Della Fattoria Bakery

Shaping loaves by hand

Della Fatttoria Bakery Tour:

Meaning "from the farm" in Italian, there's no better phrase to describe this small bakery in Petaluma. The bakery was founded in 1995 by Kathleen Weber, and has since grown into a family operation. Most of the ingredients in Della Fattoria's breads are organic and sourced locally, many coming from the Weber's farm and close neighbors. Each loaf of bread is shaped by hand, leavened with a natural starter, salted with course grey sea salt from Brittany and cooked in a wood-fired oven.


Dough resting in antique french bread baskets

Assorted tools


Wood fired ovens

Cowgirl Creamery Tour

Cowgirl Creamery Tour:

Founded by cowgirls Sue Conley (pictured) and Peggy Smith in 1997, the artisan cheese company has come a long way since first opening in 1997. After much success in their small barn in Point Reyes Station, Cowgirl Creamery has expended to a new location in Petaluma's Foundry Wharf. Cowgirl makes a small selection of organic aged and fresh cheeses using milk from neighbor Straus Family Creamery.

Co-founder Sue Conley shares the story of Cowgirl's beginnings.

Here you can see the pasteurization tanks in the Petaluma facility. The stacked forms on the left are cheese molds.

Cheeses soaked in brine for several hours

Stacks of cheese during the aging process

Eric Patterson, who manages the aging of the cheese, allows us to taste cheese at various ages, as well as Cowgirl's different vatieties.