Shepherd Gourmet Dairy

Shepherd Gourmet Dairy is a thoroughly modern cheese-production facility located in beautiful St Marys, Ontario.

Here we use traditional methods to craft delicious sheep-, goat- and cow’s-milk feta cheeses, and sheep-milk ricotta and yogurt. Our newest product is Canada’s first all-natural cow’s-milk Icelandic Style Skyr under our own Shepherd Gourmet Dairy Label

We’re proud to work with some of the best farmers in the world, and to offer you and your family the same pure, natural, Canadian-made products we eat in our own homes.

Our company began when founder Stewart Cardiff left an agricultural banking career to return to his farming roots. He started a sheep farm with one of his brothers, and another brother suggested there might be a market for the sheep’s milk

Turned out there was plenty of demand for sheep’s-milk products – Canada was importing tonnes of sheep-milk feta alone from Greece and other Mediterranean countries.

Some small Canadian artisanal dairies were trying to meet this demand with local product, but were not able to serve the national market consistently.

Stew formed Shepherd Gourmet Dairy to bridge this gap. Originally housed in Tavistock, Ontario, we now operate a brand-new, state-of-the-art production facility in St. Marys, Ontario.

Here we combine traditional methods with modern technology to make the most authentic-tasting feta in Canada. No, really. We went to Greece and learned cheese-making from the masters.

Our flagship product is sheep-milk feta. But we’ve also teamed up with Krinos Foods to expand our line. For the Krinos label we also make goat and cow’s-milk fetas, as well as Canada’s first all-natural cow’s-milk Greek yogurt.

World-class fetas, ricottas now made right here at home
Now Canadian families can enjoy world-class Mediterranean-style dairy products made right here at home. Plus, Southwestern Ontario’s dairy farmers have a guaranteed market for their milk.

It’s a win-win situation. Happy farmers, happy animals, happy customers. That’s the Shepherd Gourmet Dairy story.

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