Member Spotlight
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The apprentice who inherited a cave
An affinage apprentice at a small fromagerie inherited a decade of cave notes from a retiring affineur and is now working toward the credential that made her responsible…
Read postThe buyer pricing next quarter early
A specialty cheese buyer in the upper Midwest tells us why she locks her spring wholesale contracts in February instead of waiting for the price to settle.
Read postThe buyer who signed up to judge
A regional specialty cheese buyer spent a decade tasting for her own case. This year she earned Competition Judge Accreditation, and it changed what she tastes for.
Read postThe clerk who reads every notice first
One counter clerk started reading recall notices in full instead of skimming the subject line. Two years later she's the reason her shop catches problems early.
Read postMember spotlight: the cave she restocks in January
A farmstead head cheesemaker in the upper Midwest walks us through the week her cave goes from holiday-emptied to full again, and why January's makes matter more than…
Read postA syllabus out of a resolution
One assistant cheesemaker turned a vague new year's goal into a course plan and a competition entry. Her approach is more portable than it sounds.
Read postMember spotlight: the counter and the cave at home
A cheesemonger who spends her days at a specialty counter and her evenings tending a converted closet cave is this week's reminder that membership serves more than one…
Read postThe rep who remembers every cave
A regional sales rep has spent a decade of federation membership watching creamery caves change hands. We asked what a tight-margin year looks like from the passenger seat.
Read postThe member who renewed after everything changed
A longtime regional sales rep had his territory redrawn and his employer reorganized this year. His membership renewed anyway. We asked what carried it through.
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