Finding a niche market for flavoured cheeses

When a large milk buyer decided in 2001 that it was no longer worth its while to collect the milk from small dairies in the Western Cape’s Droëvlakte area, the Kasselman family of Klein Soebattersvlakte, en route to Stilbaai, decided to help out. At that stage, the Kasselmans milked a Jersey herd of about 180 cows and the buyer was still willing to collect their milk, so the Kasselmans arranged to take in the local dairies’ milk to prove one collection point for the buyer.

That same year, the rural primary school on their farm gave notice that they would no longer use the building on the property.

“All of these factors contributed to the decision