About Pasture Pride

Pasture Pride is located in the heart of Wisconsin’s Amish country, and is one of the many Community Foods producers on Seward Co-op’s cheese shelves. Cheesemaker Tom Torkelson has been making classic Wisconsin cheeses for over 25 years. He grew up in the dairy farming business watching his father make cheese daily in Rockbridge, Wisconsin, where they lived above the cheese factory. Much of his milk comes from small-scale Amish farms, which practice extensive pasture grazing and sustainable practices. Natural Valley goat cheeses made by Pasture Pride are created with a minimal environmental impact.

Support Small-Scale, Sustainable Farming

Natural Valley makes cheese from milk produced by goats on southwest Wisconsin pastures on an Amish dairy co-op that started in the 1970s. The goats graze freely and are hand-milked by Amish farmers who deliver to Pasture Pride’s production facilities plant in chilled milk cans, the old-fashioned way. Natural Valley’s goat cheeses are different from the typical, spreadable chèvre. They pride themselves on making everyday cheeses like cheddar, Colby-jack, and mozzarella. This flexibility may allow folks whose bodies no longer metabolize cow’s milk, but agree with goat’s milk, reintroduce cheese back into their meals.

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Asparagus and Pea Salad, using Natural Valley Cheddar

Watch as co-op staff member Maiv Mos prepares a refreshing, herby spring salad using asparagus, peas, and almonds, topped with white cheddar from Natural Valley. Find the recipe here.

Learn More About Natural Valley

Listen to Mary Bess talk more about Natural Valley’s background and changes over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.