Grass Root Dairies, formerly known as Gort’s Gouda Cheese Farm, opened its doors in 1983. We opened our doors making Gouda Cheese and Quark (a soft German-style cream cheese). As the years passed, we expanded into making Spiced Gouda, Maasdammer, and yogurt. Since 2009 we have been processing non-homogenized Grass-fed milk sold in 2-liter reusable glass bottles and 1-liter plastic bottles. We also sell chocolate milk with only 3 ingredients: milk, sugar and cocoa.

Our products are delivered to a variety of locations in the Shuswap, Okanagan, and the lower mainland of British Columbia. Our cheese is also shipped throughout the rest of Canada via Canada Post. (See our website to order on line)

All our products are 100% Grass Fed all year long and we use organic practices, but what makes our dairy products so special is that the milk comes from our very own Grass-fed Milking Shorthorns and Brown Swiss cows. The cows get 3 to 6 times more nutrients from grass, than milk from grain fed cows. The major fats present in Grass-fed cow’s milk are Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) and Omega-3 Fatty Acids. These are considered to be good Fats. Our cows are on Pasture from May until October. They are fed with Organic Hay raised on our own fields the rest of the year.

Customers are encouraged to come visit our Family Farm, roam around and visit our cows and calves, sample our products, or sit in our picnic area and enjoy a cheese snack and a piece of cheesecake or yogurt smoothie made with our own products in our kitchen.