Dairy Products
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Creamery Name
Farmstead (F) or Artisan (A)  |
Description
and Location |
Mail Order? | Raw Milk Cheeses? |
Grass Emphasis? |
Cow (C) Goat (G) Sheep (S) |
| North-East | |||||
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Appleton Creamery (F,A) |
fresh & aged goat, cow and sheep milk cheeses, ME | Yes | Yes | No | G, S, C |
| Bobolink Dairy (F) | Cheeses made with rare Kerry cow milk, Vernon NJ | Yes | Yes | Yes | C |
| Bufala di Vermont (F) | real Italian style Mozzarella (VT) | No | No | No | buffalo |
| Carlisle Farmstead Cheese (F) | bloomy-rind goat cheeses Carlisle MA |
No | Yes | n/a | G |
| Cooperstown Cheese Company (A) | variety of cheeses, sold in many outlets in New York | Yes | Yes | No | C |
| Dancing Lamb Farm (F) | aged cheese from Icelandic sheep milk, Earlton NY | Yes | Yes | Yes | S |
| Endless Mountains Cheesery (F) | fresh and aged goat cheeses, Wellsboro PA | Yes | No | n/a | G |
| Finger Lakes Dexter Creamery (F) |
kefir cheese made from the milk of rare Dexter cattle, NY | Yes | Yes | Yes | C |
| Heamour Farm (F) | hard cheeses made from milk of Kerry & Ayrshire cows (NY) | Yes | Yes | Yes | C |
| Heart Song Farm (F) | fresh goat cheeses, Gilmanton Iron Works, NH |
No | No | n/a | G |
| Heather Ridge Creamery (F) | Cheddar and jack style cheeses, Wellsboro PA |
Yes | Yes | No | C |
| Hidden Hills Dairy, LLC (F) | raw milk cheeses made from Jersey milk, Everett PA |
Yes | Yes | Yes | C |
| Meadow Stone Farm (F, A) | interesting-looking aged goat cheeses + cow cheeses made from milk purchased from local farm (CT) | Yes | Yes | n/a | G, C |
| Natural by Nature (coop) | Cheddar and ricotta based in PA, sold nationwide |
No | No | Yes | C |
| Painted Goat Farm (F) | fresh and aged goat cheese (NY) | No | Yes | n/a | G |
| Paradise Gardens & Farm (F) | fresh goat cheeses, PA | No | No | n/a | G |
| Rainbeau Ridge Farm (F) | fresh goat cheeses, Westchester County NY | No | No | n/a | G |
| Rustling Wind Creamery (F) | British style cheeses plus chèvre spreads and aged goat cheeses, CT | Yes | Yes | No | C, G |
| Shelburne Farms (F) | Cheddar from Brown Swiss milk, Shelburne VT |
Yes | Yes | Yes | C |
| Three Shepherds of the Mad River Valley (F) |
aged sheep milk cheeses Warren VT |
No | Yes | Yes | S |
| Udderview Farm (F) | fresh and aged goat cheeses Columbia ME |
No | Heat treated | n/a | G |
| Valley Shepherd Creamery (F) | variety of aged cheeses, some mixed with cow milk (NJ) | Yes | Yes | Yes | S |
| Willow Hill Farm (F) | organic sheep milk cheeses, plus soft-ripened cheese from Dutch Belt & Brown Swiss cow milk, VT | Yes | Yes | Yes | S, C |
| South-East | Mail Order? | Raw Milk? | Grass? | Animals | |
| Black River Farmstead (F) | plain and flavored chèvre spreads and feta, Ivanhoe NC | Yes | No | n/a | G |
| Bonnyclabber Country Cheese (F) | goat cheese made without starters or rennet, Wake VA | Yes | Yes | n/a | G |
| Celebrity Dairy (F) | fresh goat cheeses Siler City NC |
No | No | n/a | G |
| Chapel Hill Creamery (F) | fresh Mozzarella and other cheeses, Chapel Hill NC | No | Yes | Yes | C |
| Cowgirl Creamery (A) | cheese made with organic milk, Washington DC | Yes | No | Yes | C |
| Everona Dairy (F) | aged sheep milk cheeses Rapidan VA |
Yes | Yes | No | S |
| Goat Lady Dairy (F) | fresh & aged goat cheeses Climax NC |
No | Yes | n/a | G |
| Hillsborough Cheese Co (A) | wide variety of artisan cheeses near Raleigh NC | No | No | No | C, G |
| Meadow Creek Dairy (F) | cheese from milk of Jerseys & other breeds, Galax VA | Yes | Yes | Yes | C |
| Oakmoon Creamery (F) | unusual goat cheeses near Asheville NC |
Yes | Yes | n/a | G |
| Ripshin Goat Dairy (F) | fresh and mold-ripened cheeses, Lenoir NC |
No | No | n/a | G |
| Spinning Spider Creamery (F) | fresh and aged goat cheeses, Marshall NC | Yes | Yes | n/a | G |
| Split Creek Farm (F) | fresh cheeses, feta Anderson SC |
Yes | No | n/a | G |
| Sweetgrass Dairy (F) | aged cheeses made from Jersey milk, Thomasville GA | Yes | Yes | Yes | C, G |
| Yellow Branch Cheese (F) | Jersey milk cheeses Robbinsville NC |
Yes | Yes | Yes | C |
| North-Central | Mail Order? | Raw Milk? | Grass? | Animals | |
| Alma Creamery, LLC (coop) | variety of heartland favorites, near I-70 in Alma KS | Yes | No | No | C |
| Blue Jacket Dairy (F) | variety of cow and goat cheeses, including Halloumi style (OH) | Yes | No | No | C, G |
| Buckeye Grove Farm (F) | Jersey cow cheeses, Beallsville OH |
Yes | Yes | Yes | C |
| Canal Junction Farmstead Cheese (F) |
variety of raw milk cheeses Defiance OH |
Yes | Yes | Yes | C |
| Capriole (F) | variety of goat cheeses Greenville IN |
Yes | Yes | n/a | G |
| Canal Junction Farmstead Cheese (F) | variety of raw milk cheeses Defiance OH |
Yes | Yes | Yes | C |
| Lovetree Farmstead Cheese (A) | sheep and Jersey cow milk cheeses, Grantsburg WI | Yes | Yes | Yes | S, C |
| Northern Prairie Chèvre (F) | fresh and aged goat cheese, gift boxes, Woodward IA |
Yes | No | n/a | G |
| Osage Lane Creamery (F) | raw milk goat feta, Pataskala, OH |
No | Yes | n/a | G |
| Prairie Fruits Farm (F) | fresh and aged goat cheeses, Urbana IL |
No | No | n/a | G |
| The Swiss Connection (F) | grass only diet for variety of breeds, Clay City IN | Yes | Yes | Yes | C |
| Sycamore Acres Farm (F) | raw milk cheeses, IN | Yes | Yes | n/a | G |
| Uplands Cheese (F) | Alpine style cheeses, Dodgeville WI |
Yes | Yes | Yes | C |
| Wisconsin Sheep Dairy Cooperative | group of small sheep dairies that pool milk and sell cheese | Yes | No | No | S |
| South-Central | Mail Order? | Raw Milk? | Grass? | Animals | |
| Bonnie Blue Farm (F) | fresh chèvre, feta & aged cheeses, Waynesboro, TN | Yes | No | n/a | G |
| Cou Rouge Cheese Co (F) | fresh goat cheeses and desserts, TX | Yes | No | n/a | G |
| Haute Goat Creamery (F) | interesting variety of artisanal cheeses, Lubbock TX | No | Yes | n/a | G |
| La Cuesta Farm (F) | fresh goat cheeses, Clifton TX |
Yes | Yes | n/a | G |
| Latte Da Dairy (F) | fresh and aged goat cheeses Flower Mound TX |
No | No | n/a | G |
| Lucky Layla Farms (A) | artisanal cheese made from milk of Guernsey herd in TX | Yes | No | No | C |
| Locust Grove Farm (F) | aged sheep milk cheese Knoxville TN | Yes | Yes | Yes | S |
| The Mozzarella Company (A) | fresh Mozzarella, goat cheeses, more, Dallas TX | Yes | No | No | C, G |
| Twelve Gates Farm (F) | fresh goat cheeses, Kingsbury TX |
Yes | Yes | n/a | G |
| Wateroak Farms (F) | whole milk ricotta, Robertson County TX |
No | No | n/a | G |
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| Ancient Heritage Dairy (F) | variety of sheep milk cheeses, Scio OR |
No | Yes | Yes | S |
| Ballard Family Dairy & Cheese (F) | Cheddar & cheese curd, Gooding, ID |
Yes | No | No | C |
| Black Sheep Creamery (F) | raw and pasteurized sheep milk cheeses, Adna WA | No | Yes | Yes | S |
| Blue Rose Dairy (F) | fresh and aged cheeses, Winlock WA |
Yes | Yes | n/a | G |
| Golden Glen Creamery (F) | various hard cheeses, Bow WA |
Yes | No | No | C |
| Gothberg Farms (F) | fresh goat cheeses, La Mancha goats, Edison WA | No | No | n/a | G |
| Noris Dairy (F) | white Cheddar (OR) | Yes | Yes | Yes | C |
| Pholia Farm (F) | raw milk aged cheeses, Rogue River OR |
Yes | Yes | n/a | G |
| River Valley Ranch (F) | aged cow, goat, sheep and yak cheeses (WA) | Yes | Yes | Yes | C,G,S, yak |
| Rivers Edge Cheese (F) | fresh and aged goat cheeses, central coast of Oregon | Yes | Yes | n/a | G |
| Washington State University Creamery (A) |
famous Cougar Gold, Cheddar and some flavored cheeses, Pullman WA | Yes | No | No | C |
| Willapa Hills Farmstead Cheese (F, A) |
sheep and cow milk cheeses, mostly blue; Doty WA | Yes | Yes | Yes | C,S |
| Whiskey Hill Farm (F) | goat Cheddar style and feta, WA | No | Yes | n/a | G |
| South-West and Pacific | Mail Order? | Raw Milk? | Grass? | Animals | |
| Black Mesa Ranch (F) | spreads, feta, boule & aged cheeses, Northern Arizona | Yes | Yes | n/a | G |
| Bubalus Bubalis Mozzarella (F) | only producer of water buffalo mozzarella cheese in CA | Yes | No | No | buffalo |
| Cal Poly Creamery | variety of cheeses made from the school's own cow milk (CA) | Yes | No | No | C |
| Cowgirl Creamery (A) | cheese made with organic milk (CA) | Yes | No | Yes | C |
| Cypress Grove Chèvre (A) | fresh and aged goat and sheep milk cheeses, CA | Yes | No | n/a | G, S |
| Fiore di Capra, Inc. (F) | fresh and ripened goat cheeses, Pomerene, AZ | Yes | Yes | n/a | G |
| Goat Head Dairy (F) | aged goat cheeses, Manzanola, CO |
Yes | Yes | n/a | G |
| Goat's Leap Cheese (F) | fresh and aged goat cheeses St Helena CA |
No | No | n/a | G |
| Hawaii Island Goat Dairy (F) | fresh & aged goat cheeses Big Island, HI |
No | No | n/a | G |
| La Clarine Farm (F) | raw milk goat cheese, Somerset CA |
No | Yes | n/a | G |
| Oasis Farmstead Dairy (F) | spreads and feta Fallon NV |
No | No | n/a | G |
| Organic Pastures Dairy Co (F) | Cheddar cheese, Fresno CA |
Yes | Yes | Yes | C |
| Rockhill Creamery (F) | aged raw milk cheeses from Brown Swiss cow milk, Richmond UT | Yes | Yes | No | C |
| South Mountain Dairy (F) | fresh cheeses and Havarti near Albuquerque NM |
No | No | n/a | G |
| Straus Family Creamery (F, A) | Jack and Cheddar Cheeses, Marin County CA |
Yes | No | Yes | C |
| California Artisan Cheese Guild |  |
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| Cheese by Hand | great site featuring artisan cheesemakers and much more | ||||
| I Love Cheese! | cheese-lovers' web site with (very incomplete) interactive map of cheesemakers | ||||
| Maine Cheese Guild | |||||
| New York State Farmstead & Artisan Cheese Makers' Guild | links to New York cheese makers | ||||
| Ontario Cheese Society | cheesemakers are found on the "links" page | ||||
| Oregon Cheese Guild | |||||
| French site featuring tour of Québec cheesemakers |
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| Southern Cheesemakers' Guild | |||||
| The Vermont Cheese Council | |||||
| Washington County Cheesemakers | upstate New York | ||||
| Washington State Cheesemakers Association |
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Creamery Name
Farmstead (F) or Artisan (A) |
Products & Location
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Mail Order? | Raw Milk?/ Organic? |
Grass Emphasis? |
Cow (C) Goat (G) Sheep (S) |
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Special Note: Raw fluid milk products are listed only for those farms in states where such products are legal.
I am an advocate of raw milk, but in other places selling raw milk can put the farmer at risk for legal action. |
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| North-East | |||||
| Animal Farm (F) | cultured butter Orwell VT |
No | No/No | Yes | C |
| Butterworks Farm (F) | yogurt and cream made with Jersey milk, northeast | No | No/Yes | Yes | C |
| Griffin Farmstead (F) | goat milk and yogurt in season (CT) |
No | No/No | n/a | G |
| Just Dairy Farm Direct Buying Club (coop) |
raw milk from pasture-based dairies in Massachusetts | No | Yes/No | Yes | C |
| Meadow Stone Farm (F) | raw goat's milk and beauty products with high milk content, CT | Yes | Yes/No | Yes | G |
| Mountainside Farms (coop) | fluid milk from family farms, Ultra-Pure process; NY, NJ | No | No | No | C |
| Organic Cow (coop) | pioneer in organic milk; New England & mid-Atlantic | No | No/Yes | No | C |
| Paradise Gardens & Farm (F) | certified organic goat milk, PA | No | No/Yes | No | G |
| Robinson Farm (F) | certified organic raw milk | No | Yes/Yes | Yes | C |
| Ronnybrook Farm Dairy (F) | milk, yogurt, ice cream, butter, more; NY | No | No/No | No | C |
| Starlight Dairy (coop) | home delivery, glass bottles, north of NY City | No | No/Yes | No | C |
| Udderview Farm (F) | yogurt drinks, Columbia ME |
No | Heat treated/No | n/a | G |
| Upstate Farms (coop) | full line of fresh dairy products, some organic (NY) | No | No/Yes | No | C |
| Valley Shepherd Creamery (F) | sheep milk yogurt, NJ | No | No/No | Yes | S |
| Willow Hill Farm (F) | Yogurt, Milton VT | No | Yes/No | Yes | S |
| Woodstock Water Buffalo Co (F) | water buffalo milk yogurt variety of flavors (VT) |
No | No/No | No | buffalo |
| South-East | Mail Order? | Raw/Org? | Grass? | Animals | |
| Kurtz & Sons Dairy (F) | grass-fed cow dairy; sales on-farm, local stores, Live Oak FL | No | Yes/No | Yes | C |
| Lone Palmetto Farms (F) | raw goat milk, Lamar SC | No | Yes/No | n/a | G |
| Mahaffey Farm (F) | fresh milk, Lancaster SC | No | Yes/No | n/a | G |
| Maple View Farm Milk Co (F) | fluid milk, butter, ice cream, Hillsborough NC |
No | No/No | No | C |
| Split Creek Farm (F) | raw goat milk, yogurt Anderson SC |
Yes | No | n/a | G |
| North-Central | Mail Order? | Raw/Org? | Grass? | Animals | |
| Farmers' All-Natural Creamery (coop) |
full line of creamLine milk products, Amish & Mennonite (IA) | No | No/Yes | Yes | C |
| Grazing Acres Farm | raw goat milk (MO) | No | Yes/No | n/a | G |
| Green Hills Harvest (F) | organic fluid milk (C) Green Hills MO |
No | No/Yes | Yes | C |
| Hartzler Family Dairy (F) | Creamline milk, butter, ice cream; Wooster OH | No | No/No | No | C |
| Jersey Knoll Farm (F) | raw milk, Gainesville MO | No | Yes/No | Yes | C |
| Moomers Ice Cream (F) | large selection of ice cream flavors (MI) | No | No/No | No | C |
| Radiance Dairy (F) | fluid milk, Fairfield IA | No | No/Yes | Yes | C |
| Sassy Cow Creamery (F) | milk, ice cream, butter, heavy cream, WI | No | No/Yes | No | C |
| The Swiss Connection (F) | ice cream, Clay City IN |
No | No/No | Yes | C |
| South-Central | Mail Order? | Raw/Org? | Grass? | Animals | |
| Family Cow Creamery (F) | fluid milk in a variety of flavors, Crowell TX | No | No/No | No | C |
| HLA Country Farm (F) | raw milk sales on farm Talala OK |
No | Yes/No | No | G,C |
| La Cuesta Farm (F) | Milk, yogurt, kefir, chai, more; Clifton TX | Yes | Yes/No | n/a | G |
| Lucky Layla Farms (A) | Drinkable yogurts, butter, caramel milk; Garland TX | No | No/No | No | C |
| My Brown Cow (F) | raw fluid milk in Texas | No | Yes/No | Yes | C |
| Sand Creek Farm (F) | licensed raw cow milk producer with a variety of products, Cameron TX |
No | Yes/Yes | Yes | C |
| Wateroak Farms (F) | Milk, ice cream, yogurt Robertson County TX |
No | Yes/No | n/a | G |
| North-West | Mail Order? | Raw/Org? | Grass? | Animals | |
| Fresh Breeze Organic Dairy (F) | fluid milk products Washington State |
No | No/Yes | Yes | C |
| Golden Glen Creamery (F) | fluid milk products and butter, Bow, WA |
No | No/No | No | C |
| Noris Dairy (F) | full line of dairy products with home delivery in area (OR) | Yes | Yes/Yes | Yes | C |
| Rainhaven Goat Dairy (F) | fluid raw milk, Duvall WA | No | Yes/No | n/a | G |
| River Valley Ranch (F) | cow and goat milk (WA) | No | Yes/No | Yes | C,G |
| Rocky Run Goat Dairy (F) | fluid raw milk, Napavine WA | No | Yes/No | n/a | G |
| Silver Springs Creamery (F) | batch pasteurized whole Jersey milk, Bellingham WA | No | No/No | Yes | C |
| Washington State University Creamery (A) |
Ferdinand's Ice Cream Shoppe located in the Creamery (WA) | No | No/No | No | C |
| Whiskey Hill Farm (F) | grade A raw milk, WA | No | Yes | n/a | G |
| South-West and Pacific | Mail Order? | Raw/Org? | Grass? | Animals | |
| Fiore di Capra, Inc (F) | fresh raw goat milk Pomerene AZ |
No | Yes/No | n/a | G |
| Goat Head Dairy (F) | goat milk shares, CO | No | Yes/No | n/a | G |
| Organic Pastures Dairy Co (F) | Milk, butter, cream, colostrum, kefir, whey; California | Yes | Yes/Yes | Yes | C |
| Straus Family Creamery (F, A) | Milk, yogurt, ice cream Marin County CA |
Yes | No/Yes | No | C |
| Valley Caprine Farm (F) | raw goat milk sold on-farm only; fresh, frozen, pasteurized (AR) | No | Yes/No | No | G |
| Nationwide | Mail Order? | Raw/Org? | Grass? | Animals | |
| Horizon Organic (coop) | industrial organic milk coop | No | No/Yes(?) | No | C |
| Milkmen Across America | home milk delivery by state (incomplete but worth a look) |
n/a | C | ||
| Natural by Nature (coop) | milk, sour & whipped cream, butter, more | No | No/Yes | Yes | C |
| Organic Valley (coop) | large coop with full line of organic products | No | No/Yes | No | C |
| Other Countries | Mail Order? | Raw/Org? | Grass? | Animals | |
| Bovinity (coop) | cow share in Chilliwack, British Columbia |
No | Yes/No | Yes | C |
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Many organic dairies are listed and rated at the Cornucopia Institute web site.
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