Quillisascut Cheese Company

Rice, Washington

www.quillisascut.com

In 2002, Lora Lea and Rick Misterly started the Quillisascut (Quil-li-sas-cut) Farm School of the Domestic Arts, “We want our farm to be a place where people can learn together, to understand where their food is coming from,” says Lora Lea.

The Misterlys’ vision for the farm soon encompassed the larger community of farmers, chefs, restaurateurs, and others who have a place in the farm-to-table continuum. Lora Lea and Rick want to show the intricate web that links producers and consumers with the land.

A love for the farm house cheese that her Mother made led Lora Lea and Rick on the journey from farming the land to starting Quillisascut Cheese Company. Using only the milk from their own herd of goats, they produce a variety of limited availability aged raw milk cheeses.