Summertime is when cheesemakers and dairy farmers are at their busiest — and that’s saying something. So we’re taking a little break to make hay (literally!) while the sun shines, with brand new episodes with more cheesemakers we admire coming at you this fall. In the meantime, catch up on our back catalog, be sure to subscribe, and please rate and review us — it means so much. Thanks to all of you for your support, and we’ll be back in your ears soon with more cheesy content!

Summertime is when cheesemakers and dairy farmers are at their busiest — and that’s saying something. So we’re taking a little break to make hay (literally!) while the sun shines, with brand new episodes with more cheesemakers we admire coming at you this fall. In the meantime, catch up on our back catalog, be sure to subscribe, and please rate and review us — it means so much. Thanks to all of you for your support, and we’ll be back in your ears soon with more cheesy content!

Announcement: Summer Break!

Rebecca Seidel

Startup dairy, diversifying the industry, creative milk marketing, racism, income inequality, the urban-rural divide — we dig into all these important topics and more in today’s interview with our good friend Rebecca Seidel, farmer-cheesemaker at the forthcoming One Horn Farm! She’s a third-generation dairy farmer reviving her family’s Berks County dairy who brings a really unique perspective on dairy thanks to her agricultural upbringing, off-farm education, and a decade of experience in dairy and cheesemaking. Such an inspiring chat! Follow Rebecca on Instagram @caseinmicelles and Twitter @casein_micelles for her thoughts on ag and news about One Horn Farm’s upcoming debut.

Startup dairy, diversifying the industry, creative milk marketing, racism, income inequality, the urban-rural divide — we dig into all these important topics and more in today’s interview with our good friend Rebecca Seidel, farmer-cheesemaker at the forthcoming One Horn Farm! She’s a third-generation dairy farmer reviving her family’s Berks County dairy who brings a really unique perspective on dairy thanks to her agricultural upbringing, off-farm education, and a decade of experience in dairy and cheesemaking. Such an inspiring chat! Follow Rebecca on Instagram @caseinmicelles and Twitter @casein_micelles for her thoughts on ag and news about One Horn Farm’s upcoming debut.

An Interview with Rebecca Seidel of One Horn Farm

Mark Gillman

On today’s episode, the cheese dames chat with Mark Gillman, second-generation cheesemaker at Connecticut's Cato Corner Farm! Mark is one of the crew of cheesemakers collaborating on the Cornerstone Project, using an open-source recipe for making cheese with native cultures harvested from his own herd to best express the terroir of his farm. He’s also an award-winning cheesemaker — and his Bloomsday, a cheddar-esque washed rind wheel, is a featured guest cheese in Collective Creamery shares this coming week! 

On today’s episode, the cheese dames chat with Mark Gillman, second-generation cheesemaker at Connecticut's <a href="http://www.catocornerfarm.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cato Corner Farm</a>! Mark is one of the crew of cheesemakers collaborating on the <a href="http://www.cornerstoneoriginal.com/story.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cornerstone Project</a>, using an open-source recipe for making cheese with native cultures harvested from his own herd to best express the terroir of his farm. He’s also an award-winning cheesemaker — and his Bloomsday, a cheddar-esque washed rind wheel, is a featured guest cheese in Collective Creamery shares this coming week!

An Interview with Mark Gillman of Cato Corner Farm

David Major

Vermont Shepherd

Our cheesemakers are back from their whirlwind trip to Vermont, where they got the chance to sit down with a true OG of American artisan sheep cheese, David Major of Vermont Shepherd! David has been raising sheep and making award-winning wheels on his Putney farm for 30 years, and now, the third generation of his family has joined in on the cheesemaking fun. In this episode, we talk with David about what it was like to start a sheep dairy way back when (buying plastic bowls from the drugstore and drilling holes in them for molds, for example), cheese marketing, and how much the sheep cheese scene has changed.

Our cheesemakers are back from their whirlwind trip to Vermont, where they got the chance to sit down with a true OG of American artisan sheep cheese, David Major of <a href="http://vermontshepherd.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vermont Shepherd</a>! David has been raising sheep and making award-winning wheels on his Putney farm for 30 years, and now, the third generation of his family has joined in on the cheesemaking fun. In this episode, we talk with David about what it was like to start a sheep dairy way back when (buying plastic bowls from the drugstore and drilling holes in them for molds, for example), cheese marketing, and how much the sheep cheese scene has changed.

An Interview with David Major of Vermont Shepherd

Kate Turcotte

When we first interviewed Kate Turcotte at the American Cheese Society Conference last summer, she and her husband were preparing to take over cheesemaking operations at Vermont’s iconic Orb Weaver Farm. Now, they’re up and running as Orb Weaver Creamery and experimenting with new cheeses, so we went back up to Vermont to get an update. Plus, you’ll get to hear from our amazing producer, Jordan Heil, on mic for the first time!Don’t forget: Collective Creamery subscriptions for Summer 2019 are on sale now! Households in Southeast PA and Spring Lake, NJ can sign up for our summer season of cheese (shipping to surrounding states will return when the weather cools in the fall). Click here for more info.

When we <a href="http://www.collectivecreamery.com/podcast/2018/10/13/an-interview-with-kate-turcotte-of-orb-weaver-farm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">first interviewed</a> Kate Turcotte at the American Cheese Society Conference last summer, she and her husband were preparing to take over cheesemaking operations at Vermont’s iconic Orb Weaver Farm. Now, they’re up and running as <a href="https://www.orbweavercreamery.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Orb Weaver Creamery</a> and experimenting with new cheeses, so we went back up to Vermont to get an update. Plus, you’ll get to hear from our amazing producer, Jordan Heil, on mic for the first time!Don’t forget: Collective Creamery subscriptions for Summer 2019 are on sale now! Households in Southeast PA and Spring Lake, NJ can sign up for our summer season of cheese (shipping to surrounding states will return when the weather cools in the fall). Click <a href="http://www.collectivecreamery.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> for more info.

An Interview with Kate Turcotte of Orb Weaver Creamery

Sean Fitzgerald

Our cheesemakers spent this past weekend cruising through the farm fields of New England, gathering even more maker interviews for future episodes — so we’re busting this interview with Sean Fitzgerald of Cherry Grove Farm out of the archives! This episode is a perfect companion to our last ep featuring Sean’s co-cheesemaker Paul Lawler. We hope you enjoy!For Pennsylvania folks: our Summer Cheese Share is now open! Find out more and sign up for a season of cheese with Collective Creamery here.

Our cheesemakers spent this past weekend cruising through the farm fields of New England, gathering even more maker interviews for future episodes — so we’re busting this interview with Sean Fitzgerald of Cherry Grove Farm out of the archives! This episode is a perfect companion to <a href="http://www.collectivecreamery.com/podcast/2019/4/1/an-interview-with-paul-lawler-of-cherry-grove-farm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">our last ep</a> featuring Sean’s co-cheesemaker Paul Lawler. We hope you enjoy!For Pennsylvania folks: our Summer Cheese Share is now open! Find out more and sign up for a season of cheese with Collective Creamery <a href="http://www.collectivecreamery.com/subscribe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.

An Interview with Sean Fitzgerald of Cherry Grove Farm

Paul Lawler

Our cheesemaker crew stopped by Cherry Grove Farm in Lawrenceville, NJ to interview their longtime head cheesemaker, Paul Lawler! (You can hear his colleague Sean Fitzgerald on one of our earliest episodes.) Even before he was a cheesemaker, Paul was a cheesemonger working to help makers in the region get their products to consumers in Philadelphia, and now, he makes some of the best cheeses in New Jersey. Get the scoop on their cheeses (and hear what cheesemakers listen to while they’re working) on today’s super-sized show!

Our cheesemaker crew stopped by <a href="https://www.cherrygrovefarm.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cherry Grove Farm</a> in Lawrenceville, NJ to interview their longtime head cheesemaker, Paul Lawler! (You can hear his colleague Sean Fitzgerald on one of our earliest episodes.) Even before he was a cheesemaker, Paul was a cheesemonger working to help makers in the region get their products to consumers in Philadelphia, and now, he makes some of the best cheeses in New Jersey. Get the scoop on their cheeses (and hear what cheesemakers listen to while they’re working) on today’s super-sized show!

An Interview with Paul Lawler of Cherry Grove Farm

Pete Demchur

On this episode, the cheese dames sit down with longtime southeast PA goat farmer and cheesemaker Pete Demchur of Shellbark Hollow Farm! He and Sue were two of the earliest artisan cheesemakers blazing a trail in the region’s artisan cheese movement more than a decade ago. Enjoy — and stay tuned for the Spring-Summer Collective Creamery cheese share to open very, very soon!We want your feedback! If you listen, please take our brief survey about the podcast: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/V7LDT29 

On this episode, the cheese dames sit down with longtime southeast PA goat farmer and cheesemaker Pete Demchur of <a href="http://www.shellbarkhollow.com/blog/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shellbark Hollow Farm</a>! He and Sue were two of the earliest artisan cheesemakers blazing a trail in the region’s artisan cheese movement more than a decade ago. Enjoy — and stay tuned for the Spring-Summer Collective Creamery cheese share to open very, very soon! We want your feedback! If you listen, please take our brief survey about the podcast: <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/V7LDT29" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/V7LDT29</a>

An Interview with Pete Demchur of Shellbark Hollow Farm

Jessie Dowling

Fuzzy Udder Creamery

In this episode, the Cheese Dames look north to Maine, where a campaign for food sovereignty has made the state a haven for artisan cheesemakers. We sat down with Jessie Dowling of Fuzzy Udder Creamery discuss the opportunities and challenges Maine’s regulations around dairy and cheese — the most permissive in the country — have created for the state’s bustling cheesemaking community.We want your feedback! If you listen, please take our brief survey about the podcast: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/V7LDT29

In this episode, the Cheese Dames look north to Maine, where a campaign for food sovereignty has made the state a haven for artisan cheesemakers. We sat down with Jessie Dowling of <a href="https://www.fuzzyudder.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fuzzy Udder Creamery</a> discuss the opportunities and challenges Maine’s regulations around dairy and cheese — the most permissive in the country — have created for the state’s bustling cheesemaking community.We want your feedback! If you listen, please take our brief survey about the podcast: <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/V7LDT29" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/V7LDT29</a>

An Interview with Jessie Dowling of Fuzzy Udder Creamery

Rynn Caputo

The cheese dames sit down with Rynn Caputo, head of the amazing Caputo Brothers Creamery! Their frozen cagliata curd and 95% whey ricotta — made with local milk from a neighboring Animal Welfare Approved dairy — have changed how we think about Italian-style cheeses and what “fresh mozzarella” really is.We want your feedback! If you listen, please take our brief survey about the podcast: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/V7LDT29

The cheese dames sit down with Rynn Caputo, head of the amazing <a href="https://caputobrotherscreamery.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Caputo Brothers Creamery</a>! Their frozen cagliata curd and 95% whey ricotta — made with local milk from a neighboring Animal Welfare Approved dairy — have changed how we think about Italian-style cheeses and what “fresh mozzarella” really is.We want your feedback! If you listen, please take our brief survey about the podcast: <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/V7LDT29" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/V7LDT29</a>

An Interview with Rynn Caputo of Caputo Brothers Creamery

First, we started a women-powered cheese subscription to get more artisan cheese from small-scale dairies on the American table. Now, we're slicing and dicing the stories behind some of our favorite wedges with in-depth cheesemaker interviews, pairing lessons, cheesy how-tos, and more.

My cheesemaking playlist is this podcast! Thanks so much for putting it into the world. Makes me feel more connected to the rest of the cheese world from my little corner of Vermont. Y’all are great!

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Awesome podcast. Love the highlighting of the makers!

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Sue Miller

Our very own Sue Miller is featured in today's interview. Hear the story of how she and her first-generation family dairy farm came back from the brink thanks to the power of cheesemaking.

Our very own Sue Miller is featured in today's interview. Hear the story of how she and her first-generation family dairy farm came back from the brink thanks to the power of cheesemaking.

An Interview with Sue Miller of Birchrun Hills Farm

The Collective Creamery crew digs into some of their favorite cheeses, including PA Farm Show Best in Show winner St. Malachi from The Farm at Doe Run. We pair these delectable wheels with some of our favorite locally made hard ciders and offer our tasting and pairing tips, too.Cheeses and ciders featured in this episode are from:Valley Milkhouse, Oley, PABirchrun Hills Farm, Birchrunville, PAThe Farm at Doe Run, Coatesville, PABig Hill Ciderworks, Gardners, PAFrecon Cidery, Boyertown, PA

The Collective Creamery crew digs into some of their favorite cheeses, including PA Farm Show Best in Show winner St. Malachi from The Farm at Doe Run. We pair these delectable wheels with some of our favorite locally made hard ciders and offer our tasting and pairing tips, too. Cheeses and ciders featured in this episode are from: <a href="http://valleymilkhouse.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Valley Milkhouse</a>, Oley, PA <a href="http://birchrunhillsfarm.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Birchrun Hills Farm</a>, Birchrunville, PA <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheFarmAtDoeRun/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Farm at Doe Run</a>, Coatesville, PA <a href="http://bighillcider.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Big Hill Ciderworks</a>, Gardners, PA <a href="https://freconfarms.com/cider/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Frecon Cidery</a>, Boyertown, PA

A Tasting with Valley Milkhouse + Pennsylvania Ciders

Sam Kennedy

Stacey Gentile

Did you miss us? The Collective Creamery crew is back with more cheesy episodes for your listening pleasure! In today’s ep, we sit down with Sam Kennedy and Stacey Gentile the PA cheese power couple behind Doe Run Farm, one of the winningest cheese outfits in the state! Their wheels have won multiple ACS awards and Best in Show ribbons from the PA Farm Show — the numbers don’t lie! We also dig into one of cheese’s most intriguing ingredients — rennet — in the first episode of our new season.

Did you miss us? The Collective Creamery crew is back with more cheesy episodes for your listening pleasure! In today’s ep, we sit down with Sam Kennedy and Stacey Gentile the PA cheese power couple behind <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheFarmAtDoeRun/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Doe Run Farm</a>, one of the winningest cheese outfits in the state! Their wheels have won multiple ACS awards and Best in Show ribbons from the PA Farm Show — the numbers don’t lie! We also dig into one of cheese’s most intriguing ingredients — rennet — in the first episode of our new season.

An Interview with Sam Kennedy and Stacey Gentile of Doe Run Farm

Molly Kroiz

Today’s interview is with Molly Kroiz, owner and cheesemaker at Georges Mill Farm Artisan Cheese in Virginia! Our crew met Molly through the PASA conference and the Pennsylvania Cheese Guild, and she’s one of our favorite badass cheesemaking women! After studying fisheries management, Molly met her husband Sam, and the two of them headed back to his family farm in Lovettsville to raise a sprightly herd of Alpine goats. Today, Molly makes beautiful goats’ milk cheeses, raises two little ones and and welcomes their community onto this 250-year-old farm property with activities like barn dances and baby goat feeding sessions in spring. We hope you enjoy this chat we had with her at the American Cheese Society Conference in Pittsburgh over the summer!

Today’s interview is with Molly Kroiz, owner and cheesemaker at <a href="http://georgesmillcheese.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Georges Mill Farm Artisan Cheese</a> in Virginia! Our crew met Molly through the PASA conference and the Pennsylvania Cheese Guild, and she’s one of our favorite badass cheesemaking women! After studying fisheries management, Molly met her husband Sam, and the two of them headed back to his family farm in Lovettsville to raise a sprightly herd of Alpine goats. Today, Molly makes beautiful goats’ milk cheeses, raises two little ones and and welcomes their community onto this 250-year-old farm property with activities like barn dances and baby goat feeding sessions in spring. We hope you enjoy this chat we had with her at the American Cheese Society Conference in Pittsburgh over the summer!

An Interview with Molly Kroiz of Georges Mill Farm Artisan Cheese

The Collective Creamery crew digs into a cheese board featuring Rarebird, a funky washed rind, with Cherry Grove Farm cheesemaker Sean Fitzgerald. Learn more about Cherry Grove at cherrygrovefarm.com, and sign up for our Summer 2018 cheese subscription at collectivecreamery.com!

The Collective Creamery crew digs into a cheese board featuring Rarebird, a funky washed rind, with Cherry Grove Farm cheesemaker Sean Fitzgerald. Learn more about Cherry Grove at <a href="http://cherrygrovefarm.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">cherrygrovefarm.com</a>, and sign up for our Summer 2018 cheese subscription at <a href="http://collectivecreamery.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">collectivecreamery.com</a>!

A Tasting with Sean Fitzgerald of Cherry Grove Farm 

David Rice

In today's episode, the Collective Creamery crew has some summertime updates in addition to a fantastic interview with David Rice, who along with his family has been raising a mixed heritage breed herd of cows on pasture and making artisan cheeses in Central Pennsylvania for 26 years. We talk with David about transitioning their dairy from conventional to grass-based, how he and his family make their award-winning raw milk wheels, and bringing the next generation into the cheesemaking business. 

In today's episode, the Collective Creamery crew has some summertime updates in addition to a fantastic interview with David Rice, who along with his family has been raising a mixed heritage breed herd of cows on pasture and making artisan cheeses in Central Pennsylvania for 26 years. We talk with David about transitioning their dairy from conventional to grass-based, how he and his family make their award-winning raw milk wheels, and bringing the next generation into the cheesemaking business.

An Interview with David Rice of Clover Creek Cheese Cellar

Brent Zimmerman

We took a field trip to meet up with Brent Zimmerman of Lime Kiln Farm in West Coxsackie in New York's beautiful Hudson Valley! Brent has one of the most fascinating stories of any cheesemaker we've come across: decades ago, he followed his heart to Tuscany, found a job as a herdsman, and then spent 25 years making amazing cheeses the Italian way. Several years ago, he and his partner bought the ~450-acre Lime Kiln Farm, where they're making the same fantastic aged and fresh cheeses and raising goat, cows, and sheep. Brent welcomed us into his farm store for a chat and a tasting of his truly fabulous cheeses, which have an Italian soul adapted to American regulations.Find Lime Kiln's cheeses (plus pasture-raised meats, eggs, and other goodies) at their farm store, and follow them on Instagram @limekilnfarmny to see when they're at farmers' markets in the region.

We took a field trip to meet up with Brent Zimmerman of Lime Kiln Farm in West Coxsackie in New York's beautiful Hudson Valley! Brent has one of the most fascinating stories of any cheesemaker we've come across: decades ago, he followed his heart to Tuscany, found a job as a herdsman, and then spent 25 years making amazing cheeses the Italian way. Several years ago, he and his partner bought the ~450-acre <a href="http://limekilnfarm.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lime Kiln Farm</a>, where they're making the same fantastic aged and fresh cheeses and raising goat, cows, and sheep. Brent welcomed us into his farm store for a chat and a tasting of his truly fabulous cheeses, which have an Italian soul adapted to American regulations.Find Lime Kiln's cheeses (plus pasture-raised meats, eggs, and other goodies) at their farm store, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/limekilnfarmny/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">follow them</a> on Instagram @limekilnfarmny to see when they're at farmers' markets in the region.

An Interview with Brent Zimmerman of Lime Kiln Farm

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