Mission Statement:
The Guild’s mission is to support and encourage the Maine cheesemaking community. We will do this through development of a collective voice to promote Maine cheese and cheesemakers, educate cheese makers and consumers, coordinate resources and share the joy and art of regional cheeses.
Maine Cheese Guild Meetings for 2021
• February 2, 2021, 9 am – Virtual Executive Committee Meeting
• March 3, 2021, 2 pm – Virtual Board Meeting
• April 12, 2021, 2 pm – Executive Committee Meeting
• May 23, 2021, time TBA – Full Member Meeting at Sunflower Farm Creamery in Cumberland
• July 17, 2021, 2 pm- Executive Committee Meeting
• August – Full Member Meeting at Lone Spruce Farm in Dedham, details TBA
• September 27, 2021, 2:00 pm – Virtual Executive Committee Meeting
• November 14, 2021, time TBA – Annual Meeting – Full Member Meeting at Abraham’s Brand New Creamery in Newport
• December – Holiday Meeting, details TBA
CONTACT INFORMATION
General Guild Inquiries:
Email:
info@mainecheeseguild.org
Phone: (207) 370-7176
Guild Mailing Address:
The Maine Cheese Guild
c/o Jean Koons, Treasurer
795 Pond Rd.
Sidney, ME. 04330
(Please send invoice or account statements directly to the Treasurer.)
Officers and Board of Directors
(year elected in parenthesis)
Holly Aker, President (2020)
Local Goods Gathered & Broken Arrow, Portland
Mark Whitney, Vice President (2018)
Pineland Farms Dairy Company Inc., Bangor
Jean Koons, Treasurer (2018)
Kennebec Cheesery, Sidney
Email: treasurer@mainecheeseguild.org
Eric Rector, Treasurer
Monroe Cheese Studio, Monroe
Heather Donahue, Secretary (2018)
Balfour Farm, Pittsfield
Board:
Beth Calder, Ph.D.
Extension Food Science Specialist & Associate Professor;
Cooperative Extension & the School Food and Agriculture
University of Maine, Orono
Ed Fredrikson (2020)
Fredrikson Farm, China
Alexis Godin (2020)
Alice & Lulus
9003 Main St, Carrabassett Valley
Annie Lampen (2020)
Gathering Board Maine
Amy Rowbottom (2020)
Crooked Face Creamery, Skowhegan
Sarah Spring (2018)
Spring Day Creamery, Durham
Intern:
Hannah Edwards