Looking Glass Creamery expands, builds new cheesemaking facility
The new facility will be located on the historic Harmon Dairy, a second generation cow dairy.
Looking Glass Creamery, Fairview, N.C., is expanding production and building a new facility with underground cheese aging caves in Polk County, N.C. Their existing facility in Fairview will also be renovated to offer more retail and foodservice options and improved parking.
The new facility will be located on the historic Harmon Dairy, a second generation cow dairy run by brothers Doug and Alan Harmon. Harmon Dairy is a 226-acre farm originally purchased in three parcels by Doug & Alan’s father in 1947. In 2013, the brothers placed the farm as a whole under an agricultural conservation easement to keep it intact. After 8 months of negotiations, Looking Glass Creamery and Harmon Dairy formed an agreement that would fulfill the needs of both parties.
The Harmons will continue to own and operate the dairy until the creamery is operational. Once the construction of the creamery is completed, Looking Glass Creamery will take over all operations of the dairy.