where did winter go?

Jul 15

We make cheese seasonally, when the cows are grazing and the roads are free from ice. One might assume that we are idle once we stop making cheese, but no! I headed out to L.A. at the end of October and we were busy teaching and consulting, hither and yon, right up until we started making cheese again this May.

Craft Los Angeles Talking cheese, milk, and throwing heifers with Chef Shannon Swindle and Alex Brown from Gourmet Imports

Collective Creamery A visit to the Valley Milkhouse with Stef and Sue

Collective Creamery Honored to have VT Herdsman and cornerstone featured in the Collective Creamery offerings

BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER, ONE BULLSEYE AT A TIME Urban Axes in Philadelphia... who knew?

Cutting the Curd, Heritage Radio Episode 283: Cornerstone Project with Sue Miller and Greg Blais (also check out episodes 191 & 251)

Mario Brothers Mario Brothers We stopped in to check on the last of the Parish Hill cheeses from our collaboration with Crown Finish Caves

Northampton Winter Farmers Market Northampton Winter Farmers Market We love this market... Saturdays all winter long.

back in school Grading the 2015 VT Herdsman

Putney Craft Tour Thanksgiving weekend! We have our lineup, plus we crack into the weirdos...

The view in January- jack...

making mozz Spent the day with the New England Healthy Foods in Health Care folks, part of Health Care without Harm. Cool people who understand that food is medicine.

Hands On Workshop at Oregon State You can get a degree in fermentation at OSU! We jump at the chance to work with Dr. Goddik.

Oregon Cheese Guild Resource Day Pete did a abbreviated Reverse Engineering Session with the guild. Great speakers and presentations

This also happened

Jimi's Grave Driving rain couldn't keep him from checking out every engraving.

Cascadia Creamery they have lava tubes! not a joke.

Is that a standup bass? Probably the best part of visiting Jon and Marcy...

Fantello Farmstead Watch out Washington, these folks have fantastic milk.

Fantello Farmstead Stretch...

Bella Luna Farm

Bella Luna Farms Sweet goats, perfect tiny creamery and cave... ridiculously beautiful farm

Boston Beer & Cheese Fest Boston Beer & Cheese Fest at the Cyclorama, you should really go

Food Matters Again, West Coast... FMA in the bay area.

Have I mentioned that cheese people are the best? Hilary and Jack make cheese, raise goats and pigs, help incubate small businesses, and are generally good folk. Class at Rare Breed Farm

Class at Rare Breed Farm So relaxed, must be Sebastopol...

Idlewild Sam has a new shop in downtown Healdsburg. As we suspected, our cheese pairs exceptionally well with Idlewild wines.

San Francisco a stop at Cheese Plus on the Food Matters Again whirlwind tour. What Parish Hill cheese do you have, Waldemar?

Westminster Artisan Cheesemaking Lymeswold, Bleu d'Auvergne, & Bloomy Lovely all made in the Advanced Session

Westminster Artisan Cheesemaking Westminster Artisan Cheesemaking Professorial?

Westminster Artisan Cheesemaking Westminster Artisan Cheesemaking Hands On cheesemaking classes in Westminster West, VT

Party! Impromptu gathering of the Philadelphia cheese people (often mislabeled the #rennetroughriders)

Reverse Engineering with the Pennsylvania Cheese Guild Spring on Parish Hill

Spring on Parish Hill Spring on Parish Hill means peonies...

Spring on Parish Hill means piglets...

Whey Fed Pork

Strolling of the Heifers The Elm Lea Farm herd at the Putney School produces the excellent milk we turn into cheese

Putney School Farm Strolling of the Heifers Future Heifer Handler

Counter Culture Los Angeles Hanging with the makers and the mongers at the counter culture event in LA

Cheesemakers' Resource Conference Put on by Agriservices, LLC, in New Holland PA. got caught up with our Cornerstone co-conspirators...

Rogue Creamery Session Our Emily left the village but stayed in cheese. As part of the QC team she arranged for Pete to do a Q&A session with the cheesemakers of Rogue. This also happened

Melissa Wilson

where did winter go?

mystic stops by parish hill

3,000 miles