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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 comment period written for your cave
The federal food-safety regulator's new traceability recordkeeping proposal names certain cheeses outright. Here's what it would ask of a small creamery, and how to comment before the window…
Read postThe course she finally had time for
With her tasting room closed since spring, a farmstead cheesemaker in the upper Midwest finally worked through the coursework she'd been putting off for years.
Read postThe two-year clock on your food safety credential
The Food Safety & HACCP Certificate recertifies every two years, on purpose. Here's what that means for members whose clock is running out this winter.
Read postA federal purchase round and your inventory
A fourth round of federal food purchases opens next month, and it's arriving right as cheese demand keeps swinging between empty and overstocked.
Read postThe case is full, dining rooms aren't
Grocery cheese sales are up double digits this year while restaurant orders stay depressed, and a federal food-purchase program opened a new round of dairy buying this week.
Read postBuilding a direct list before the holidays
With foodservice orders still thin, members are building direct customer lists ahead of the holidays, and our Direct-to-Consumer & Farmers' Markets course is filling fast.
Read postA storefront webinar fills fast
Registration is open for our December webinar on selling cheese online, and a third of the seats filled in the first two days.
Read postThe wheels she set aside in August
A member spotlight on a small-farmstead producer who guessed right about fall demand back in August, and what her aging schedule looks like now that the guess paid…
Read postBuilding a storefront you can't stand behind
Our December webinar on digital storefronts opens registration this week. Here's why we moved holiday retail planning online this year, and what the session will cover.
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