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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.
Freight still sets your holiday price
Milk and cheese prices firmed again heading into the holidays, but a trucking and container squeeze is doing as much to your landed cost as the commodity board…
Read postWhat your cave actually needs this December
Cold weather slows aging and dries the air at the same time. A look at what actually changes in a small cave this month, and the course built…
Read postThe listing that lagged a job change
A member who changed creameries this spring found her federation profile still pointed to her old employer months later, and she's not the only one.
Read postThe case holds into a crowded December
Milk production keeps climbing and holiday cheese demand is absorbing it, but boxes, labels, and freight are the tighter constraint this December.
Read postThe credential behind a busy counter weekend
Small Business Saturday puts more strangers in front of your case than almost any other day of the year. Here's what the Certified Cheesemonger credential actually prepares you…
Read postThe quality manager who triple-checks the label
One member has spent three holiday seasons as quality manager at a small farmstead creamery. We asked her what she double-checks in the week before Thanksgiving.
Read postA holiday week with a record export year behind it
Cheese exports are having a record year, holiday demand is strong, and the shipping lanes that made both possible are still the thing to watch this week.
Read postThe recertification that sneaks up on small creameries
The Food Safety & HACCP Certificate recertifies every two years, the shortest cycle we offer — here's why that window is short on purpose and what to check…
Read postThe buyer who let his renewal drift
A specialty cheese buyer's membership sat in a grace window for weeks before anything pulled him back in. What finally did wasn't a reminder email.
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