Member Spotlight
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The member who keeps a supplier scorecard
A longtime retail member has spent years buying wheels for the same cheese program. We asked how she decides which producers keep a permanent spot in her case.
Read postThe counter that outgrew its case
A small retail member rebuilt her cheese counter around smaller formats and closer producer relationships, and business followed the change rather than leading it.
Read postThirteen years on the road
A regional sales director who has covered the same wholesale territory for a cheese distributor since before some of our committees existed told us what actually changed.
Read postThe member who reads the bill text
Tom Reyes runs a small raw-milk operation at Speltmoor Farmstead and has spent years submitting testimony most members never see happen. We asked him why he keeps doing…
Read postThe member you never hear from
Victor Sandoval has renewed every year since 2017 and never once come to an event. We looked at what a corporate membership like his is actually for.
Read postThe second year is the hard one
A farmstead maker in her second year of production told us the honeymoon phase ends right around now. What she changed, and what she's still stuck on.
Read postTwenty years in cheese, most of them teaching food safety
Gwen Whitfield has spent two decades in cheese and now runs her own food-safety training practice. We asked her what changed her mind about teaching over making.
Read postTwenty years in, still choosing raw-milk cheese
Kate O'Leary has run cheese programs for two decades. We talked to her about why raw-milk cheese still gets most of her attention, and what she looks for…
Read postNew member spotlight: a Jura affineur joins us
Henri Dubois of Fromagerie Saint-Rémille joined the federation last month. He runs a maturation room in the Jura, he flips wheels by hand, and he has opinions about…
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