Oaklands Farm is located in the Kennebec River Valley in central Maine on land that has been owned and farmed continuously by eight generations of the Gardiner family—over 250 years. Before that, it was cared for by the Abenaki people. Oaklands is now home to a herd of 15-20 cows and calves and around 90 sheep and lambs. They graze and eat hay produced on ~125 acres of fields.
We believe in giving our animals a good life. They are fed on fresh pastures during the growing season and, from late fall through early spring, on baleage and dry hay produced on the farm. All our grassland is certified organic. We emphasize quality over quantity in our operation. We limit the number of animals to what the land and our labor force can reasonably sustain.
Our Roxanne cheese is made from raw milk from our herd. From this, we create a washed-curd cheese coated in sumac and aged for a minimum of 90 days. The flavor is slightly lactic with notes of lemon and dijon. Super snackable!
