Toluma Farms and Tomales Farmstead Creamery

03/24/2021

Thanks Marin Agricultural Land Trust for profiling the phenomenal Catlyn Gilman!!

Meet Catlyn Gilman, Ranch Manager at MALT-protected Toluma Farms. Catlyn’s deep and sustaining passion for agriculture grew from a love for farm animals. Learn more about her journey.

03/02/2021

Our sister business, Daily Driver SF is hiring a Cheesemaker!!! You can make cheese and butter at SF only cheesemaking facility!

BLESSED ARE THE CHEESEMAKERS!!! This position is for a talented, dependable, kind, creative and fun cheesemaker, who has prior experience in all aspects of cheesemaking and affinage. Come and work at

02/08/2021

Kicking of Lunar New Year February 21st with Farm Korean Picnic and Farm Tour!! Lunch prepared by Chefs Nicole Dobarro and Marty Siggins. All safety precautions will be adhered to.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/seollal-at-toluma-farms-traditional-korean-meal-to-celebrate-lunar-new-year-tickets-140736971069

02/05/2021

So proud for our property and our newly planted trees to have been profiled in Marin Agricultural Land Trust important stewardship work!

West Marin County, farm and ranch land, comes with sweeping views of the sea. But in recent years, water usually remains in the distance, with less actually hitting the ground in the form of rain.

11/24/2020

We are so proud to be part of the Marin Agricultural Land Trust family!!! Check out this inspiring video of the importance of protecting farmland forever! (and our goats and humans make an appearance).

MALT has been part of the fabric of Marin County for four decades. In that time, thanks to your support, we have protected more than 54,000 acres of farmland...

05/13/2020

We are so proud of having our land in a trust with MALT! Thanks to California Healthy Soil Initiative, MRCD our team and volunteers (such as Alex with Food & Farm Tours in photo) who made planting almost 500 trees possible!

In late February, a windbreak was planted along a windswept ridgeline above Toluma Farms in West Marin, part of the ranch's Carbon Farm Plan.

04/16/2020

Thank you San Francisco Chronicle for your write up on how COVID 19 is effecting local artisan cheesemakers! It helps to get the word out! Please buy all the amazing local cheese you can find!

With restaurants no longer serving cheese boards, local cheese makers have lost as much as 40% of their business during California’s shelter-in-place order.

04/09/2020

We are excited to launch a locals food-maker pop up in our town of Tomales! On Fridays from 3-5 you can grab cheese, bagels, beef, lamb, and cider! We will be to the left of the Tomales Deli and practicing COVID safety protocols (mask, 6 ft distance, hand sanitizer).

Piezzi Provisions is a weekly pop-up market in Tomales, CA that offers products directly from local farms and food-makers.

01/02/2020

Happy New Year!!! 2020 doing right already!!!

09/10/2019

If you want to learn more about where the Jersey Milk comes from in our triple milk cheese, Teleeka, read here! Thank you Chronicle Food for profiling these amazing young farmers! Thank you, Marissa & Louis Silva, for taking such great care of the land and animals so we can make incredible dairy products! Thanks to Straus Family Creamery for always thinking outside of the box and supporting the next-gen of dairy farmers!

As the average age of U.S. farmers continues to rise, three Marin County dairies run by farmers in their 20s and 30s have just signed on as new suppliers to Straus Family Creamery.

09/09/2019

Super excited about one of our favorite events of the year coming up next Saturday! SF Cheese Fest! This event sells out every year and there are a handful of tickets left (that is the truth)!! Live music, over 20 CA Cheesemakers, lots of great non-cheese food, beer, wine and more! Ticket sales support The California Artisan Cheese Guild (a non-profit that supports small, CA cheesemakers and dairies).

09/01/2019

We can't thank all the journalists enough, who continue to write about small, sustainable farms & food makers. Educating the public about the importance of saving our food system, soil, water and planet is needed now more than ever. These articles also go a very long way to build morale within our businesses. It is easy to focus on the challenges, obstacles, financial stress and start to lose sight of the WHY. Thank you Edible Marin & Wine Country for always reminding us of the why!! We are fortunate to have Gibson advocating for so many of us!

A FAMILY CIRCLE KEEPS THE CHEESE WHEELS TURNING It’s a Friday, midday and midsummer, and the large light-filled kitchen at Toluma Farms, home of Tomales Farmstead Creamery, is full of a whole host of very good things.