Focused on Family

At Kindred Creamery family is what matters most. The farmers who supply our milk live just up the road, and we support their commitment to traditional farming. In turn, they treat their cows like family, too.

It is this commitment that led us to create better versions of the everyday cheeses you grew up with. We put our hearts into Wisconsin original Colby cheese, and other favorites such as Jack and Cheddar, which have never been far from reach in America’s Dairyland.

We are also determined to produce cheese of the highest quality. It is that goal which led us to collaborate with our dairy farmers to create our unique Cows First™ program. Because we believe the most surefire way to create the best cheeses is to do right by our farmers and their families (human and herds).

Our Standards

Everyone has an idyllic impression of the American dairy farmer: a simple, hard-working farmer tending to their fields and herd. We work hard to pay tribute to the many dairy farmers here in America’s Dairyland.

We are proud to partner with dairy farmers who combine traditions of farming with the best practices of modern technology.

Our Cows First™ program pays dairy farmers a premium for their milk, allowing them to do right by their families and herds, all the while helping us to secure the best milk to produce the highest quality cheeses.

Family History

Family means everything to us at Kindred Creamery. From our dairy farmers and employees, each person is family with a unique history and contribution to make.

Being a third-generation family run company, we have great respect for the hard work and dedication of our ancestors who came before us.

Kindred Creamery’s parent, the Meister Cheese Company, was founded in 1916 by Joseph Meister, the grandson of a German immigrant. Joseph began as a cheese apprentice in Plain, Wisconsin, learning valuable cheese making skills which he passed down to his children and grandchildren. Eventually, Joeseph grew the business over time and acquired the Pleasant View Cheese Factory. He and his wife raised their family of 11 in the apartment above the cheese making facilities– something Joseph’s son, Stanley, and his wife Phyllis– would do with their four children years later in the mid-1950s. Stanley grew the company even further, eventually buying the nearby Muscoda Creamery. Stanley renamed the company The Meister Cheese Company, paying tribute to the hard work and time his father had put into crafting his cheeses.

Today, the company is led by yet another generation of Meisters, siblings Scott and Vicki Meister, who carry on the family tradition of cheese making just like the Meisters who came before them. In 2015, Scott and Vicki saw an opportunity to pay tribute to the traditions of farming and cheesemaking that they’ve known their whole lives, and thus the Kindred Creamery brand was born.