When I started compiling this list, I was floored by the number of artisan cheese makers in the US. Many of the descriptions are straight from the cheesemaker's website or paraphrased from information found there. Most (but not all) of the companies listed here are artisan producers. For your convience, we link to Cheese by Hand's profiles. Sources for raw milk are also listed. This list is, of course, incomplete, but is expanded regularly. If you know of a cheese maker that should be listed here, please send me an email and I’ll make sure they are on the to-add list.

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Achadinha - Begun in 2004 by Jim and Donna Pacheco (now the cheesemaker) of Pacheco Family Dairy in Petaluma, CA. In February, the goats eat spent beer grain and pasture on beautiful green grass. Look for their two cheeses made from Pacheco Family Dairy Goat milk: Broncha and Capricious.

Alpine Lakes Sheep Cheese - in WA, they make sheep's milk cheese from their motley crew of East Friesien and Lacone crosses of sheep. They make four raw sheep's milk farmstead cheeses: Camembert, Mountain Tomme, Ottonese and Creamy Bleu.

Alsea Acre Goat Cheese - in Alsea, OR makes fresh chevre.

Amaltheia Dairy - Belgrade, MT. Cheese by Hand's profile

Ancient Heritage Dairy - in Scio, OR


Andante Dairy - Soyoung Scanlan makes hard and soft cheeses in Petaluma, CA from pure Jersey cow's milk and goat's milk. Cow's Milk: Nocturne, Pianoforte and Cadenza. Mixed Milk: Mélange, Rondo and Metronome. Goat's Milk: Adagio, Acapella and Figaro. Triple Crème: Minuet, Picolo and Largo. Cheese by Hand's profile

Appel Farms - located in Ferndale, WA. Their dairy has over 300 cows and they practice sustainable farming. They make cheddar (and cheddar curd), feta, fromage blanc, gouda, paneer and quark.

Appleton Creamery - Brad, Caitlin and Fiona Hunter make artisan goat and Sheep Cheese in Appleton, ME. They make Chevre, Feta (and in oil), Crofters Cheese Caprino di Vino (aged goat cheese soaked in Winterport’s Blueberry wine), St. George Blue (goat & sheep milk), Scarborough Faire (fresh sheep cheese with fresh herbs), BreBrie (bloomy rind sheep cheese -brie-style), and Georges Highland (a complex aged, raw milk sheep cheese). Cheese by Hand's profile

Ballard Family Dairy & Cheese in Gooding, ID, makes cheddar cheese and cheese curds (squeaky cheese) in small, handmade batches. They use milk from their own small herd of Jersey cows. They offer: Baby Cheddar, Ballard's Darn Good Cheese, Idaho White Cheddar and Hot & Spicy Pepper Cheddar as well as a variety of flavored cheese curds.

Beaver Brook Farm is a 175 acre sheep and cow farm in Lyme, CT's Pleasant Valley.  Stan and Suzanne Sankow have over 600 sheep from which they produce cheese, lamb and wool. From sheep's milk they make aged natural rind cheeses: Pleasant Valley Cheese, Shepherd Cheese and Farmstead Cheese. They also make fresh sheep:  Cracked Peppercorn Cheese, Summer Savory cheese, Ricotta, Feta and Yogurt. Beaver Brook also makes Jersey Cow's Milk Aged Cheese from pasteurized milk: Nehantic Abbey Cheese, Pleasant Cow Cheese, Camembert and Feta Cheese. They also offer chocolate and vanilla Ice Cream and Jersey milk Yogurt. They are also a source for Raw Milk.

Bedrock Farm - Fort Edward, NY

Beecher's Handmade Cheese - Seattle, WA. Cheese by Hand's profile

Berkshire Blue Cheese Company - They make hand-made raw-milk blue cheese from Jersey milk. Berkshire Blue cheese was developed over a period of 12 years in Somerset England by A. Duffield, then proprietor of the Willett Dairy, Lydeard St. Lawrence, Taunton. It is now made in Great Barrington, MA, by Michael G. Miller, president/cheesemaker.

Berle Farm - Hoosick, NY

Bellwether Cheese - The Callahan family, in Valley Ford, CA make aged and fresh cow and sheep milk cheeses. Cow: Carmody and Crescenza. Sheep: San Andreas & Pepato. Fresh: Ricotta, Fromage Blanc & Crème Fraiche.

Bingham Hill - In December 1999, Tom and Kristi Johnson in Ft. Collins, CO, made the first batch of their unique Rustic Blue. They took up the cause of making artisinal cheese and only made small-batch cheeses. Their cheeses included: Rustic Blue, Angel Feat, Harvest Moon, Fresh & Simple, Poudre Puff, Tumbleweed, Garlic, Parsley & Chive Fresh & Simple, Sheepish Blue and Backcountry Blue. April, 2006 Update: They shut down February, 2006 and are selling off their equipment on their website.

Black Mesa Ranch - in Snowflake, AZ

Black Sheep Creamery - in Chehalis, WA: Hand-make sheep milk cheeses on their farm from the milk of their Rideau-Arcott and East Friesian sheep. They also have a blog-like diary on their site.

Bleu Mont Dairy - Blue Mounds, WI. Cheese by Hand's profile

Blue Ledge Farm - Salisbury, VT

Blythedale Farm - in Corinth, VT make cow’s milk cheeses, including Brie, Camembert, Cookeville Grana (a Parmesan-style grating cheese), Green Mountain Gruyere and Jersey Blue.

Bittersweet Plantation Dairy - in Gonzales, LA, is owned by Chef John Folse. Dimcho and Petrana Dimov, cheese makers, came from Bulgaria. This husband and wife team bring over 31 years of experience from the top European dairies. They make a variety of fresh and aged goat and cow’s milk cheeses, including the Fleur-de-lis. Cheese by Hand's profile

Bobolink Dairy - Nina & Jonathan White, cheesemakers/bakers in Vernon, NJ, make grass-fed cheeses and wood-fired breads. Cheeses include Bobolink-Foret (ale-washed), Drumm, Jean-Louis (a big earthy cheese), Amish Frolic (a collaboration between Bobolink and three Amish graziers, made from grass-fed raw milk), and a Cave-ripened Cheddar.

Boggy Meadow Farm - in Walpole, NH make farmstead cheeses based on old Alpine recipes and use raw milk from their own herd of cows. The cheeses are made by hand twice a week. They make: Baby Swiss, Maple Smoked Swiss and Jack Block (and Salsa Jack). Boggy Meadow were previously known as Fanny Mason Farmstead.

Boucher Family Farm (Green Mountain Blue Cheese) - in Highgate Center, VT. Also makes Brother Laurent.

Bravo Farms - in Traver, CA use milk from their family farm to make handmade artisan cow's milk cheese. They make: Silver Mountain (a cheddar-like cheese). Read Janet Fletcher's article.

Broom's Bloom Dairy - Bel Air, MD

Brovetto Dairy and Cheese House - Jefferson, NY

Bubalus Bubalis - in Gardena, CA, make cheese from water buffalo milk. They offer Mozzarella di bufala, Bocconcini, Ricotta, Mascarpone, Provoletta and Smoked Mozzarella.

Buckeye Grove Farm - in Beallsville, OH

Cabot Creamery - in Montpelier, VT. Only their clothbound cheddar (which is aged in the caves at Jasper Hill) can be considered artisanal.

Capricious Cheese - Semi-hard goat’s milk cheese, hand-made from milk from their own herd of goats near Eureka, CA.

Capriole Goat Cheese - in Greensville, IN, make chevres from their own single flock of goats. They make a variety of goat cheeses from fresh to aged (I counted eleven on their website). One of their most reknowned cheeses, Sofia, is aged 5 days and is a 1 pound loaf of chevre marbled with ash. Mont. St. Francis, a semi-hard hearty, beefy cheese is named for a nearby monastery. Their goats milk O’Banon is wrapped in bourbon-soaked chestnut leaves.

Carlisle Farmstead Cheese - in Carlisle, MA. A goat microdairy 20 miles north of Boston producing award winning artisan farmstead raw milk goat cheeses. They make: Greta's Fair Haven (a tomme), Ada's Honor (Chabichou style), Kay's Esclipse, Lea's Great Meadow, and Meg's Big Sunshine.

Carr Valley Cheese - For over 100 years Carr Valley Cheese has specialized in making cheese the old-fashioned way. Located in La Valle and Mauston, WI, they make a variety of cow’s milk cheeses including: Canaria Cheese, Vintage Van Gough Cheese (Dutch style), Benedictine Cheese and Carr Valley 8 Year Cheddar Cheese. Carr Valley Cheese is owned and operated by Wisconsin's Master Cheese maker Sid Cook. Cheese by Hand's profile

Castro Cheese Co - See "La Vaquita".

Catapano Dairy Farm - in Peconic, NY makes fresh goat cheeses including feta and ricotta, yogurt and fudge as well as aged cheeses: Kacey's Mellow Cheddar and Gently aged Gouda. Karen & Michael Catapano have been making cheese since 2002 from their own herd of goats on Long Island. They also offer a line of goat’s milk skin care products called The Delicate Doe.

Cato Corner Farm - in Colchester, CT, is a small family farm. They hand-make a dozen styles of aged farmhouse cheese from their own cow’s milk, including Black Ledge Blue, Bridgid's Abbey, Dutch Farmstead and Hooligan (a ripe washed-rind cheese, moderately stinky, with a soft creamy interior and an orange rind). Cheese by Hand's profile

Cedar Grove Cheese - in Plain, WI

Celebrity Dairy - in Siler City, NC

Champlain Valley Creamery - Carleton Yoder in Vergennes, VT handcrafts cream cheese at a certified organic facility using fresh, organic whole milk and cream. The Cream cheese is made without stabilizers or preservatives.

Chapel Hill Creamery - in Chapel Hill, NC

Clover Mead Farm - in Keeseville, NY

Coach Farm - in Pine Plains, NY. Their fresh and aged goat cheeses are artisanal cheeses, made one piece at a time by hand-ladling fresh curd into individual draining molds. The milk comes from their 800 goats.

Cobb Hill Cheese - in Hartland, VT. Started in 2000, their cheese is made with raw whole milk from the farm’s small herd of grass fed Jersey cows. They farm without chemical fertilizers, feeds or additives. They produce two cheeses, Ascutney Mountain (an alpine cheese) and Four Corners Caerphilly (using vegetable rennet).

Coelho Dairy - in Woodburn, Oregon make Queso Fresco.

Colonial Classics Farmstead Cheese - in Scio, OH. Cheesemaker Kebria Dye makes Cheddar cheese from raw cultured whole milk from the herd of grass-fed cows on their family owned and operated farm.

Consider Bardwell Farm - was the first cheesemaking co-op in Vermont.  Russell Glover and Angela Miller in West Pawlet, VT make Mettowee, the signature fresh and aged cheeses from their herd of goats as well as Pawlet (raw sheep's milk tomme), Rupert (mixed, raw sheep/goat aged tomme) and Dorset (aged tomme from raw cow's milk).

Coonridge Organic Goat Cheese - make Organic Goat cheese from their herd of free-range goats in Pie Town, NM. The cheese comes in a 7.5 oz. glass jar and is covered with sunflower seed oil, extra virgin olive oil and herbs (all certified organic).

County Meadows - in Canton, NY


Cowgirl Creamery - In 1997, Peggy Smith, a 17-year Chez Panisse veteran, joined Sue Conley, a former owner of Bette's Oceanview Diner in Berkeley, to create Cowgirl Creamery, a viewable cheese manufacturing facility. They use Straus Family Dairy products. All Cowgirl Creamery cheeses are still made at the barn in Point Reyes Station, CA. They make cow's milk cheese: Red Hawk, Mt Tam, Pierce Pt. (fall - winter), St. Pat's (spring - summer), SF Drake (irregularly), Fromage Blanc, Clabbered Cottage Cheese and Creme Fraiche.

Cowlick Farm - in Lodi, NY

Cranberry Ridge Farm - Wasilla, AK (no website yet). Cheese by Hand's profile

Crave Brothers - Waterloo, WI Cheese by Hand's profile

Crawford Family Farm - in Whiting, VT has been milking Ayrshire cows for 50 years. In 2006 they started making a farmstead raw cow's milk (semi-hard alpine style) tomme cheese which they call Vermont Ayr. In the future, they hope to also offer a Swiss style and a Scottish Dunlop cheese

Crowley Cheese - The Crowley Factory in Healdville, VT (Mount Holly, VT) has been making cheese since 1882 and is believed to be the Western Hemisphere's oldest existing cheese factory. They make one cheese: Crowley (a Colby-style) in a variety of formats (mild, medium, sharp, smoked, etc ) and sizes (blocks, bars, wheels). Their cheese is made from fresh, whole, unpasteurized milk without additives or preservatives and the milk comes from cows that are certified BST and BGH free.

Cypress Grove Chèvre - located in Arcata, CA. They make fresh and cheddar goat cheeses as well as aged ones – like the famous Humboldt Fog. One of their newest cheeses is a 100% organic sheep’s milk cheese called Lambchopper. Cheese by Hand's profile

Dancing Cow Farmstead Cheese - in Bridport, VT is a small family farm and organic pasture-based dairy with seasonal milk production. Steve and Karen Getz make hand-crafted cheese seven days-a-week, from fresh un-cooled milk from their own herd of cows (Jerseys and Guernseys, with a bit of Shorthorn, Normandy, Holstein and Dutch Belt). They make three true raw-milk cheeses: Menuet (reminicent of small batch, farmhouse cheeses found in the countryside of Normandy), Bouree (washed with brine and aged for a minimum of 60 days), and Sarabande (a unique cows milk pyramid, washed with brine).

Dancing Lamb Farm and Icelandic Sheep Dairy - in Earlton, NY

Dr. Cheese - Natchez, MS

Doe's Leap - East Fairfield. VT

Eichten's Hidden Acres - in Center City, MN

Egg Farm Dairy - in Peekskill NY. No current website but here's a Kitchen Journal's nice article.

Elk Creamery - in Fort Bragg, CA make organic (and biodynamic) goat's milk cheeses like Black Gold and Camembert. They are affilated with Flowers by the Sea.

Endless Mountain Cheesery in Wellsboro, PA. They make handcrafted artisan goat cheese from their own herd. Current offerings include: plain and flavored fromage frais as well as 4 aged goat cheeses (seasonal) - Delmar, Cannantall, Autumn Mist and Earthly Delight.

Estrella Family Creamery - Kelli & Anthony Estrella in Montesano, WA, make handcrafted farmstead cheese from their own herd of cows. The 10-12 cheeses they make include: Melange (Camembert-like), Grisdale Goat, Wynoochee River Blue, Valentina (a Swiss style), Black Creek Buttery (Cheddar style), Guapier (Morbier-like) and Tomme de Marc. They've no website. Phone: (360) 249-6541.

Everona Dairy - Dr. Pat Elliott hand makes farmstead cheese in Rapidan, Virginia (in the Piedmont of Virginia).. She offers several aged sheep's milk cheeses made from the milk of sheep raised on the farm - the most famous of which is Piedmont. They also make flavored Piedmont (cracked pepper or chive and small batches irregularly of Hot Pepper, Torta, Saffron, Muffaletta), as well as Stony Man, Pride of Bacchus (a wine soaked cheese). They also sell soap, tanned sheepskins and lamb. Cheese by Hand's profile

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Fagundes Old-World Farmstead Cheese - in Hanford, CA makes hand-crafted raw cow's milk cheeses "from family recipes brought over from the old country." They make: Queijo St. Jorge (portuguese-style), Queijo St. John, Farmhouse Cheddar (raw), plus these pasteurized cheeses: Hanford Jack, Portuguese Queijo Fresco, Queso Panela, Maria’s Queso Fresco  and Maria’s Queso Cotija.

Fantome Farm - in Ridgeway, WI. Make fresh and aged goat cheeses by hand from milk from their own herd. They make chevre (and herbed chevre), Thyme Log and Fleuri.

Faribault Dairy Company - Faribault, MN. They make Cave Aged Blue Cheese and Gorgonzola: St. Pete's Select and Anablu. Cheese by Hand's profile

Farmer's All Natural Creamery - in Wellman, IA, make Yogurt cheese.

Finger Lakes Farmstead Cheese - in Trumansburg, NY

Firefly Farms - Mike and his partner Pablo purchased the 130-acre farm in Maryland’s Allegheny Plateau, in 1997 and have spent the last 5 years renovating the property and developing a small dairy business. They make 4 artisan goat cheeses: Allegheny Chevre (fresh), Bûche Noir, Merry Goat Round and Mountain Top Bleu (ash-coated). Cheese by Hand's profile

Fiscalini Farmstead - John Fiscalini became interested in continuing the artisan cheese tradition of his ancestors. Located in Modesto, CA, the cheese making operations are housed in a dedicated facility at the family-owned dairy, where traditional cheese making practices are utilized at every stage. They make flavored cheddars, their signature San Joaquin Gold, traditional bandaged-wrapped Cheddar and aged Parmesan. Cheese by Hand's profile

Fraga Farm - in Sweet Home, OR makes organic goat cheese.

Frog City Cheese - in Plymouth Notch, VT, they hand-make Plymouth Cheese, an historic granular curd cheese which is bandage wrapped. The factory dates from 1890 and many pieces of historic equipment are on display. The cheese makers are Tom Gilbert of Blythedale Farm and Jackie McCuin and these lease the facility from the state of Vermont. The “factory” is open to the public.

Fullam Creamery - in Hendersonville, NC

Garden Lore - in Mariaville, ME

Gilles Acres Farm - in Greenwich, NY

Goat Lady Dairy - Climax, NC Cheese by Hand's profile


Goat’s Leap - Barbara and Rex Backus in St. Helena, CA have been making hand-made farmhouse cheese since 1992. They make a variety of goat’s milk cheeses: Sumi (ash- coated pyramid), Hyku (white mold encased round), Kiku (wrapped in a sauvignon blanc doused fig leaf - seasonal), Carmela (a five pound firm wheel aged 4+ months), Eclipse (topped with a star anise and has an ash line through the center) and Fresh wheels. The Sybil pictured above was a special cheese wrapped in fig leaves.

Golden Glen Creamery - The Jensen ladies make farmstead, artisinal, handmade cheeses in Bow, WA from their family owned herd of 390 cows (a mixture of Holstein and Guernsey). They make 11 varieties of flavored medium Cheddar, Gouda, Fresh Mozzarella, Fresh Cheese Curds, and Whey Cream Butter.

Golden Ridge Cheese - is an Amish co-op located near Cresco in NE Iowa. The supply base is made up of three communities of Old Order Amish committed to the practice of hand milking the cows, cooling it with ground water and natural ice cut from ponds during the winter. The milk is never pumped. Their primary cheese is a blue called Schwarz und Weiß. They also make White rind blue, and Harmony Blue cheeses.

Gothberg Farms – in Edison, WA is a newly licensed Micro Dairy producing artisan farmstead goat cheeses from the milk from a herd of a dozen or so purebred LaMancha goats.

Grace Harbor Farms - in Blaine, WA

Grafton Village Cheese Company - in Grafton, VT, was founded in 1890. It converts local dairy milk into cheese.  They make a variety of natural and flavored cheddar cheese. 1-5 year old cheddars are available.

Great Hill Blue - Located on the shores of Buzzard's Bay, at Great Hill Dairy, Marion, MA. Their one cheese, Great Hill Blue, is an internally ripened variety made with raw, unhomogenized milk.

Green Pastures Dairy in Carlton, MN, is a small, grass-based farm owned by the Hedquist family. Their Minnesota Farmstead cheeses are made with raw milk from pasture-raised cows. They utilize intensive rotational grazing. The Hedquist Family make Gouda and flavored Gouda, Bromfield (English Cheddar style), Haven (a softer Gouda), Peppercorn Haven, Carlton Cream (almost spreadable at room temp), Jalapeno Mission Lea (firm texture), Smoked Gouda, Swiss Gouda, Smoked Swiss and an Aged Gouda.

Green Valley Dairy - in Kirkwood, PA

Hahn's End - in Phippsburg, ME

Harley Farms Goat Dairy - in Pescadero, CA. They make fresh chevre (and flavored), fromage blanc, Goat buttons, Chevre in oil and Goat Feta.

Harmony Farms - Harmony, ME

Hart to Hart Farm - in Albion, ME sell raw milk in glass bottles.

Hawthorne Valley Farm - in Ghent, NY, is a 400-acre pasture-based biodynamic farm (Demeter certified) run by the Hawthorne Valley Assciation. They are a source for Raw milk – which they sell at their farm store. They make Cheddar, Alpine (hard rinded swiss style mountain cheese) and Edamer (an Edam-like cheese) hard cheeses as well as a soft farmer’s cheese called Bianca and yogurt, quark. They also offer a line of lacto-fermented vegetable products at their store.

Hawaiian Island Goat Dairy - in Honokaa, HI

Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy - is located on 7 acres on the rich agricultural plain that skirts the foothills of the Rocky Mountains near Boulder, CO in Longmont. They produce chèvre, feta and 3 special aged cheeses from milk contributed from their own goats. Cheese by Hand's profile

Heamour Farms - in Madison, NY. They have a cheesemaking blog and sometimes offer cheesemaking workshops.

Heart Song Farm - in Gilmanton, NH. Heart Song Farm produces a variety of cheeses, both fresh and aged. All of cheeses are truly "farmstead cheeses" - as they raise their own goats and craft products exclusively from their milk. They offer: Fresh Chevre and Seasoned Chevre, Gardian (& flavored), Sainte Maure , Goat Milk Camembert, Valencay , Chanson du Coeur, Blanc and  Coeur Brise.

Heather Ridge Farm & Creamery - in Wellsboro, PA

Hendricks Farms & Dairy - in Telford, PA. Cheese by Hand's profile

Hidden Hills Dairy - in Everett, PA. The Sollenberger and Knepp family make raw milk cheeses from the milk of their small herd (10) of Jersey cows. They make: Boltonfeta, Gouda Gold, Ivory Lace, Jaxon, Temptation and Tye.

Highfield Dairy – in Big Cove Tannery, PA, is a small 43 acre farm. They make cows milk cheeses and goat cheese.

His Kids Dairy - in Wyalusing, PA

Hoo Doo Valley Creamery - in Priest River, ID make artisan cow's milk cheeses. They are affiliated with Rainbow Acres Dairy.

Hope Farm Sheep Cheese - East Charleston, VT

Homestead Artisans Enterprises - in Saratoga Springs, NY

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James Ranch - in Durango, CO. James Ranch makes raw cow’s milk cheeses from their own herd of  grass—only Jersey cows. They make 3 farmstead cheeses: Belford – (a young version and a mature version), Andalo, and Leyden.

Jasper Hill Farm - is a small family farm located in Greensboro, VT. They are currently making three varieties of raw cow’s milk cheese: Aspenhurst (clothbound cheddar-style), Bayley Hazen Blue (blue-veined natural rind) and a Constant Bliss (soft mold ripened). Look for their new cheese, Winnemere! Cheese by Hand's posts

Jumpin' Good Goat Dairy - in Ocean Park, WA They make seasonal farmstead artisan goat cheeses: Fresh and Aged Chevre (and aged herbed), Brined Cheese, Cheddar Cheese (and flavored), Pepper Jack, Harbor Cheese, Pacific Porcini Cheese, Swedish Caraway Cheese, Columbia River Bleu,  Billy Whiskers Bleu, Holy Goat (Swiss-style). They also offer goat’s milk.

Juniper Grove Farm - in Redmond, OR makes farmstead goat cheese mostly from raw milk. PNWCheese post

Kauai Kunana Dairy - in Kauai, HI makes goat's milk cheeses on the north shore of Hawaii. They are a micro-dairy (and the only dairy on the island), specializing in artisan goat cheese. They offer: fresh & flavored chevre, goat milk feta, Lilikoi, Marinated Herb Goat Cheese and Pepper Jack Chevre.

Kennebec Cheesery - in Sidney, ME

Kenny’s Farmhouse Cheese  - The Mattingly family in Austin, KY makes farmstead cheeses with milk from their own herd of hormone-free cows. They make Asiago, Cheddar (and flavored), Colby, Havarti (and flavored), Gouda (and flavored), Bleu Gouda, Kentucky Bleu, Monterey Jack and Swiss.

Keswick Creamery at Carrock Farm - in Newburg, PA, have a herd of Jersey cows use a portion of the milk to make raw milk, aged cheeses.

Klein Farms Dairy & Creamery - in Easton, PA

La Clairine Farm - in Somerset, CA is a 10-acre Demeter-certified Biodynamic goat farm. They make goat cheese and goat soap from their herd of American Alpine goats.

La Fromagerie du Royaume - in Guildhall, VT makes Gore and La Couverture.

La Vaquita - Also known as Castro Cheese Co in Houston, TX. Maria Castro founded and oversees the "La Vaquita" brand of Hispanic cheeses which are made to order and have a homemade, authentic, hand-wrapped presentation. They make a variety of Hispanic cheeses and creams including: Quesco Fresca, Cuajada En Terron, Panela Fresca, Cuajado Fresca, and Queso Quesadilla.

Lakes End Cheeses - in Alburg, VT

Larkhaven Farm- in Tonasket, WA
M. Clare Paris makes farmstead raw milk cheese on their 40 acre farm in WA. They make: Shepherd's Gem, Cayuse Mountain Goat, Rosa Rugosa and Whitestone Feta. They also offer farmstead meat.

Lazy Lady Farm - in Westfield, VT

Liberty Fields Farm - in Saco, ME

Listening Rock Farm - in Wassaic, NY (Dutchess Co) Website under construction.

Little Rainbow - have been making goat cheese in Hillsdale, NY for over 20 years. They make (all from goat's milk): Berkshire Blue, Little Rainbow Chevre De Ferme with Peppercorns, Capri Cheddar, Feta, Chevre Logs, Crottin Mediterraneen, Ripened Crottin (white, blue and affine) and goat's milk Fudge. The also sell gently pasteurized goat's milk.

Lively Run Goat Dairy - in the Fingerlakes, NY is home to about 100 goats. Their cheeses contain no preservatives, food colors, or artificial additives of any kind and they use vegetable rennet.  They make Lively Run Chevre (in plain and seven flavors), Cayuga Blue and Lively Run Feta.

Locust Grove Farm - in Knoxville, TN are the first licensed Grade A Sheep Dairy and the only licensed raw milk cheese facility in TN.  Having raised sheep for almost 20 years, the owners began milking and making cheese after an internship with Allan Brown of Millairies Farm in Sorbie Village, Scotland (famed for Cairnsmore Cheese). Locust Grove's primary cheese is Galloway but they also make a Farmstead Gouda.

Longfellows' Creamery - in Avon, ME

LoveTree Farmstead Cheese - begun in 1986 in Grantsville, WI. They produce fine sheep cheese and dry-aged  "European" style grass fed organic lamb. There are 8 lakes within 2 miles of LoveTree and many more within the surrounding terrain. It is these lakes that their different cheeses are named after...Trade Lake Cedar, Big Holmes, Little Holmes, Spirit, and Trade River.

Lynnhaven Goat Cheese - in Pine Bush, NY

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