Balfour Farm, our 100-acre organic farmstead and dairy creamery in Pittsfield, Maine, is best known for its award-winning organic cheeses and NON-GMO fed salami.

Certified Organic

Since 2006, we've learned how to work with the seasons, the land, and our animals to make real, organic food. It's taken a lot of trial and error and hard work — but to us, it's the right way to do things.

We believe in honest food. That means pesticides, herbicides, food colorings, and additives have no place on our farm. The natural give-and-take relationship between the land and our animals is what makes our food products what they are. We're fortunate to be caretakers of the land and animals and proud to be certified organic.

Farm & Farmstead Creamery

To be farmstead is a decision we didn’t take lightly. To us, being farmstead means that all things cheese and salami start and end on the farm. It’s where the cows and pigs are raised. It’s where they live and eat. It’s where they build a bond with the us, the other animals, and the land they graze upon. The farm is a place we all call home.

The way we treat our animals is just like we treat our own family: with a tremendous amount of care and respect. We milk our small herd of Normande cows just once a day — because we understand it's hard work being milked.

Sustainably Made

Our products are handmade in small batches with sustainability top of mind. To cut our energy use, we harness the most sustainable source of power around: the sun. Our farm is off-the-grid, and 90% of our electricity is captured through 60 solar panels and stored in a bank of batteries. One hour per day while milking, we fire up our diesel generator we lovingly call "the West Pittsfield Power Plant." We worked with Maine Farmland Trust to make our farm a “Forever Farm,” designating it as farmland forever.