
The Great Northeast Cheese & Dairy Fest Featured Producer: Crosswinds Farm & Creamery (Ovid
To say farming runs in Sarah Van Orden’s blood would be an understatement. The 12th generation farmer grew up on her family’s farm in Catskill, N.Y. before moving to the Finger Lakes. After graduating from Cornell University, she started her own farm in Ovid, about 30 miles northeast of Ithaca. At first, Van Orden named the farm Vanillen Dairy, but changed the name to Crosswinds Farm & Creamery in 2014 to better reflect the farm, as well as the location. The farm is located