Education
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The chemistry course nobody expected to fill
Cheese Chemistry's Prairie cohort is two weeks into a four-week virtual run. A look at why the least glamorous course we offer keeps filling up anyway.
Read postWhat your cave actually needs this December
Cold weather slows aging and dries the air at the same time. A look at what actually changes in a small cave this month, and the course built…
Read postThe label copy that sells your cheese this holiday
A gift-box shelf talker and a wheel of cheese are competing for the same three seconds of attention — a quick guide to writing the line that wins…
Read postBuilding a board someone will actually buy
Cheeseboard kits are outselling loose wedges this season. Here's how the counter course is teaching members to build one that actually moves.
Read postPricing your wheel when heat costs more
A wholesale price sheet written in the spring rarely accounts for a heating bill that doubled by fall. Here's how our Pricing & Margin course handles the recalculation.
Read postWhat a small cave needs from fall
As outside humidity and temperature swing with the season, a small aging room needs a different plan than it did in August. Here's what that plan should cover.
Read postGetting your export paperwork ready before the case changes
A cross-border quota dispute is moving through the system this year, and members who ship overseas told us the paperwork, not the tariff line, is what actually trips…
Read postTraining your palate over a screen
Sensory training used to mean a room and a shared plate. Our Sensory Foundations course has spent the last year proving it can also mean a mailed tasting…
Read postKeeping your cave honest in August
Heat and humidity together are harder on a cave than either alone, and this week's advisories across most of the country have more members watching gear than wheels.
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