From one of the most technologically advanced dairy farms in Ontario comes a new brand of cheese, produced by the Zeldenrijk family right on the farm at New Galma Dairy.

Throughout Canada, dairy farmers are producing their own cheeses, selling their bottled milk and making specialty dairy products fresh from their farm. Mistyglen and Creekside creameries are just two of those many farm families that have developed their own market.

For a little farm and dairy plant in Litchfield, Connecticut, it was a dream come true for their Gouda cheese named Europa to be named “Best in Show” at the 2023 U.S. Cheese Contest put on by the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association.

“This was a worn-out dairy when I came 10 years ago,” says Eric Evans of Evans Dairy near Castleford. “It originally had a double-four parlor with grain feeder but was built for Holsteins.” Eric wanted to milk Jerseys, and the cow size difference required some remodeling anyway, so he remodeled the parlor to work as a double-nine.