WELCOME TO GOAT RODEO FARM & DAIRY
IT STARTED, AS MOST GOOD STORIES DO, WITH A GOAT.
IT STARTED, AS MOST GOOD STORIES DO, WITH A GOAT.
And before you know it, there was another goat. and then another.
Then, with all those goats, it quickly became about milk. And then, happily cheese. We became students of cheese and met wonderful, generous cheesemakers across the country. The more we learned, the more we wanted to learn.
That’s when it became clear that we’d found a calling. And began work on our creamery. By the time the creamery was completed, we had a happy herd of goats and some cheery neighboring cows all delighted to provide what would become the fruits of our labors. Goat Rodeo Cheeses.
From fresh chèvre to interesting aged cheeses, we’re creating some of the region’s finest cheeses, from goat milk, cow milk, and a delicious blend of both.
OUR FARM
Goat Rodeo Farm & Dairy is a 130 acre family owned farm located near Pittsburgh Pa in northern Allegheny County.
We have a herd of more than 100 alpine and nubian dairy goats and bring in cow’s milk from local farms to make a variety of fresh and aged cheeses using traditional techniques for artisan cheese production.
CHEESE
The cheese course, of course.
Fresh Chèvre
Our fresh Chèvre is smooth and creamy with notes of sun warmed fields and a hint of lemon. Spread on a fresh baguette and a great addition to any recipe. Available in cases of 8/6oz cups or 4 and 8 pound tubs.
Recent Awards:
2024 PENNSYLVANIA FARM SHOW
1st Place: Goat’s Milk Cheese
2022 PENNSYLVANIA FARM SHOW
2nd Place: Goat’s Milk Cheese
2020 PENNSYLVANIA FARM SHOW
2nd Place: Fresh Cheese from Goat’s Milk
2019 PENNSYLVANIA FARM SHOW
2nd Place: Fresh Cheese from Goat’s Milk
2018 PENNSYLVANIA FARM SHOW
Blue Ribbon 1st Place: Soft Goat Cheese
Bamboozle
Supple, semi-soft texture with notes of prosciutto and peanuts, this washed rind goat and cow’s milk cheese is aged for at least two months and washed with beer from Cinderlands Beer Co. Equally at home on a cheese board or melted on a burger. Crafted in 9 pound wheels.
Recent Awards:
2023-2024 World Cheese Awards
Bronze: Mixed Milk Cheese
2023 Pennsylvania Farm Show
1st Place: Washed Rind and Smear Ripened Cheese
2022 Culture Magazine
Best Cheeses of 2022: Mixed Milk
2022 World Champion Cheese Contest
1st Place: Surface Ripened Mixed Milk Cheese
2022 AMERICAN CHEESE SOCIETY
1st Place: Mixed milk washed-rind cheese
2nd Place: Mixed milk washed-rind cheese
Best in Show
2022 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CHEESE CONTEST
1st Place: Surface Ripened Mixed Milk Cheese
2022 PENNSYLVANIA FARM SHOW
Best in Show
1st Place: Washed Rind and Smear Ripened Cheese
2020 PENNSYLVANIA FARM SHOW
2nd Place: Washed Rind Cheese
2019 AMERICAN CHEESE SOCIETY
1st Place: Washed Rind – Mixed Milk or Other Milk Cheese
2018 AMERICAN CHEESE SOCIETY
2nd Place: Washed Rind Goat’s Milk Cheese
More Cowbell
A semi- firm cave aged mountain style cheese made from local farm’s cow’s milk in a unique black cream wax rind. The complex herbal flavor pairs well with mild younger red wines like Beaujolais or drier white wines like Sancerre. Crafted in 10 pound wheels.
Recent Awards:
2023 PENNSYLVANIA FARM SHOW
Best in Show
1st Place: Semi-soft, Semi-hard, Hard Cheese
2022 AMERICAN CHEESE SOCIETY
3rd Place: Dutch-style Cheese
2019 PENNSYLVANIA FARM SHOW
2nd Place: Semi-Soft, Semi-Hard, and Hard Cheese from Cow Milk
Cowboy Coffee
Big, rich nutty 10-pound wheels or 5 pound ½ wheels made with a mix of our goat’s milk and local farms cow’s milk, hand rubbed with Commonplace Coffeehouse’s Perpetual Blend Espresso. The wheels are aged for 6 months in our caves. At home or by the campfire Goat Rodeo’s Cowboy Coffee will warm your heart.
Recent Awards:
2024 PENNSYLVANIA FARM SHOW
1st Place Flavored Soft, Semi-Soft, Semi-Hard, and Hard Cheese
2023 PENNSYLVANIA FARM SHOW
3rd Place: Flavored Cheese from Goat Milk, Sheep Milk, or Mixed Milk
2019 PENNSYLVANIA FARM SHOW
Blue Ribbon 1st Place: Flavored Soft, Semi-Soft, Semi-Hard, and Hard Cheese from All Milks
2018 AMERICAN CHEESE SOCIETY
3rd Place: Flavored Cheese
Hootenanny
A goat’s milk Gouda cheese made from spring and summer milk. Supple with notes of hickory nuts and wild flowers within a beautiful cream wax rind. Pairs well with crisp white wine or an amber ale. Available in 10 pound wheels.
Recent Awards:
2024 PENNSYLVANIA FARM SHOW
2nd Place: Goat cheese category
2023-2024 World Cheese Awards
Bronze: Hard Goat’s Milk Cheese
2023 US Championship Cheese Contest
1st Place: Hard Goat’s Milk Cheeses
2023 American Cheese Society
2nd Place: Dutch-style Cheese
2023 US Championship Cheese Contest
1st Place: Hard Goat’s Milk Cheese
2023 PENNSYLVANIA FARM SHOW
2nd Place: Soft, Semi-soft, Semi-hard Goat Cheese
2nd Place: Goat cheese category
2022 PENNSYLVANIA FARM SHOW
1st Place: Goat’s Milk Cheese
2020 PENNSYLVANIA FARM SHOW
1st place: Goat’s Milk Cheese
2nd Place: Semi-Hard Goat Cheese
2nd Place: Best Of Show
2019 PENNSYLVANIA FARM SHOW
Blue Ribbon 1st Place: Semi-Soft, Semi-Hard, and Hard Cheese, Goat and Mixed Milk
3rd place: Best in Show Overall
2018 PENNSYLVANIA FARM SHOW
2nd Place: Goat cheese category
2017 AMERICAN CHEESE SOCIETY
2nd Place: Farmstead Goat’s Milk
Wild Rosemary
The newest member of the Goat Rodeo corral, Wild Rosemary is a soft, supple beauty with an adventurous spirit. This artisanal mixed milk cheese is made from rich farm fresh milk and hand pressed with freshly dried rosemary and extra virgin olive oil. Aromatic, smooth, and brimming with herbal flavor, Wild Rosemary is as natural a fit on your finest cheese plate as in your Tuesday quiche. Think Spanish with beverage pairings: Cava, Tempranillo, even a Basque cider.
Recent Awards:
2023-2024 WORLD CHEESE AWARDS
Bronze: Mixed Milk Cheese
2023 PENNSYLVANIA FARM SHOW
1st Place: Flavored Cheese from Goat Milk, Sheep Milk, or Mixed Milk
2022 PENNSYLVANIA FARM SHOW
1st Place: Flavored Cheese from Goat’s Milk, Sheep’s Milk, or Mixed Milk
2020 PENNSYLVANIA FARM SHOW
1st Place: Flavored Cheese
CARAMELS
Taste the sweet side of Goat Rodeo Farm and Dairy. Our goat’s milk caramels are rich, creamy, and delicious.
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CHEESE AND TEES
Order your favorite Goat Rodeo cheeses here. If you love our cheese, you’ll like our tees. Get both here:
LOCATIONS
WHERE TO FIND GOAT RODEO CHEESE
Even though you’d think a rodeo of goats would be easy to spot, it often isn’t.
Please find below a few local purveyors of our cheeses.
- 320 Market Café
- 52nd Street Market
- Allegheny Country Club
- Allegheny Wine Mixer
- Altius
- Arrowine & Cheese
- Artisan Cheese Company
- Balducci’s Food Lover’s Market, McLean VA
- Balducci’s Food Lover’s Market, Bethesda MD
- Bar Hygge
- Bar Marco
- Bee’s Knees Provisions
- Bloomfield Saturday Farmer’s Market
- bloomy Cheese & Provisions
- The Bloomy Rind
- Breakneck Tavern
- Bryant Street Market
- Butterjoint
- The Café Carnegie
- Carson Street Deli & Craft Beer Bar
- Casbah
- Central Wedge Cheese Shop
- Chantal’s Cheese Shop
- Chester River Wine & Cheese
- The Cheese Parlor (CA)
- Core Goods
- The Curd Nerd
- Di Bruno Bros.
- Driftwood Oven
- Dutch’s
- Duquesne Club
- East End Food Co-Op
- Eleven
- Eli’s Market
- Emerald Valley Artisans
- Euclid Fish Company
- Euro USA Inc.
- Fairfield Cheese Company
- FarmArt
- Farmer x Baker
- Feast on Brilliant
- Fet-Fisk Royal Market
- Fish Nor Fowl
- Food Matters Again
- Fork & Ale
- Forks Farm
- Frankferd Farms
- Freedom Farms
- Galena River Wine & Cheese
- Giant Eagle Supermarket, Cranberry PA
- Gold Star Beer Counter
- Google Cafeteria
- Hartwood Restaurant & Whispers Pub
- Harvest Market
- Harvest Valley Farms
- Harvie Farms Pittsburgh
- Houston Daiymaids
- Hyeholde Restaurant
- Jillian’s Restaurant
- Johnny Brenda’s
- Keystone Farms Cheese
- Larriland Farm
- Linwood Cheese Board
- Local Provisions
- Lone Oak Farm
- Lorelei
- love, Pittsburgh
- Marchant Manor
- Market District Robinson
- Market District Shadyside
- Market District South Hills
- Market District Twp. of Pine
- Market District Waterworks
- Market Hall Foods
- Market Street Grocery
- Marshall’s Heritage Farm
- Mayfly Market and Deli
- Meadville Market House
- Mediterra Bakehouse
- Mesa Terra
- Metropolitan Bakery
- Millvale Market
- MIX Salad Concept
- Mon Aimee Chocolat
- Monteverde’s
- Morcilla
- Mortals Key Brewing
- Mystic Cheese
- Nemacolin Woodlands
- Orbis Caffe
- Paco Submarine
- Paragon Foods
- Park Bruges
- Park Slope Coop
- Paste & Rind
- Penns Woods Winery
- Pennsylvania Macaroni Co
- People’s Provisions
- Philly Foodworks
- Pittsburgh Marriott City Center
- The Porch at Schenley
- Radish & Rye Food Hub
- Reading Terminal Market
- Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel
- Riverview Wine
- The Rhined
- The Roaming Wedge
- Root and Heart Farm
- S. Clyde Weaver
- Scardello
- Scott & Joe
- Scratch & Co
- Second Mouse Cheese Shop
- Sewickley Heights Golf Club
- Shenot Farm & Market
- Siempre Algo
- Soba
- Spirit
- Spoonwood Brewing Company
- Squirrel Hill Market
- Stamoolis Brothers
- Standard Tap
- Tait Farm Foods
- Talula’s Daily
- Talula’s Table
- Tasting House
- Tastings Gourmet Market, Annapolis MD
- Taza D’Oro Café
- Third Wheel Cheese Company
- Threadbare Cider House
- Three Rivers Grown
- Tina’s Bar and Bottle Shop
- Tiny Seed Farm CSA
- The Tomato Pie Café
- Tria Café, Rittenhouse
- Tria Café, Wash West
- Turning Point Cheese and Provisions
- Valley Brook Country Club
- The Vandal
- Van Hook Cheese & Grocery
- Vivo
- Wagner’s Market
- Weaver’s Way, Chestnut Hill
- Weaver’s Way, Mt Airy
- Wedge
- Wegmans 16 PA and MD
- Who Cooks for You CSA
- Whole Foods Market, Allentown
- Whole Foods Market, Cherry Hill
- Whole Foods Market, Columbus
- Whole Foods Market, Devon
- Whole Foods Market, Glen Mills
- Whole Foods Market, Jenkintown
- Whole Foods Market, Lancaster
- Whole Foods Market, Mt. Washington
- Whole Foods Market, Newtown
- Whole Foods Market, Orange Village
- Whole Foods Market, Pittsburgh
- Whole Foods Market, Plymouth Meeting
- Whole Foods Market, Philly Center City
- Whole Foods Market, Spring House
- Whole Foods Market, South Street
- Whole Foods Market, South Hills
- Whole Foods Market, Wexford
- Whole Foods Market, Wynnewood
- Wise County Biscuits
IN THE NEWS
Goat Rodeo Farm in Indiana Township earns top cheese honors in national contest
Tribune-Review (March 31, 2023) – Despite growing up on a farm in Buffalo Township, India Loevner didn’t expect to make a career in the dairy business. The Knoch High School alum took her passion with
Best Cheeses 2022: Mixed Milk
Culture Magazine (December 9, 2022) BAMBOOZLE (pictured above) Goat Rodeo Farm & Dairy | Allison Park, Pa. Like a trick by Willy Wonka, this multi-medalist possesses the magical ability to conjure an entire meal within a single bite.
Four Cheeses That Can’t Be Beat
The New York Times (August 1, 2022) – To stock your cheese board it might pay to note this year’s top selections in the annual judging by the American Cheese Society. They were announced last
Hampton farm’s goat cheese wins top spot at World Cheese Championships in Wisconsin
Tribune-Review (March 23, 2022) – A Hampton farm has partnered with local businesses to create one of the world’s best cheeses, at least according to the judges at the World Championship Cheese Contest, held March
Goat Rodeo Farm & Dairy Brings Home Gold in 2022 World Championship Cheese Contest
Local Pittsburgh (March 9, 2022) – Goat Rodeo Farm & Dairy becomes the ‘big cheese’ after taking first place for their cheese Bamboozle during last week’s biennial World Championship Cheese Contest in Madison, Wisconsin on March
Cheese champions, beer fests, and more Pittsburgh food news
Pittsburgh City Paper (March 8, 2022) – This Allison Park-based dairy farm took home first place during the recent Biennial World Championship Cheese Contest in Madison, Wisconsin. Goat Rodeo won with their cheese Bamboozle, a blend
Variety of Cheeses Declared Best of Show in Pennsylvania Farm Show Cheese Competition
Lancaster Farming (January 16, 2022) – If you’ve ever wondered why photographers ask you to “Smile and say cheese!” it’s likely because they want you to envision a mouthwatering, gooey toasted cheese sandwich or a
Local Goat Rodeo lassos best cheese honors at PA Farm Show
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (January 13, 2022) – The name might mean to dupe or deceive, but there’s no fooling anyone: Goat Rodeo Farm’s “Bamboozle” cheese is the best in Pennsylvania. The Indiana Township farm and dairy’s signature
Cheese of the Month: Rounding up the best of Goat Rodeo
The Philadelphia Inquirer (October 31, 2018) – The cheese rodeo has arrived — and it’s driven by goats. At least that’s how India Loevner saw it, living with husband Steve among a growing herd of fuzzy mischief-makers
“Forged in Cheese,” with its fromage superstars, gives us a reason to believe again
NEXTpittsburgh (July 30, 2018) -What makes America great? It’s a question we’ve all been called to ponder lately, whether willingly or not. Is it freedom of expression? Maybe. Achieving the American Dream? Debatable. One person, one vote? About
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