Back Forty Artisan Cheese
CHEESEMAKER Jeff Fenwick
Mississauga Station, Ontario
Founded in 2000, Back Forty Artisan Cheese is a farm located in the hamlet of Mississippi Station Ontario where cheesemaker Jeff Fenwick hand crafts artisanal cheeses of the highest quality. Back Forty’s original raw ewe milk cheeses have grown into a local favourite and have become loved and trusted by many of the provinces top chefs and cheese lovers alike.
Using traditional old world methods and 100% natural unpasteurized sheep’s milk, each cheese is made by hand in very small batches and then carefully tended to and aged from two to nine months. In the petite fromagerie Fenwick produces four delectable cheeses: Flower Station, Madawaska, Bonnechere and the award winning Highland Blue.