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The deadline behind the two-dollar block
Block cheese has held above two dollars a pound for most of the month, and the federal margin coverage window that was supposed to close last week now…
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Member Spotlight
The distributor rep who still shows up to committee calls
A regional sales director spends his days moving other people's cheese, not making it — and he's stayed on federation committee calls for years, for reasons that have…
Certification
The two scorecards a judge learns to read
Competition Judge Accreditation asks members to score a cheese two different ways in the same sitting — once for what's wrong with it, once for what's right —…
Advocacy
What ‘aged’ actually has to mean on the label
Federal standards fix the name on a lot of cheese labels, but words like 'aged,' 'farmstead,' and 'raw milk' aren't pinned down the same way — and members…
Advocacy
The 60-day line, and who’s asking to move it
The federal rule letting raw-milk cheese cross state lines only after 60 days of aging hasn't moved in decades. Members are split on whether it should.
Certification
The plan behind the plan: what the HACCP credential actually covers
Members keep asking whether the Food Safety & HACCP Certificate duplicates their existing food safety plan. It doesn't — here's what it adds.
Industry News
What a slow-moving storm does to a cheese supply chain
A slow-moving hurricane's crawl up the East Coast reminded distributors and small creameries alike that a cold chain has more weak links than a rind has cracks.
Member Spotlight
Four years building a case, one supplier at a time
One retail member has spent four years turning a single cheese counter into a destination case, and most of that work happened one small producer relationship at a…
Education
The vein you can’t rush
Blue cheese looks like a mold problem you're managing on purpose, but the timing of the piercing is what actually decides whether the veins turn out even.
Industry News
Cheese crosses two dollars, and the case still can’t keep up
Wholesale cheese has cleared two dollars a pound for the first time in years, and members are asking whether the tighter export picture will hold through the holidays.
Events
Registration opens for the judging standards webinar
Our September judging standards webinar opens for registration this week. A look at what the session covers and why it matters even if you never step onto a…
Member Spotlight
The counter clerk who became the buyer
A member who started slicing wedges behind a retail counter now sets the buying list for three shops. Her route through the credential ladder says something about how…