a listing of its 20 cheese producing members: http://oregoncheeseguild.org/
Pennsylvania
Chester County Cheese Artisans represents eight farmstead and artisinal cheese makers practicing their craft in Chester County, “some of the finest farmland in the country.”
Newton (Lackawana County)
Birchwood Farm
428 Brownsburg Road
215.598.8633
Jersey cow milk cheddar, baby swiss, full cream yogurt
www.birchwoodfarmdairy.com
South Carolina
Clemson
Clemson University Dairy’s Blue Cheese
118 Newman Hall
800.599.0181 or 864.656.3242
Semi-soft, mild Roquefort-style blue cheese available in wheels (1.5-1.75 pounds), wedges (7-8 ounces), crumbled and in a tangy dressing. Described as “hand-made . . . in the finest craft tradition.”
http://clemsonbluecheese.com
Texas
Flower Mound (Denton County)
Latte Da Dairy
1304 Bridle Bit Road
817.490.5004
Artisinal goat cheeses including chèvre, caerphilly and gouda
www.lattedadairy.com
Vermont
Vermont Cheese Council– dedicated to production and advancement of Vermont cheeses. Its Vermont cheese trail includes 41 cheese making members: www.vtcheese.com/
Highgate Center (Franklin County)
Boucher Family Farm
2183 Gore Road
802.868.4193
Cow milk cheeses: Farmhouse blue, Gorgonzola style, Muenster style, Alpine-style tomme
http://boucherfamilyfarm.blogspot.com
Montpelier (Washington County)
Cabot Creamery
1 Home Farm Way
888.792.2268
Cheddar, Monterey Jack, Colby Jack, Muenster, Swiss, Mozzarella
www.cabotcheese.com
Putney (Windham County)
Vermont Shepherd
281 Patch Road
802.387.4473
Sheep milk semi-hard Vermont Shepherd, Sheep & Cow milk semi-hard Invierno
www.vermontshepherd.com
South Woodstock (Windsor County)
Vermont Farmstead Cheese Company
3786 Church Hill Road
802.457.9992
Cow milk cheeses (from mixed breed herd of Holstein, Jersey, Ayrshire & Swiss Brown) including Cheddar, Havarti-style Tilsit & Edam
http:vermontfarmstead.com
Townshend (Windham County)
Big Picture Farm
1600 Peaked Mountain Road
802.221.0547
Farmstead goat’s milk cheeses including chèvre & aged goat tomme
www.bigpicturefarm.com
Websterville (Washington County)
Vermont Butter & Cheese Company
40 Pittman Road
800.884.6287
Goat milk chevre, feta; Cow milk creme fraiche, fromage blanc, mascarpone; Cultured butter
www.vermontcreamery.com
Virginia
Galax (Grayson County)
Meadow Creek Dairy
6724 Meadow Creek Road
888.236.0622
Jersey cow milk cheeses with a deep yellow color, naturally aged from a minimum of 60 days to over a year including Grayson, Appalachian and Mountaineer
www.meadowcreekdairy.com
Washington
The website of the Washington Artisan Cheesemakers Festival, which sponsors an annual celebration of the artisanal cheese industry in Washington State, includes a directory of approximately 20 artisanal cheesemakers: www.washingtonartisancheese.com
Rice (Stevens County)
Quillisascut Farmstead Cheeses
2409 Pleasant Valley Road
509.738.2011
Variety of aged raw goat milk cheeses, using only the milk from this Pleasant Valley (upper Columbia River region) farm’s own herd of goats, including a sweet and nutty tasting Quillisascut Traditional Curado and Quillisascut Viejo, a firm grating cheese similar to a Romano.
http://quillisascut.com
Tieton (Yakima County)
Tieton Farm & Creamery
18796 Summitview Road
509.406.3344
Farmstead artisanal cheeses from farm’s pampered herd of Nubian goats & Katahdin sheep including Bianca (fresh chevre-style), Sonnet & Black Pearl (Bloomy Rinds), Halloumi (Mediterranean cheese that can be grilled), & Venus (aged, wash-rind cheese made with sheep and goat milk, then bathed in cider from Tieton Cider Works.)
http://tietonfarmandcreamery.com
West Virginia
Paw Paw (Morgan County)
Spring Gap Mountain Creamery
7 Pansy Lane
304.947.5414
Raw milk cheeses made from pasture raised Jersey cows and aged minimum of 60 days include Farmhouse Feta, Jersey Gold, Shenandoah Sunrise, Sophie’s Select, West Virginia Blue & Bloomery
www.springgapmtn.com
Wisconsin
Dodgeville (Iowa County)
Uplands Cheese
5023 State Road 23 North
888.935.5558
Farmstead and artisan cheese from milk of grass-fed cows in the tradition of Alpine cheeses like gruyere, namely its Pleasant Ridge Reserve-the winner of the American Cheese Society’s annual competition.
www.uplandscheese.com
Mt. Sterling (Crawford County)
Mt. Sterling Co-op Creamery
310 Diagonal Street
608.734.3151
Member owned and operated co-op creamery, of traditional, family-operated dairy goat farms, producing raw goat milk cheddar cheeses, semi-soft country-jack style cheeses, feta goat cheese & goat milk mozzarella
http://buymtsterlinggoatcheese.com
Waterloo (Jefferson County)
Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese
W11550 Torpy Road
920.478.4887
Mascarpone, mozzarella, Les Freres classic rind washed cheese
www.cravecheese.com
Westby (Vernon County)
Hidden Springs Creamery
S1597 Hanson Road
608.634.2521
Handcrafted, farmstead sheep’s milk cheeses including feta, manchego, bohemian blue & creamy spreadable cheeses
www.hiddenspringscreamery.com
