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This Fife family make cheese with milk from their own dairy cows, all thanks to one “mad family member”. The Stewart family have been farming at Falside Farm for generations. But in 2008, they decided to give cheesemaking a try.

“We used to wonder why there weren’t more farmers diversifying into cheesemaking,” says Jane Stewart. “But your basic farming job is a very labour intensive job. It takes up the farmer’s full time, all his energy, all his money, everything.



“And if you’re going to diversify, you need a mad family member with enough time and enthusiasm to commit to actually going down that route. “And I am that mad family member!” Now, Jane and her family are focusing on cheesemaking, with a production facility on the farm, cheese stores where the cheese matures, and, of course, plenty of space for cows. “We do the whole thing,” explains Jane proudly.

“From calf born on the farm, raised as a baby, joins the milking herd, is milked, produces the milk and that raw milk (not pasteurised) goes into the . “And all that happens within a few hundred yards. “There’s zero food miles and it is all very traditional.

” The Stewarts’ cheeses are enjoyed well beyond the Kingdom of Fife. Customers around the UK and further afield are keen to get their hands on . “We sell our cheese all over the UK,” says Jane.

“A little at farmers markets, at two independent shops, and most of it goes wholesale. “The cheese wholesalers put it all over the .

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