NC Cheese Trail

Fading D Farm
Farmstead Water Buffalo Dairy

David and Faythe DiLoreto
295 Fading D Farm Road
Salisbury, NC 28144
980-330-8189

FadingDFarm@gmail.com
www.fadingdfarm.com
www.facebook.com/fadingd.farm

Visitors Allowed: Check their website/Facebook page for hours and availability.
Offer Private Farm Tours: By Appointment
Purchase Cheese on Farm: Yes

About
After falling in love with Mozzarella di Bufala on a trip to Italy, Faythe and David DiLoreto turned their dream of making this marvelous cheese at home into a second career for both of them.

Fading D Farm has the only working water buffalo dairy herd in North Carolina and is one of only a handful in the US. Situated on sixty-four rolling acres in Rowan County, their pasture raised buffalo produce a milk that is perfect for cheesemaking. Their creamery has been designed with visitors in mind including observation windows into the cheesemaking room, milking parlor and calf room.

Cheese Varieties
With an average of twice the milk fats and higher protein than cow’s milk, the cheese created from these water buffalo is creamy and rich. Faythe, as the head cheesemaker, handcrafts each of the artisanal cheeses. She has had training in New England and Italy as well as learning from the experience of working with the milk over the past years. Fading D produces Mozzarella di Bufala along with ricotta and gelato.

Farmstead water buffalo meat is available also.

Purchase
For a current list of where their products are available for purchase, visit their website.   

Last updated 27Dec2019