Our Story

Working with nature, we use fresh raw milk from our family's farm created without the use of hormones or antibiotics.All of our cheese are handcrafted in small batches using the finest natural ingredients. This creates a truly unique and flavorful cheese that we know you will love. -Bill & Jonathan, Cheesemakers and Owners, Bravo Farms

Bravo Farms began in 1979 as a small dairy farm in Visalia, California. Owned by Bill Boersma, he ran the dairy several years before deciding to evolve into a farmstead cheesemaker. This was not an easy task, being the first farmstead cheesemaker in the San Joaquin Valley was a challenging endeavor. Yet over time, he developed a wonderful recipe for a farmhouse cheddar, which is known as one of the best in the world. Recently Bill partnered with a young artisan cheesemaker, Jonathan Van Ryn, who studied cheesemaking at California Polytechnic University. Jonathan was building a small cheese factory to make his own varieties of cheese, but after meeting with the Boersma's, they came up with a plan to form a partnership in Bravo Farms. They could now make enough cheese to meet the demand. Bravo Farms now makes several varieties of cheese and continues to produce some of the best cheese worldwide.