If you’d like to bid on some fine cheese then World Dairy Expo is the place to be next Tuesday.
Cheesaholics Anonymous
Thanks to my man Leon The Milkman, I found Nadia the Cheesaholic. Nadia Muna Gil has an excellent blog on cheese and she’s got a very interesting personal story. Here’s an excerpt:
Blue Ribbon Cheese
The Blue Ribbon Cheese Company, owned by American Dairy Parks, LLC, is planning on building a new cheese plant in 2009. The projected $225 million project will be located in the Fresno, California area and is planned to be state-of-the art. The new plant would use a projected 6.8 million pounds of milk a day to make cheddar and mozzarella … Read More
A Breakfast Pizza
Enenthough I just ate breakfast (I had cheese on my eggs!), this still looks good to me. It looks easy and I’m sure it’s good. We’ll have to give it a try here at home.
Jarlsberg Celebrates 50 Years
At our opening night reception and dinner we heard from the CEO/President of Tine, the Norway dairy cooperative that makes Jarlsberg cheese. This year is the 50th year since they began making this great cheese.
American Cheese Society Awards
I just recently attended the Agricultural Media Summit in Portland, OR and just missed the American Cheese Society annual conference. I’ve been meaning to look up what happened there and finally did. For one thing they have a competition here’s the top result:
Swissrose International To Fairmount From ConAgra
How do you become the “largest U. S. importer or specialty cheeses? Buy up a bunch of companies. That’s what Fairmount Food Group is doing.
Greene County Cheese Days
It’s almost time for the Green County Cheese Days in Monroe, Wisconsin. According to a story in The Monroe Times parade marshals are Doran Zwygart and Nate Roth.
Grafton Village Cheese Growth
Grafton Village Cheese Company of Vermont is planning an expansion project with the goal of doubling its current annual production to three million pounds of award-winning aged cheddar cheese. The company is part of the Windham Foundation, a non-profit “that focuses on building and funding programs that support Vermonters and the Vermont way of life.” According to a foundation release, … Read More
Alto Dairy's Colby-Jack Wins Again
Alto Dairy continues to collect awards. This time it’s for their Colby-Jack.