Grit

AN AMERICAN ARCADIA

Say “cattle raising,” and the average person probably thinks of a rugged guy on horseback twirling a lasso to round up beef cattle. Such is not the case at Chapel Hill Creamery.

Portia McKnight and Flo Hawley established Chapel Hill Creamery in 2001. Together, they run this dairy and cheese-making operation in North Carolina’s Piedmont region. They’re a hands-on team, and do much of the milking and cheese making themselves. In 2015, the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association awarded the pair

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