Member Spotlight
Every post the Federation has filed under Member Spotlight.
The listing she keeps meaning to fix
A quality manager changed jobs eight months ago and her member profile still lists her old employer. We asked why an outdated listing is easier to live with…
Read postPacking for a workshop, not a vacation
A quality manager heading to this week's curd-handling workshop packed her own plant's paperwork along with her clothes, and told us why that's the whole point of going.
Read postThe renewal that needs no reminder
A specialty cheese buyer at a regional grocery chain lets her own membership renewal sit right up against the deadline every year. We asked why, and what finally…
Read postThe member whose tier doesn't explain her
A basic-tier member has logged more course hours and webinar attendance this year than members who've been with us for a decade. Her membership level doesn't tell you…
Read postThe apprentice reading her own log
An assistant cheesemaker at Silverbrook Cheese Makers spent a year filling in the humidity log before she understood what it was actually telling her.
Read postThe week after the badge comes off
One farmstead cheesemaker's honest account of the week after Des Moines: three days of notes, a cave that didn't wait for her, and a shortlist of what actually…
Read postThe buyer skipping conference week on purpose
Not every member is in Des Moines this week. A specialty cheese buyer explains why summer, not conference season, is her busiest stretch of the year.
Read postMember spotlight: the renewal he almost let lapse
One of our members let his renewal notice sit unopened this spring until his membership slid into the grace window. We asked what actually got him to act.
Read postThirteen years in, with a different owner upstairs
Bob Kowalski has been a federation member for thirteen years. His employer was acquired last year. We asked what changes for a longtime member when the name on…
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