Veldhuizen Cheese Farm and Cheesemaking Tours

The Farm

The Veldhuizen family started making cheese in January 2000, raising twenty calves to milking age and beginning with a single cheese. They now make more than 20 raw milk cheeses, and four generations work on the farm. Only milk from their own animals goes into the vat: a mixed herd of mostly Jersey and Guernsey cows, plus Awassi, Lacaune and East Friesian sheep added from 2015. On make days the milk goes straight from the parlor into the vat without being chilled.

The farm makes more than 60 wheels a week and ages them in a cave dug into the side of a hill, for anything from two months to two years. Look for Dublin Karst, Bosque Blue, Redneck Cheddar and the sheep and mixed-milk cheeses.

Tours and Tickets

The Thursday noon tour is the cheesemaking tour, so it is the one to choose if you want to see the vat in use. Saturday tours run at 10:30am and 1:30pm. Prices are $8 for adults, $6 for children aged 6 to 12 and free for under 6. Group tours are by appointment, from $6 a person, and must be confirmed by email at [email protected]. Tours can be cancelled in bad weather, so call (254) 968-3098 if the forecast looks doubtful.

Shop Hours

The farm shop opens Monday to Friday from 10am to 5:30pm and Saturday from 10am to 4pm, and is closed on Sundays. In 2026 it closes on July 4, Thanksgiving, the Friday after Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day, with short 10am to 2pm hours on Labor Day, Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.

Getting There

From Highway 377, turn south onto County Road 299 opposite Saint Mary's Catholic Church and drive 2 miles on a paved road; the driveway is on the right just before the railroad tracks. The farm says to use Google Maps, as Apple Maps sends people the wrong way. Dublin is southwest of Fort Worth. Pair the visit with the Mozzarella Company in Dallas or continue south to Antonelli's in Austin, which stocks Veldhuizen cheese.