Marcoot Jersey Creamery
Greenville, Il

We are a seventh-generation family-owned Jersey dairy farm in Greenville,
Illinois. Our family is passionate about the quality of our farm, our milk, and our
products, and we are pleased to share that passion with you and your family. We
handcraft only the highest-quality artisan and farmstead cheeses.
Our story begins in 1840 when our ancestors, the "Markut" family, sailed from
Switzerland to New Orleans, taking the steam ship up the Mississippi River to the
Bond- Madison County area of southern Illinois. Once settled in America, the Markut
name was changed back to a previous old world spelling "Marcoot". By the mid-1800's,
our ancestors were raising and milking Jersey cattle. We have even been able to find
dated "Marcoot Jersey Farm" letterhead dating back to the 1850’s. We are extremely
proud of the fact that seven generations of our family have raised Jersey cattle.
Fast forward with us now to 2009. Our parents, John & Linda Marcoot, came to
us with the realization that they wished to retire from the dairy farm soon. They
gave us the choice to either continue the dairy or to pursue our own desires and
attend college. Our original plan was to finish our Undergraduate and Master’s
Degrees then pursue careers off the farm. However, it didn’t take us long to realize
we wanted to continue in family heritage in the dairy business. Luckily for us, our
Dad still manages the Jersey herd today.
In March 2010, we embarked on a new adventure in the legacy of the Marcoot
Jersey Farm by creating our first wheels of cheese. Sustainability is a key component
for our family and farm and it guides the methods in which we take care of our herd,
the way we produce our cheese, and designed our facility. Our cheese is made solely
from the milk of our own Registered Jersey, primarily grass-fed cattle. Our 65 milking
Jersey cows enjoy pasturing on the paddocks in a variety of grasses to provide
abundant natural nutrition. No hormones are given to our cattle. Our heifers also
graze in the pastures and get to enjoy our protein-filled whey; a byproduct from our
cheese production.
Our cheeses are all aged in our underground aging cave. The cheese cave is
designed after the man-made cheese caves in Switzerland to provide natural aging for
our cheese while providing energy efficiency and sustainability for the creamery.




5941 W. 82nd Street, Indianapolis, IN 46278
317-872-0101 piazzaproduce.com

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