Member Spotlight
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A quality manager's first fall in a new cave
A quality manager who changed employers this year is spending her first fall building swab schedules for a cave she didn't design, and the fixes have surprised her.
Read postThe cheesemaker who wrote down the plan
A small foothill creamery rode out a planned California power shutoff without losing a single wheel, because its owner had already written the corrective-action plan she hoped never…
Read postThe apprentice who took over the vat room this fall
A career-changer apprentice at a small Midwest creamery describes her first solo fall make season, and what surprised her most about running the cave without a mentor in…
Read postThe food safety plan nobody inherited
A member who took over quality management at a small creamery this year found the food safety plan on file had been written for equipment that no longer…
Read postThe quality manager who reads the cave before the lab does
A quality manager at a mid-sized creamery walked us through the daily humidity and airflow log she keeps by hand, and why she trusts it as much as…
Read postThe member who answers every comment period
A small farmstead owner rarely makes it to a conference, but has signed nearly every advocacy petition the federation has circulated this decade — and wants more members…
Read postThe distributor rep who still shows up to committee calls
A regional sales director spends his days moving other people's cheese, not making it — and he's stayed on federation committee calls for years, for reasons that have…
Read postFour years building a case, one supplier at a time
One retail member has spent four years turning a single cheese counter into a destination case, and most of that work happened one small producer relationship at a…
Read postThe counter clerk who became the buyer
A member who started slicing wedges behind a retail counter now sets the buying list for three shops. Her route through the credential ladder says something about how…
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