Juustoportti is a family business that will soon celebrate its 50th anniversary. Its history began with a black Friesian heifer called Isabella. It was the first cow of its breed in South Ostrobothnia and bought to the Keski-Kasari farm in Jalasjärvi in 1966. Isabelle produced considerably larger amounts of milk that the local dairy farmers were used to. Further, the quality of its milk was better suited for cheese-making. Isabelle’s story is part of Juustoportti’s history – that’s where it all started. In fifty years, Juustoportti has grown from a small cheese farm to an enterprise with about 250 employees. In addition to dairy and cheese-making, Juustoportti has café-restaurants in Jalasjärvi, Mäntsälä and Kärsämäki as well as the food production company Kasvis Galleria in Kuopio.