Member Spotlight
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Member spotlight: the creamery run after hours
One of our members still works a full-time job off the farm and makes cheese in the evenings and on weekends. We asked how a two-job life actually…
Read postThe counter clerk studying for the CCP
A composite look at a familiar path through our membership: the counter clerk who logs enough hours and enough courses to sit for the Certified Cheese Professional exam.
Read postThe committee seat nobody fights for
One of our longtime Food Safety Committee members walked us through two years of reading draft guidance nobody else wanted to touch, and why she keeps raising her…
Read postThe first Saturday of the market season
A member spotlight on a small farmstead's opening market weekend of the season, and the six months of quieter work that made it look effortless from behind the…
Read postFive weeks in, already behind on sleep
Danielle Okafor joined the federation five weeks ago as an assistant cheesemaker chasing alpine styles. She's already found the credential track she wants and the course that's teaching…
Read postA quality manager's April walkthrough
One of our members walks her creamery's whole production floor every April before the busy season ramps up. We asked what she's actually looking for and why the…
Read postThe cave that went dark
A member in the path of Monday's eclipse closed the shop, walked into the cave with the whole crew, and came back to a cheese case that hadn't…
Read postThe monger who earned her pin the hard way
A specialty counter manager spent three years logging cases before she sat for her Certified Cheesemonger exam. What the credential actually tested surprised her.
Read postMember spotlight: a new member's first credential
Sofia Marchetti joined the federation last month and is already deep into her first credential. We asked why she didn't wait a year to get started.
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