Member Spotlight
Every post the Federation has filed under Member Spotlight.
Member spotlight: the export line she checks twice
Renata Colby books cheese shipments overseas for a living. We asked her what six weeks of paperwork delays actually looked like from her desk.
Read postMember spotlight: the rep watching both sides
A regional sales rep spends her days between producers who are stretched thin and grocers watching every line item. She told us what that middle seat looks like…
Read postMember spotlight: training the seasonal hires
A cheesemonger who earned her Certified Cheesemonger credential this spring is now the one training the counter's seasonal hires before the holiday rush hits.
Read postMember spotlight: after the creamery closed
One member spent three years as an assistant cheesemaker at a small farmstead creamery. This spring it closed. She told us what the months since have looked like.
Read postHer first fall running the cave alone
An assistant cheesemaker at a small farmstead dairy took over full responsibility for the aging cave this fall after her mentor's hours were cut back.
Read postMember spotlight: two numbers, one ledger
One member's fall ledger has a rising grain bill and a milk check that just started recovering, and she's learning to read both before she decides anything.
Read postMember spotlight: the monger two months from her exam
A counter manager studying for her Certified Cheesemonger exam told us the hardest part isn't the tasting, it's finding an hour a day when the shop is this…
Read postMember spotlight: the second count
A small farmstead creamery member recounted her herd for the second time this summer, weighing feed and cooling costs against a milk price that hasn't kept pace.
Read postMember spotlight: the buyer rewriting her import list
A specialty cheesemonger who built her case around imported wheels is spending August rewriting her order sheet around domestic makers instead.
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