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Uplands Farmstead Fromage – sans Durndel
The Uplands Cheese facility makes Pleasant Ridge Reserve, and was built 8 years ago in the model of Alpine cheese making. The farmstead cheese makers raise their own herd of cows that are grass fed via rotational grazing. On our … Continue reading
Hook’s: Aged Cheddar, Blues & Squeaky Cheese Curds
Hook’s Cheese Company was founded in 1929 in a building built into a limestone hill that used to be a livery and stable. Their milk travels no more than 5 miles and is from small farms that each raise 25-60 … Continue reading
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Chalet Cheese Cooperative: The Stinky Cheesemakers
All I knew about Limburger cheese before my visit to the Chalet Cheese Coop in Green County revolved around the antics of the Stinky Cheese Man in the children’s book by Jon Scieszka. Turns out that’s only a part of … Continue reading
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June Dairy Month & Winning Wisconsin Farm Facts
In honor of June Dairy Month I had the pleasure of enjoying an incredible, cheese-filled weekend in the Madison, WI area with the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board. Truly, it was divine. A bus full of media and food bloggers traveled … Continue reading
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Tagged cheese, cows, June dairy month, milk marketing board, Wisconsin
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