All of our cheeses are made with raw milk from our small herd of registered Ayrshire cows. Ayrshires are a high component breed, their milk is rich in protein and fat. It is the qualities of these components are what sets the breed apart and has established the Ayrshire as an ideal cheesemaking cow. They produce small fat globules, which break down easily during the ripening process yielding clean predictable flavors. Ayrshires are also the most efficient feed converters of any dairy breed; they are great grazers. They are also quite spoiled. Our cows go out on a fresh piece of pasture after every milking during the spring summer and fall and are fed a ration of dry hay through the winter, when they stay in avoiding harsh winter wind and snow and listen to a great selection of jazz and classical music. We have healthy happy cows producing some of the cleanest sweetest milk in the state of Vermont.