#1053 - Artisan Cheese in Maryland

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August 28,2012  #1053  Artisan Cheese in Maryland

Since I am a diehard fan of our local farmers markets, and since I am often traveling to Europe where I go to their farmers markets, I like to make comparisons.   By and large we are doing extremely well.   Our best markets would get full marks in Italy or France...except for a couple things.   We don't do a lot with cured meats and we don't do a lot with cheese.   But things are changing, especially for Maryland Artisanal Cheese. 

We have a handful of cheese makers around the state, and we produce a range of cheeses including goat cheese, cheddars, blues and raw milk cheese.

Here is a list of ones we know of:

•     Firefly Farms, Bittinger in Western Maryland, premium goat cheese.
•     Chapel's Country Creamery, near Easton, raw milk cheese.   
•     Cherry Glen, Boyds, goat milk cheese.
•     Broom's Bloom Dairy, Belair, cheddar cheese.
•     Hawks Hill Creamery, Street, flavored cow's milk cheese.
•     South Mountain Creamery, Middletown, cow's milk cheese.
•     Buttercup Valley Farm, cow's milk cheese.   
•     Caprikorn  Farms, Gapland, goat cheese.
•     OberGood, Sharpsburg, camembert style.
•     Shepherd's Manor Creamery, New Windsor, sheep's milk cheese.