We’re always trying to find new ways to connect with cheesemakers, industry professionals, organizations, instructors, and information about cheese, cheesemaking, dairy and agriculture.
Cheese Guild Members Willing To Demonstrate Basic Cheesemaking to Groups:
Caitlin Hunter, Appleton Creamery (Mid-Coast)
Cathe Morrill, State of Maine Cheese Company (Mid-Coast)
Eric Rector, Monroe Cheese Studio (Mid-Coast)
Cheesemaking & Workshops, Events
Guld Workshops & Seminars Listings HERE
www.cdrf.org – Cal Poly San Luis Obispo – classes on cheesemaking
www.uvm.edu/~viac/ – Vermont Institute for Artisan Cheese
www.dairyfoodsconsulting.com – Peter Dixon, Dairy Foods Consulting
http://www.westhighlanddairy.co.uk/ – Kathy Biss in Scotland
Helpful Books
Home Cheesemaking by Ricki Carroll (VERY VERY basic overview of cheesemaking, and may require you to order ingredients directly from New England Cheesmaking Supplies for recipes)
Cheesemaker’s Manual by Margaret Morris (Beginners to Advanced cheesemaking techniques and recipes)
Practical Cheesemaking by Kathy Biss (Step by step through the cheddar making process, which will teach you as much as you want to know about the details of cheese making)
Cheesecraft by Rita Ash (A layman’s guide to cheesemaking with practical tips and good recipes)
American Farmestead Cheese by Paul Kindstedt with the Vermont Cheese Council (The new standard practice manual for professional cheese makers)
The Fabrication of Farmstead Goat Cheese by Jean Claude le Jaouen
Goat Cheese: Small Scale Production by the St Benedictine nuns of Mont Laurier, Montreal, Canada
Cheesemaking Practice by R Scott
Regional Councils and Guilds
www.newenglandcheese.org – New England Cheese Council (cow milk only)
www.vtcheese.com – Vermont cheese council
www.southerncheese.com – Southern Cheesemakers Guild
http://www.specialistcheesemakers.co.uk/ – British
http://www.nycheese.org/ – New York Cheesemakers Guild
http://pnwcheese.typepad.com/cheese/2005/09/goat_mountain_c.html – Pacific Northwest Cheese Project
http://www.cacheeseguild.org/ – California Artisan Cheese Guild
Dairy Science and HAACP Info
Innovation Center for US Dairy
MMDC Summary of Dairy Farm Regs as of May 8, 2007 (PDF document)
MMDC Summary of Dairy Processing Regs as of May 8, 2007 (PDF document)
Developing a HAACP Program for Artisanal Cheese Makers – by Mary Falk on milkproduction.com
http://www.dairyfoodsconsulting.com/projects.shtml – Farmstead Cheese Safety Risk Reduction
Cheese and Milk – General Interest
www.cheesesociety.org – American Cheese Society
www.slowfood.com
www.realmilk.com
www.cheesenet.info
www.ilovecheese.com
Dairy
babcock.cals.wisc.edu – The Babcock Institute for International Dairy Research and Development
www.dairypc.org – Dairy Practices Council
www.smalldairy.com – smalldairy.com
www.dsana.org – Dairy Sheep Association of North America
www.agda.org – American Dairy Goat Association
www.cdr.wisc.edu/ – Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research
www.sheepmilk.biz/ (Wisconsin Dairy Sheep Cooperative
http://www.cfap.org/afs_temp3.cfm?topicID=408 – Cornell University
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Odairy/ – organic dairy list
Cheesemaking Equipment and Supplies
USDA – publication about approved dairy equipment
www.dairyconnection.com – Source for cultures, rennet, etc.
www.glengarry.com – Glengarry Cheesemaking Supply , source for cultures, etc.
www.cheesemaking.com – New England Cheesemaking Supply Co.
www.fromagex.com – Fromagex [Cheese making supplies]
www.nunsuch.org – Microprocess pasteurizer
www.jaybeeprecision.com – VAT pasteurizer
www.parisfarmersunion.net – dairy plumbing supplies and service
www.schuller.us/ – distributor of van’t Riet cheese vats, etc
Cheese and Yogurt Making — a US outfit specializing in British and European cheesemaking supplies
CheezSource — setting high standards that lead to improvements on the quality of cheese.
Maine Public Services
www.maine.gov/agriculture – Maine Department of Agriculture
http://www.maine.gov/agriculture/ahi/dip.html – Maine Dept of Agriculture, Dairy Inspections
– Maine rules governing milk production and milk products
Gary Anderson, Extension Animal and Bio-Sciences Specialist
E-mail: [email protected]
Beth Calder, Extension Food Science Specialist
Email: [email protected]
http://www.fsn.umaine.edu/
http://www.umaine.edu/foodinfo
Maine Organizations
www.getrealgetmaine.com – Maine Food and Rural Resources
www.mofga.org – Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners
www.mainefoods.net – Maine Foods Network
Archived Articles About The Guild or Maine Cheese
Open Creamery Day 2010 (Portland Press Herald)
The State of its Cheeses and Wines Gets Finer (Boston Globe, 18 July, 2010)
Open Creamery Day 2009 (BDN, 10/12/09)
An article about the work of the Guild. (BDN, 11/29/06)
Open Creamery Day 2007 (BDN, 10/1/07)
Orono microdairy gaining a big reputation at market (BDN, 10/8/07)