The whole family packed into the car for this visit:  an easy 45 mile drive south of Missoula to Victor where Ernie and Jen Harvey run the Lifeline Farm.  We did not make it to the farm today, but we were very fortunate to get a tour of the Lifeline Creamery by Kevin.

Now the tour was not planned and Kevin was nice enough to take a break from his cheese making and show us around the creamery before we picked up our cheese and milk.  The storefront of the creamery is small, but when he opened the doors to the back where the magic goes down, we were fascinated with the science of cheese making.

Kevin attended three years of nursing school before he decided to approach Lifeline looking for a job.  He says that “Cheese making is a lost art” and has been the lead cheese maker now for three years at Lifeline, sincerely enjoying his work.  When you first enter the back, there is a room with a huge vat that holds over 900 pounds of milk which is where Kevin works his wonders and creates all the delicious organic cheese Lifeline is known for.  Yes, all those cheese curds you have come to know and love, Kevin is the man…

Kevin the Cheesemaker with 40 lbs of Onion and Chive

All the dairy we use in our meals come from Lifeline Farms down in Victor.  Not only is it good food, but it’s good people too!

Thanks Lifeline