Valley Ford Cheese Basket
Valley Ford Cheese Company was founded in 2008 and is located on Mountain View Jersey Dairy, off the rural coast of Sonoma County, California. The Bianchi family has owned and operated the 640 acre ranch since 1918 is now occupied by the third, fourth, and fifth generations. Pietro Bianchi and his wife Maria immigrated to America from Northern Italy in the early 20th century and purchased the ranch in 1918. In the late 1940s, the farm was handed down to their son John Bianchi and his wife Helen, who ran the operation until the late 1970s when their son Paul purchased the business from his parents. Today, the farm is still operated by Paul along with his son Steve and daughter Karen. In 2010, upon graduation from Cal Poly, Karens son Joe decided to come home and join the family operation as the first member of the fifth generation. Karens other son, Jim, is currently working an internship on a dairy in New Zealand, but plans to eventually come home and join the family business.