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Certification, education, advocacy, events, industry news and the members behind them — written by the Federation, for the people who make, age, sell and buy the cheese.
A smaller table, a fuller board
Thanksgiving gatherings are smaller this year, but early retail data suggests households are spending more per person on the cheese board — a trend worth building next year's…
Read postWhat a holiday push does to your cave
More wheels in a maturation room changes its humidity and airflow behavior, and a lot of members are about to find that out for the first time this…
Read postThe stand that added a second freezer
A small farmstead member has spent the pandemic building a direct-order list one household at a time, and this week she told us why she's not scaling it…
Read postA cheese rally meets another lockdown wave
The commodity cheese price jumped again last week, but a fresh round of indoor dining restrictions means the gain won't reach every part of the case evenly.
Read postWhat the sixty-day rule means for shipping across state lines
Aged raw-milk cheese can legally cross state lines where raw milk itself can't, and confusion about the rule is costing members sales they're actually entitled to make.
Read postThe market stand deciding whether to move indoors
A member spotlight on a small-batch producer weighing whether to follow her farmers' market indoors for the winter or keep her outdoor stand running as case counts climb.
Read postThe pricing gap showing up on member milk checks
A wide gap between cheese and other milk-use prices is producing negative pricing adjustments on member milk checks, and it's not the same problem as a soft cheese…
Read postThe shop that learned to ship
A member spotlight on the counter manager at Little Rind Specialty Grocer, who spent October building a first mail-order gift-box program before the holidays gave her a choice.
Read postBlock cheese slid this week — your margin shouldn't
Block and barrel cheese prices turned down again this week after months of records. Here's what the pullback means for a member pricing holiday orders right now.
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