Thistle Hill Farm is a certified organic dairy farm located in North Pomfret, Vermont, owned and operated by John and Janine Putnam and their four children, aged nine to sixteen. The Putnams have been farming organically for over fifteen years, beginning with vegetables and beef, and culminating in organic cheese making. Other than incidental part time help, the family makes Thistle Hill Farm Tarentaise from the ground up. Every aspect of creating the cheese, from caring for the hay fields and pastures, bringing in the hay and caring for and milking the Jersey dairy cows is done on the farm by the Putnam family.

Thistle Hill Farm Tarentaise is an aged alpine raw milk cheese handmade on the Putnam family farm in North Pomfret, Vermont, from the certified organic milk of their grass-fed Jersey cows. The cheese is made in the tradition of Beaufort and Abondance cheeses of the Tarentaise Valley in the Savoie region of the French Alps. Tarentaise cheese is made with a copper vat using traditional methods reserved for the finest cheeses in the world. This unique cheese is smooth textured, subtly nut-flavored and naturally rinded. It is ideal both for the table and for melting. Thistle Hill Tarentaise cheese is available at fine food stores and can be ordered from the farm directly at www.ThistleHillFarm.com. Visitors accepted by appointment.