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Farmstead. What does it mean?

The land, the cows, the environment, nothing can be duplicated. Farmstead cheese is unique to the place it originates and the people who make it. The flavor of the milk is created by the cows themselves, their diet, the land they live on, and the care they receive. It is up to the cheese maker to preserve the flavor and enhance it with care. Each vat of cheese will be slightly different. Even the weather plays a part in the cheese flavor the day it is made.

Farmstead cheese is made on the farm with only the milk of the dairy animals that live there. The quality of the milk is a direct reflection of herd health and management. Quality of milk has a huge impact on the quality and quantity of cheese. The advantage that farmstead cheese makers have is they control every aspect of the process; they can start with high quality milk and can produce a high quality cheese. Farmstead cheese makers must also pass various inspections and meet the same FDA and USDA requirements as do the large manufacturing plants.