The American Cheese Society’s annual conference,  “ACS 2016: Cheese in the Heartland”  runs July 27 to 3o this year in Des Moines, Iowa. This year the Maine Cheese Guild has awarded two members scholarships to attend: Jillian Smitherman  who has apprenticed with Appleton Creamery in 2014 and who works there part time, and Jessie Dowling, owner of Fuzzy Udder Creamery. These two cheesemakers are reporting on the conference via Facebook and Instagram. You can connect with them and follow along using these links:

mainecheeseguild on Instagram • mainecheeseguild on Facebook

Look for these hashtags: #‎acsdesmoines‬   ‪#‎acsconference2016  # mainecheese

Several Guild members have entered their cheeses in this year’s award competition. Keep your fingers crossed for their excellent Maine made cheese as it comes up against national competition. Guild members have come home with awards in previous years. Maine cheese rocks!