Catch the Next Wave of COOL - Artisan Cheese


bushgarden BUSHGARDEN
Bushgarden Farm is a fifth generation family farm located in the heart of the Rideau Lakes. We have been certified organic since 2006 and milk 20 Holstein and Brown Swiss cows. 

We make organic raw milk cheese by hand. Our cheese is made from fresh, warm, raw milk right on the farm by farmer and cheese maker Nigel Smith.

The Smith family has been farming on Bush Road since the 1820’s.  It has always had a small dairy herd and in 2006 was certified as organic.

Our certified organic cows rotationally graze the farm throughout the summer months. No antibiotics, or hormones are employed on an organic dairy.

BACK FORTY ARTISAN CHEESE
Founded in 2000, Back Forty is a small farm nestled in the heart of the Lanark Highlands where cheesemaker Jeff Fenwick hand crafts artisanal cheeses of the highest quality. Back Forty’s original raw ewe milk cheeses have grown into a local favorite and have become loved and trusted by many of the provinces top chefs and cheese lovers alike.

Using traditional old world methods and 100% natural unpasteurized sheep’s milk, each cheese is made by hand in very small batches and then carefully tended to and aged from two to nine months. In our petite fromagerie we produce four delectable cheeses: Flower Station, Madawaska, Bonnechere and our award winning Highland Blue.
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