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Cheese Calling

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Maine cheese makers in the Maine Public studios

On January 20th three Maine cheesemakers were featured on the Maine Public afternoon call-in show Maine Calling. You can listen through their on-demand services here —

http://mainepublic.org/post/cheesemaking-demand-grows-maine-made-cheese

President Jessie Dowling (Fuzzy Udder), Heather Donahue (Balfour Farms), and Eric Rector (Monroe Cheese Studio) sat down with host Cindy Han to talk about Cheese in Maine. We got to talk about how we got started, why there are so many new cheese makers here, and the work that the Guild does. Quite a few people called in with interesting questions, and Arlene was able to call in and update everyone on the Maine Cheese Festival details. It seemed to go well — what did you think?

Pineland Farms Dairy Progress

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Mark Whitney hosted a Guild meeting at the new plant in February

Progress continues apace as Pineland Farms Dairy Co. continues its transition from New Gloucester to the old Grants/Garelick plant in Bangor. President Mark Whitney hosted a Guild meeting at the plant in February which was still installing much of the infrastructure at that time. As of May 1st there are now rows and shelves full of aging cheddar blocks and other cheeses (as you can see in the linked article above) in the new warehouse space and the cut and wrap machines were being tested. By July he expects them to be making cheese in Bangor.