Cheesemakers Sharing About the Pandemic - A Series/1
We, at New England Cheesemaking Supply Co. (cheesemaking.com) have had the honor of getting to know you (our worldwide community of home cheesemakers) for over 44 years now. We have heard from ma...
Mother Katherine in Otego, New York
Mother Katherine in July, 2019 Zoar Farm at Holy Myrrhbearers Monastery January, 2018 This is an unusual interview with an unusual woman. Mother Katherine is all about her flock and not about ...
Kate Johnson took this picture of her first class in Hawaii with their certificates of completion. Jamie Ryer, author of this review is fifth from the left. Kate Johnson, founder of The Art of C...
Kim Mack in Sacramento, California
You can’t keep a good woman down! Kim Mack works full time as a Contracts Analyst for the County of Sacramento Department of Human Assistance. She has a son, 35, two stepdaughters 27 and 29, a g...
Sarah Berweger in West Point, California
Double Raven Farm I live on a 20 acre mountain farm above West Point, California in the lower Sierras at 3800 ft. elevation, surrounded by forest and river canyons. I have always loved cheese an...
Don Kaiser in Billings, Montana started making cheese recently for a very sad reason … I lived in downtown Billings, well up until last summer. Though I lived in a residential area, my back yard w...
Stephen Cope - Making Cheese in Colombia
Stephen Cope and his wife, Ana Interview with Stephen Cope, of Estana Queseria near Medellin, Colombia by April O’Malley* Stephen’s Story I was born in Melbourne Australia. I am university educat...
Lorelei Hallock in Livingston, Montana
It’s safe to say there aren’t very many home cheese makers in Montana – the entire population of the state is a little over a million people! There are even fewer commercial cheese makers there, ...
Carol Shuler in Scottsdale, Arizona
With her green chili gouda Before she retired, Carol was a well known landscape architect in northern Arizona. Her company, C. F. Shuler Inc. specialized in government contracts and she handled ...
Kristen Whittle in Sunderland, MA
It’s winter here in Western Massachusetts and it was snowing the day I went to Little Brook Farm to visit Kristen Whittle. She was out in front of her house feeding Christmas trees to her goats a...
We often say that cheesemakers are the most interesting people in the world. We don’t know exactly why that is, but it holds true in every interview we do. Lynn Keay is an inveterate “do-it-herse...
Linda Pannill-Smith in Ramona, California
Lindy Haven Farm Linda has been raising dairy and fiber goats since 2007. She calls it a hobby farm because she only has 1.14 acres but she has a large herd of mixed breed goats. Linda had alwa...
Follow Up - Fete des Fromages, 2019
Last month our good friend Bob Albers,* who lives in Mandeville, Louisianna told us about the fabulous New Orleans Fete des Fromages and we posted the schedule, etc. for the November event (click ...
Tom Osborne The best part of having a blog like this one is when we put folks together who had no idea there were other cheese makers in their area. We found Tom Osborne when he told us he saw ou...
Stephanie Robbins in Edwardsville, Illinois
Stirring the vat at a cheese class at Three Shepherds in Warren, Vermont I am located in Edwardsville, Illinois, which is a college town located about 15 miles from St. Louis, Missouri. I became...
Doniga Markegard in Half Moon Bay, California
A few months ago, we interviewed Susan Bates and asked her where she got her raw milk. She told us about Markegard Family Grass-fed in Half Moon Bay, California (south of San Francisco) and the a...
Fete des Fromages 2019 in New Orleans
Our good friend, Bob Albers in Mandeville, Louisiana has contributed many blog articles over the past 3 years (for which we are very grateful).* Recently, he told us he will be volunteering at New...
Haley Anthonisen in Sacramento, California
Haley at Burning Man which she attends every year. This was the first time she brought her homemade cheese to share – gouda and triple cream brie. Haley started making cheese less than a year ago...
Lisa Wilson in Great Falls, Montana
We don’t often hear from cheese makers in Montana. The population of the whole state is only a little over one million. So, when Lisa Wilson made a comment at one of our blog articles, we jumped ...
Peg Lamphier in Lytle Creek, California
Peg Lamphier Peg Lamphier is a well-known writer, a college professor, a gardener, a cheese maker and, perhaps most importantly – a caretaker in her back yard for rare California Desert Tortoises...
Jamie Ryer in Fairfax, Virginia
James Ryer with Frisco A couple of weeks ago, Jamie made a comment at one of our Tidbits articles and we contacted him about an interview. We didn’t know at the time, how much he loves our compa...
Maggie Byrd in Holly Springs, Mississippi
Maggie and her daughter, Lottie. We don’t hear a lot from cheese makers in Mississippi and we have no idea why that is. We were thrilled when Maggie agreed to do this interview. We learned a l...
Nicholas Wilder in Maynard, MA
Nicholas and his fiancee, Sarah Patten Nicholas and Sarah are getting married August 24th, only a few days from now. Yet, Nicholas found the time to do this interview! We’re very grateful and, ...
Susan Bates in San Mateo County, California
Susan Bates She’s living in paradise! It’s hard to imagine a lovelier location for growing food and making cheese. No wonder her first raw milk chevre looked fabulous! First chèvre with violas...
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