Member Spotlight
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The stand reopening six feet apart
One member walked us through what it actually takes to reopen a farmers'-market cheese table this month: new spacing, no sampling, gloves at every hand-off, and a lot…
Read postThe farm stand that started taking orders
A small farmstead member rebuilt her entire retail season around a phone number and a folding table. She told us what worked, what didn't, and what she's keeping…
Read postThe counter that moved to the curb
A member-owned cheese shop built its whole business on people lingering at the counter. We talked to the owner about what she kept and what she had to…
Read postThe farm stand that moved online overnight
One small creamery member spent a weekend in March building an online order form. Six weeks later, it's carrying more of her business than the farmers markets ever…
Read postThe counter that moved to the curb
A cheesemonger who built her business on tasting-room conversation had to sell the same cheese to customers she'd never let past the sidewalk. It worked anyway.
Read postOne pair of hands in the cave
One member is the only person still turning wheels in her creamery's aging room this month. We asked her what changes when a cave loses its rotation of…
Read postA make sheet at the kitchen table
An apprentice who lost her workshop seat this month didn't lose the coursework — she moved it to a laptop propped against the flour tin, and finished the…
Read postThe shop that canceled its own tasting
A member-owned cheese shop pulled its own monthly tasting event this week before anyone told them to. We asked the counter manager what made the call.
Read postThe distributor watching two calendars
A regional cheese distributor on juggling spring wholesale orders against early supply-chain jitters, and why she's telling small producers to overcommunicate right now.
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