Cheese Trails
Can you imagine a more inspiring New England experience than a day of driving from dairy farm to dairy farm in New England? Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont offer miles of green pasture, white church steeples, red barns, cows, and cheese. Throw the camera in the backseat, wear comfortable shoes and bring your appetite…the trails await....
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Smith’s Country Cheese will be in the Mallary Cheese Shoppe at the Big E this Saturday, September 18. A family farm in the hills of Winchendon, Massachusetts. Their Gouda was named in Bon Appetit magazine as “one of the best.” Their Baby Gouda was a first place Blue Ribbon winner in the American Cheese Society contest held at an annual conference in Madison, Wisconsin. A deeply...
View NowBig E Cheese Competition
Keep Local Farms is excited to sponsor the Mallary Cheese Shoppe at the Big E this year! This is the first year of the Mallary Cheese Shoppe, a tent where visitors may sample and sell winning cheeses from The Third Annual Big E Gold Medal Cheese Competition. A portion of the proceeds from the cheese shop will go to Keep Local Farms so please stop by, buy some delicious cheese, and support...
View NowHannaford
Thank you Hannaford Supermarkets for the $10,500 contribution to Keep Local Farms!! Hannaford Supermarkets is the first major retailer in the country to launch the Keep Local Farms program throughout its New England and New York grocery...
View NowFor the Love of Dairy
Mark Duffy of Great Brook Farm in Carlisle, Massachusetts has been a dairy farmer for 30 years. These days he and his wife Tammy, operate a popular ice cream bar, plows snow, and sells fertilizer for extra cash. As dairy farms continue to disappear, farmers are forced to diversify to survive. Mr. Duffy was, like many farmers, predisposed to enter his profession. His uncle had beef cows in New...
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