Culture & Lifestyle

Back Forty · One of Ontario's Most Extraordinary Farm Destinations

By Tom Carnegie

June 18, 2026

Down a backroad in the hamlet of Mississippi Station, a husband and wife are making some of the finest artisan cheese in the country.

There are places you find by accident and spend years telling people about. Back Forty Artisan Cheese in Mississippi Station is exactly that kind of place — a working farm, a fromagerie, a riverside bistro, and a community gathering space all occupying the same beautiful piece of land on the banks of the Mississippi River, run by two people with the kind of quiet dedication that produces…