valley view farm - topsfield, ma
Valley View’s cheeses, all from pasteurized goat or cow’s milk are:
Valley View Chevre, a soft, fresh goat cheese in Plain, Pepper, Herbs, Chive, Dill, Chipotle, Pecan, Sundried Tomato and Basil
Pingree Hill, a semi-pressed and aged goat cheese
New Meadows, a goats milk bloomy rind Camembert
Feta goat cheese
Harmony, a Robiola-style, goat and cow cheese
Since 1998, Liz and Peter Mulholland have been making farmstead goat cheese at her 1830’s family farm. Liz’s passion for historic preservation coincided with their desire to revitalize her family’s historic hilltop farmstead. They started the new dairy with a couple of Nubian goats to milk. Today, they breed and raise a very high quality herd of Anglo-Nubians and have 35 milkers. The whole family cares for the goats; Liz and Peter are the cheesemakers; and Mary Brown, Liz’s mother, delivers the cheeses and does some bookkeeping. Sons Andrew and Henry help with the farm chores and lead farm tours.
The family is committed to innovative animal husbandry and new technologies to improve milk quality and animal health. They take breeding the best Nubians very seriously, purchasing well-researched genetics (new bucks) and constantly improving production, butterfat, and conformation. Besides making cheese from their goats’ milk, they buy limited amounts of Jersey cow milk from nearby Appleton Farms.
Valley View Farm is open for visits by appointment only.
For more information and questions, please contact:
Liz Mulholland
Valley View Farm
Info@valleyviewcheese.com
www.valleyviewcheese.com