Fellow Cheesemakers
Fellow Cheese Makers
A few of the inspirational cheese makers we have met through the years!
We've gone out to visit artisan cheese makers who are changing the public's view of cheesemaking in America. We hope our stories on them will inspire both cheese makers and cheese lovers alike.
Carol Lively - Lively Spring Farm in Rowe, MA
True Home/Farmstead cheese making on a small scale. Carol and her daughter Christina have a small farm in western MA where they care for a small herd of goats from which they make cheese for themselves and friends in their kitchen, a very traditional way much as our grandparents may have done.
Thistle Hill Farm -Tarantaise
John and Janine Putnam at Thistle Hill farm in Vermont are making one of the finest mountain style cheeses in america today.
Widmers Cheese Cellars
Joe Widmer follows a family tradition making brick cheese and he still makes the same cheese his grandfather began with. He even uses the same bricks.
Fiscalini Farms - Mariano Gonzalez
Mariano makes some of the best traditional 'English style' bandaged cheddar found in America today. the details on how he makes it at the Fiscalini Farm.
Keith Brinch
He has only been making cheese for 3 years but he really has figured it out ..he has engineered everything he needs on a small scale to work just like the 'big boys'.
Sidehill Farm
They are quickly coming up to speed in ther raw milk program and making their farm more viable.
French Alpine Cheese Workshop
In November of 2008, the Vermont Institute of Artisan Cheese making at the University of Vermont brought two of the top French Alpine cheese specialists from Poligny France (French National Institute for Agricultural Research <INRA>) for a very special workshop exploring several of the Mountain Cheeses of France.
