Vermont Farmstead Cheese Selects Northwest Broker

Northwest specialty food brokerage Madison Lane will begin representing award-winning cheese manufacturer Vermont Farmstead Cheese Co. in Oregon and Washington. 

Madison Lane recently signed with the company, which is based in South Woodstock, Vt. Madison Lane will be representing its wide array of artisanal and farmstead cheeses, all of which are made with Vermont milk. Vermont Farmstead Cheese products include Lillé (a soft-ripened Coulommiers-style cheese); farmstead and artisanal cheddars such as AleHouse Cheddar; medium-firm cheeses, including Tilsit and Edam; and several varieties of smoked cheeses. A flavored line of WindsorDale cheeses – based on an English Wensleydale recipe – features cranberry, blueberry, cracked pepper, sage, hot pepper, Gorgonzola and plain cheeses. 

Madison Lane will also represent the company’s all-natural, hand-cracked Castleton Cracker line, which includes rye, maple, rosemary, wheat, graham, and cheddar crackers. 

“We’re looking forward to representing Vermont Farmstead Cheese in the Northwest,” stated Brian Howard, president of Madison Lane. “They are a great fit with the lines we currently represent – high-quality products with a broad range of offerings that both consumers and retailers are looking for in this market.” 

“We chose Madison Lane to represent our products because they are well-respected, professional and have successfully built a solid network of relationships in the Pacific Northwest specialty-food scene,” said Angie Underwood, sales manager for Vermont Farmstead. “I’ve been impressed by not only Madison Lane’s clear plan for integrating our products into the marketplace, but also their continual collaboration with us as we work together to make our plan a reality.” 

Vermont Farmstead began in 2010 as a community effort to save a local farm and its surrounding rural landscape. Fourteen neighbors initially joined together to keep a threatened Vermont dairy farm from being re-purposed, so it could continue to operate as a vital, working Vermont farm. In a few short years, the dairy farm has been transformed into an award-winning cheese company that is creating an entirely new genre of unique farmstead and artisanal cheeses. 

Vermont Farmstead is keeping up with nationwide demand for its products by building a new cheese-production facility, affinage space and retail space in Windsor, Vt. While eagerly embracing this growth, the company remains firmly dedicated to its founding principles – producing a variety of unique and excellent cheeses, gently caring for its herd of cows and farmland, fostering Vermont’s farming communities by using only Vermont milk, and elevating the state’s dairy industry. 

Earlier this year, Vermont Farmstead acquired Whitney’s Castleton Crackers.