Sweet Grass Dairy Opens New Artisan Cheese Processing Facility in Georgia
Sweet Grass Dairy, an award-winning cheesemaker and one of the largest Southern artisan cheese brands, hosted a socially distanced ribbon cutting ceremony with The Thomas County Chamber of Commerce, Thomasville National Bank, CCH Construction, and architect Leon Lynn from Jinright, Ryan & Lynn. The ceremony took place at Sweet Grass Dairy’s new production facility located at 126 Roseway Drive in Thomasville, Georgia.
The purpose of this project was to increase production and consistency within all of their products to reach a broader market. The new facility is 6,500 square feet larger than their current facility and can accommodate 86,000 pounds of milk in the new silo. Sweet Grass Dairy broke ground on this project on August 15, 2019, but some aspects of the project were delayed due to the pandemic and travel restrictions. Many pieces of equipment came from Germany and France and the travel ban delayed the engineers from those respective countries from being able to assemble the equipment. This project is finishing at a great time as Sweet Grass Dairy just rebranded to reach a broader audience across the United States.