Kurtwood Farms is my bit of ground, located on Vashon Island, a short boat ride from Seattle. Just thirteen acres in size, the farm is home to a dozen Jersey cows, three hogs, a couple of farm dogs, a couple of dozen laying hens and myself.

    Primarily, this farm is all about the cheese that I produce from the milk of those fine cows.  Available now is Dinah’s Cheese a luscious, soft, buttery Camembert-style cheese.  Aging in the new underground cave is Francesca’s Cheese, a twelve month aged Italian-style, nine pound hard cheese. I expect the first wheels to be for sale in August of 2011.

    The story of this fine farm is chronicled in my book Growing a Farmer, How I Learned  To Live Off The Land, published by W.W. Norton Co.  Click the book cover below for Amazon.

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