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Frisian Farms Cheese
Mike & Jason Bandstra

Oskaloosa , IA

2321 Highland Ave
Oskaloosa , IA 52577
enjoyourcheese@frisianfarms.com
641-204-2222 (home)
Product Types: CHEESE: Young gouda (2-4 months), Aged gouda (9+ months), and smoked gouda

About Us
Frisian Farms Cheese is owned by two brothers, Jason and Mike Bandstra. We both grew up on a dairy farm, but our dad sold the herd while we were in highschool. We missed the cows so much that after college we decided to start our own dairy and produce farmstead cheese. On our farm we milk around 80 cows located inbetween Pella and Oskaloosa. The fresh milk is immediately piped from our parlor to the adjacent cheesehouse where we use traditional Dutch cheese-making techniques to produce our Frisain Farmstead Gouda.

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Ingredients
Milk, calcium chloride, rennet, cultures, and salt

Practices (our standards for raising or making our products)
We have a dairy farm of about 80 milking holsteins. They receive fresh air ever day and pasture during the growing season. We make gouda cheese right on the farm, and sell the remaining milk to our milk co-op.

Additional Information
According to the state of Iowa we do have to pastuerize our milk. We vat pastuerize at 145 degrees for 30 minutes. Most commercial cheeses are flash pastuerized at 210 degrees for 1 second. Low temp pasteurizing really makes a difference in the flavor of the cheese.


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Frisian Farms Cheese Products for Sale through the cooperative
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Dairy and Eggs: Cheese

Prod.ID Product Name [About Producer] Prod.Type Price
#822 1/2 lb wedge of 12+ month aged gouda
Order number of wedges. Our best seller!
- $10.00/wedge
#383 1/2 lb wedge of smoked gouda (aged 3 months)
Order number of wedges. Made and aged on our dairy farm
- $8.00/wedge
#378 1/2 lb wedges of young gouda (aged 4 months)
Order number of wedges. Made and aged on our dairy farm
- $8.00/wedge
#823 1/4 lb wedge of 12+ month aged gouda
Order number of wedges.
- $6.00/wedge
#382 1/4 lb wedge of smoked gouda (aged 3 months)
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- $5.00/wedge
#377 1/4 lb wedges of young gouda (aged 4 months)
Order number of packages. Made and aged on our dairy farm
- $5.00/wedge
#379 2 lb wheel of young gouda (aged 2 months)
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- $25.00/wheel
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