BARBERS CHEESE

The Barber family have been farming and making cheese at Maryland Farm in Ditcheat, here in Somerset since 1833. In the early days, milk from the farm was sold locally and the cheese made was used to feed the family and farm workers. As time went on, the milk needed to make cheese increased and soon the family were buying milk from neighbouring farms as well.

Today the Barber farms comprise 2500 acres of prime Somerset dairy land and are home to some 2,000 dairy cows. Continuing to use traditional ‘cheddaring’ techniques combined with a unique collection of traditional starter cultures for which they are sole guardians, Barbers create a truly typical West Country Farmhouse cheddar of distinction. See our great selection of Barbers cheddar here.