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We raise purebred Dexter cattle, a heritage breed. Dexters are very small by nature, easy to handle and retain strong genetics. We make cheese from Dexter milk. We sell cattle, and we sell cheese! We are the first legal Dexter dairy in the US! The cheese we make is called Kefir Cheese. It is made with natural occuring probiotic kefir grains, not factory made kefir starters. The difference is that there are many more friendly bacteria in kefir grains than there are in manufactured versions. Kefir grains cannot be man made, they are not processed, they have been passed down for generations within several different ethnic groups. This cheese is the only one of it's kind produced in the US. It is a farmstead, artisanal, raw milk cheese, aged for 60 days or more.
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(This listing was last updated on Sep 21, 2012)
Location
1853 Black Rock Road
King Ferry, NY 13081
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Contact Information
Rose Marie Belforti
www.kefircheese.com
315-364-3581
Farmers' Market
Schedule and Location:
Ithaca Farmers Market
Sundays from 10 am to 3 pm
Steamboat Landing,
Ithaca, NY 14850
Farm Stand
Schedule and Location:
We sell our cheese here at the farm!
Best to call ahead...315-364-3581 or email... kefircheese@gmail.com
Finger Lakes Dexter Creamery
1853 Black Rock Road
King Ferry, NY 13081
Farming Practices:
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naturally grown,
grass fed/pastured,
animal welfare/humane certified
Association Memberships:
Slow Food USA ()
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Kefir cheese
($28.00)
Our cheese is the first and only probiotic, raw milk Kefir cheese handcrafted with living kefir grains. Enjoy!!
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We milk 6 Dexter cows. Our cattle are pastured, and never confined. They are given hay and alfalfa in off pasture months, and never given vacinations, antibiotics, or anything unnatural. We are certified Animal Welfare Approved. Our milkers are basically house cows, and the calves continue to nurse while we harvest milk for 5-6 months. We believe dairying should be humane, and our goal is to produce healthy cattle, and to set a new sustainable example for dairying for the local economy.
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