An article in Sunday’s Boston Globe spreads the word about all the good fermented products being made far to their north. Many thanks to Caitlin for spending a chunk of time with the writer, as well as boosting Open Creamery Day on October 10th.

The Big E, New England’s regional agricultural celebration, will hold a cheese competition on Sept. 1st in advance of the popular event, which takes place Sept 17th through Oct 3rd in West Springfield, Massachusetts this year. Last year Maine cheesemakers won several awards at The Big E.

The Entry Deadline this year is August 5th. For information on entering visit their link here.

The Guild would like to thank Five Island Farm in Georgetown for becoming a Sponsoring Partner of the Maine Cheese Guild for 2010-11.

Our Sponsoring Partnership program will provide members with an easy way to forge relationships with Maine cheese makers to understand how and why they make the award-winning cheeses that are being recognized around the world as the best in their class.

Support from our Sponsoring Partners significantly contributes to important Guild work: exploring the world of cheese; developing and improving the skills of our cheese makers; and maintaining our high standards for transforming excellent Maine milk into a world class product. All of this will accelerate the training of new Maine cheese makers, as well as the development of new Maine cheeses by existing cheese makers, increasing the supply of outstanding Maine cheese in this state, and beyond.

If you would like more information about becoming a Sponsoring Partner of the Maine Cheese Guild, please contact our President, Eric Rector at [email protected]/MCG-build