Our Cave to Co-op cheese for April 2019 is Mad River Blue from the von Trapp Farmstead, Waitsfield, Vermont. From 1959, when Werner and Erika von Trapp purchased the von Trapp Farm, it has been a working dairy. Over the course of three generations, the farm has transitioned to a certified organic dairy and in […]
Our Cave to Co-op cheese for March 2019 is Sugar Slalom from Mt. Mansfield Creamery, Morrisville, Vermont. Mt. Mansfield Creamery is located four miles from the farm where the cows live. Stan Bisini transports their milk to the creamery on cheese making days. Debora Bisini milks about 30 cows per day and has received awards […]
Our Cave to Co-op cheese for February 2019 is Grafton Clothbound from Grafton Village Cheese, Grafton, Vermont. The Grafton Village Cheese Company was founded in 1892 as the Grafton Cooperative Cheese Company, to convert surplus milk from local dairy farmers into cheese. In 1912, the cheesemaking factory burned down and the community had no cheese […]
Our Cave to Co-op cheese for January 2019 is Dorset—Raw Cow Milk Cheese from Consider Bardwell Farm, West Pawlet, Vermont. Spanning the rolling hills of Vermont’s Champlain Valley and easternmost Washington County, New York, 300-acre Consider Bardwell Farm was the first cheese-making co-op in Vermont, founded in 1864 by Consider Stebbins Bardwell himself. A century […]
Our Cave to Co-op cheese for December 2018 is TWIG TOMME from Twig Farm in West Cornwall, Vermont. Twig Farm is owned by Michael Lee and Emily Sunderman and has been in business since 2005. The twenty-acre farm is located in West Cornwall, Vermont, about 10 miles south of Middlebury. Michael manages the herd of […]
Our Cave to Co-op cheese for August 2018 is BUTTER CHEDDAR from Billings Farm in Woodstock, Vermont. Billings Farm was established in 1871 by Frederick Billings, a native Vermonter known for his work as a lawyer, railroad builder, and pioneer in scientific farm management and reforestation. Billings set out to make his 270-acre Woodstock farm […]
Our Cave to Co-op cheese for July 2018 is ORGANIC SHARP CHEDDAR from Neighborly Farms in Randolph Center, Vermont. Established as an operating dairy farm in the 1920’s, Rob and Linda Dimmick are continuing this tradition of family farming. Nestled in the rolling hills of Randolph Center, Vermont, Neighborly Farms decorates the countryside with its […]
Our Cave to Co-op cheese for June 2018 is MT. ALICE from von Trapp Farmstead in Waitsfield, Vermont. Mt. Alice is an organic farmstead cow milk cheese from cheesemakers Sebastian and Dan von Trapp. The von Trapp Farm has been a working dairy since 1959, when Werner and Erika von Trapp purchased it. Over the […]
Our Cave to Co-op cheese for May 2018 is OH MY GOUDA from Vermont Artisans in Hartland Four Corners, Vermont. Cobb Hill is an intentionally planned community in Hartland Four Corners, begun by Donella Meadows, renowned founder of the Sustainability Institute. In 1997 two local dairy farms were purchased and merged into a 260 acre […]
Our Cave to Co-op cheese for March 2018 is HAYRIDE from Mt. Mansfield Creamery in Morrisville, Vermont. With the creamery four miles from the farm, Stan transports their milk to the creamery on cheese making days. Debora milks the cows and still ships to St. Albans Cooperative. They make small batches of cheese only 8 […]
