Member Spotlight
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The farmstead that locked in five years
A farmstead member on the Membership & Outreach Committee talks through why she locked in a five-year margin coverage election this fall instead of renewing year to year.
Read postMember spotlight: the fastest we've seen through the credentials
A career-changer who joined the federation a year and a half ago has already cleared two of our seven credentials. We asked what's actually driving the pace.
Read postThe apprentice building her first entry
An affinage apprentice at a small mountain creamery is putting together her first competition entry this fall, and second-guessing nearly every step of it.
Read postThe newest face at a familiar counter
Kathy OLeary joined the federation in June from behind the counter at Orchardmere Cheese & Provisions. Two months in, she is still learning what membership is for.
Read postThe clerk who worked the showcase table
A counter clerk from a small specialty shop worked the competition showcase table in Louisville for the first time, and came home with a different job in mind.
Read postThe counter that rebuilt its summer case
A member who manages a specialty cheese counter in the upper Midwest told us how she rebuilt her summer case around fast-moving demand instead of last year's plan.
Read postThe cave that fought the heat wave
A record-hot Fourth of July week pushed one farmstead's aging room past its usual limits. What she changed, and what she's leaving alone until fall.
Read postThe volunteer who makes the welcome calls
One Membership & Outreach Committee volunteer has spent the last two summers calling every new member in their first thirty days. We asked what those calls are actually…
Read postThe apprentice who started reading the spot market
A second-year apprentice at a small Midwest creamery started tracking wholesale cheddar prices on her own. Her head cheesemaker says it's changed how she thinks about her craft.
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