Cheese Farms

Cheese lovers rejoice, we have artisan cheeses that will make your mouth and your taste buds sing! Old world know-how coupled with the area's lush farmland make for some of the best cheeses you'll ever have the pleasure of tasting. You'll find these delcious local cheeses in and around Vernon.

In Vernon:

• Wedge Cheesery
• Nature’s Fare
• Helmut's Sausage Kitchen
• Farmbound  Wednesdays and Thursdays only
• Vernon’s Farmers’ Market  Hours vary by season. Please consult the website.

Vernon Area:

• A short drive from Vernon is the Village Cheese Company in Armstrong. This micro cheese plant handcrafts a wide variety of cheeses with several flavours to choose from including horseradish, pale ale beer or maple cheddar.
• The Triple Island Farm, outside of Cherryville at 1519 Highway 6, is known for its world class Gouda and Maasdammer cheeses. The farm produces 10 types of Goudse kaas using milk from their own cows. The ochre wheels of Gouda come in all kinds of great flavours including: tomato and garlic, peppercorn and cumin. They sell their cheese directly from their farm to you. It's best to give them a call first, as this is a working farm.
• Over at Bella Stella Cheese they are busy creating organic, rich, glorious cheeses that will make your mouth sing. These cheeses are made the old world way by a talented European couple with a dedication to honest, good food. While you can't buy directly from the farm, you can purchase their products at various locations around the valley, at food co-ops and farmers' markets.
• Tanto Latte Ltd. is a family-owned Italian cheese factory and market located in Salmon Arm, BC. They create finest artisanal Italian cheese using 100% Canadian whole milk from the Okanagan Valley without the addition of any type of powdered or protein milk. Cheeses are produced following the original Italian recipes and ancient Italian cheesemaking traditions.