Farmerette Mozzarella

Before Rosie the Riveter, there were the Farmerettes

During World War I, a civilian program called the Women’s Land Army was organized to place women—students, office workers, homemakers—on farms to replace the men who had gone to war. Known as Farmerettes, they received agricultural training and then worked on individual farms and cooperative camps, planting, harvesting, dairying, and tending orchards, sheep, and poultry.  

Our Farmerette Cheese 

Fortune honors the memory of the Farmerettes in our dairy initiative that brings the best artisan cheeses to our customers. Like the women and men of our patriotic past, today’s independent dairy farmers are keeping tradition alive while providing nourishing food. 

Our Farmerette Fresh Mozzarella is made on a rural family farm in Wisconsin, where the Holstein herd is well cared for and fed a homegrown diet of hay silage, corn, alfalfa, and soybeans. Our farmer partner is well respected in the industry for their top-notch individual cow care program and their sustainable stewardship of their land.  The milk is piped directly from the dairy to the cheese factory, so the cheese-making begins within hours of milking. Using milk that is just hours out of the cow contributes to the fresh flavor of our line of handcrafted mozzarella.    

Farmerette Fresh Mozzarella is available in four different sizes to accommodate a variety of menu needs: ovoline (egg size), bocconcini (bite size), ciliegine (cherry size), and perline (pearl size).