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Capri Cheese - Blue River, WI

40.8 Miles to Market

Handcrafted artisan aged goat cheeses made in small batches the old-fashioned way at a small cheese factory in the heart of Wisconsin's Driftless Area. Some of the cheeses are cave-aged to enhance taste, flavor and appearance, and some cheeses are raw milk aged cheeses.

Carr Valley Cheese - La Valle, WI

40.9 Miles to Market

One of America's finest specialty cheese plants. From traditional classics like expertly aged Cheddar to award-winning American Originals like Cocoa Cardona and Gran Canaria, our skilled cheesemakers turn milk delivered fresh from local dairy farms into more than 50 delicious cheese varieties.
Our family's passion for cheesemaking excellence runs deep. Today, fourth-generation owner Sid Cook is one of a small handful of certified Master Cheesemakers in the United States. It's a distinction awarded only to veteran Wisconsin craftsmen who complete a rigorous 15-year advanced training and education program.
In the past three years alone, Carr Valley cheeses have won more than 60 top awards in U.S. and international competitions. Many of these have been won by Sid's one-of-a-kind American Originals - artisan cheeses you won't find made anywhere else in the world. In addition to cow's milk cheeses, we also produce goat's milk cheeses, sheep's milk cheeses, and combination milk cheeses. We have cheese for every taste.

Cedar Grove - Plain, WI

62.3 Miles to Market

Cedar Grove makes the best traditional and specialty cheese you've ever tasted - without artificial growth hormones (rBGH), animal enzymes, or genetically modified ingredients (GMOs). Their cheese makers craft 4 million pounds a year of this great cheese.  They buy milk from over 30 Wisconsin farmers, all of whom have pledged not to treat their cows with synthetic growth hormones and some of whom are certified organic. 

Dreamfarm - Cross Plains, WI

67.6 Miles to Market

Their family fell in love with dairy goats and purchased a couple for pleasure. The herd multiplied and produced more milk than they could use. They experimented with different cheese and found the fresh goat cheeses were complimented by the milk their goats produce. Diana made plans to get licensed as the Cheesemaker and completed the two-year process in February 2004. Dreamfarm is celebrating its 10th season as a CSA Farm and Farmstead Cheeserie. 

Hidden Springs Creamery - Westby, WI

7 Miles to Market

Hidden Springs Farm is a sustainable sheep dairy in the beautiful rolling hills of western Wisconsin. Farming here combines the best of old-fashioned, all-natural farmstead with just enough clean modern equipment and science to keep the quality at its peak.
Hidden Springs Creamery makes a fresh, soft, rich, creamy (almost dreamy) sheep milk cheese named "Driftless," for the unglaciated part of Wisconsin. This cheese won first place in its category at the 2007 American Cheese Society Judging in Vermont. They also make Driftless with fresh basil, extra virgin olive oil and sea salt and with honey and lavender. Nothing is added to this delicious cheese except fresh sheep's milk, culture, rennet and salt.

MontChevre - Belmont, WI

82.4 Miles to Market

An excellent Wisconsin cheese, Montchevre goat cheese is known for it's clean and tangy flavor. This fresh goat cheese log is made year-round from prime quality goat's milk, and vacuum-packed to lock in freshness and extra shelf life. Established in 1988, Montchevre dairy uses only the best milk from farmers in Wisconsin and Iowa.

Mt. Sterling Co-op Creamery - Mt. Sterling, WI

20.3 Miles to Market

Goat's milk cheese, Al O'Brien, plant mgr. Located in the small burg of Mt. Sterling, Wisconsin, (population 217) The Mt. Sterling Cheese Co-op manufactures its award-winning cheeses in one of the loveliest settings in the nation. We have put this small town on the map by proving that combining American family-scale farms with Wisconsin's heritage for truly exceptional handcrafted cheese can successfully compete in international competition. We have defeated some of the most renowned European cheese makers, winning awards from the American Cheese Society, the World Championship of Cheese, the Wisconsin State Fair and the American Dairy Goat Products Association.
Our small cheese factory is the last working cheese plant in Crawford County. Come and see cheese being made the old fashioned way through our viewing window.

Nordic Creamery - Westby, WI

7 Miles to Market

Wisconsin's finest gourmet, artisan cheese. They don't mass produce their cheese; they make small handcrafted batches of their cheese in Southwestern Wisconsin's "Driftless" Region. Bekkum-Langard family members are not only involved in daily farming but also in cheese making. Al Bekkum is a licensed Wisconsin butter maker and cheesemaker, crafting some of the finest, award-winning goat and cow's milk artisan cheese in Wisconsin. They're family owned and operated and think you'll love their cheese because the happy cows and goats produce some of the freshest milk in the area!

Organic Valley - LaFarge, WI

12.7 Miles to Market

Always organic and farmer-owned since 1988, our philosophy and decisions are based on the health and welfare of people, animals and the earth. We’re a mission-driven cooperative, owned by family farmers, and we’ve been leaders in organic agriculture from the very beginning.
Once pioneers of organic agriculture, we’re now an established leader. Organic is all we do. We remain driven by our mission to promote regional farm diversity and economic stability by the means of organic agricultural methods and the sale of certified organic products. We maintain integrity through our commitment to consumer education and delivering the highest quality, strictly organic products to consumers, schools, and a variety of manufacturers looking for organic ingredients.

Pasture Pride - Cashton, WI

13.9 Miles to Market

Kevin and Kim Everhart own Pasture Pride Cheese and work in collaboration with Old Country Farms Co-op to convert small Amish family farm milk into high quality cheese. Kevin Everhart grew up working in, and living above, a small cheese factory in Rock Bridge, Wisconsin. Like his father, brother, and now son, cheese making was a way of life. The Everhart’s, and their son Nate, work hard to make high quality cheeses in Southwest Wisconsin, the old fashioned way. 

Roth Kase - Madison, WI

93.4 Miles to Market

In 1863, Oswald Roth began crafting and curing cheese in Uster, Switzerland. The Roth family quickly came to be known for their knowledge and expertise in the cheese industry, and at the beginning of the twentieth century, we extended our venture to the United States. In 1911, Otto Roth (Oswald's son) left Switzerland to establish Otto Roth & Co., an importing business in New York City. By the 1980's, this enterprise became the largest importer of European specialty cheeses in North America and laid the foundation for the company that came to be known as Roth Käse USA.Recognizing that there was an opportunity to craft excellent specialty cheeses in America, Fermo Jaeckle, a former executive with Otto Roth & Co., joined with his cousins, Felix and Ulrich Roth, to found Roth Käse USA, Ltd in 1991. Instead of importing cheese, the focus became crafting and curing European-style specialty cheeses here in America's Dairyland. Green County, Wisconsin was a natural home for the Roth Käse cheese factory, not only for its lush landscape and high quality milk supply, but also because the area is commonly referred to as "Little Switzerland" … the Roth's felt right at home. In the beginning, we focused on crafting traditional alpine cheeses. As we've grown, we’ve added other outstanding cheeses from across the world to our range of products.

Westby Co-op Creamery - Westby, WI

7 Miles to Market

Since 1903, the Westby Cooperative Creamery, located in the “Heart of Dairy Country” in Westby, WI, has been producing high-quality cultured and hard cheese dairy goods under the same principle since day 1 – small production batches and top quality milk make for a great product.The Westby Cooperative Creamery is farmer-owned, meaning the more than 100 farmers and their families who supply milk daily to the creamery, own the business. Our farmer-owners share a philosophy in ensuring the best welfare to their animals with rBST-Free milk*; no hormones are injected into the cow to make them produce more milk.The Westby Cooperative Creamery has thrived over the years on its rich tradition and loyal customer base. As the coop looks to expand its product line across the nation, whether through the Westby brand or private label opportunities, our commitment to creating the best quality cottage cheeses, sour creams, dips, yogurts, cream cheeses and organic products will never change.With over 100 years in business, you could say we know a thing or two about customer satisfaction.