Guild
A link to articles on Guild
ARCHIVE of Guild Articles
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.
Join The Guild
Maine Cheese Guild Meeting Schedule for 2010
All times 10:00am – 2:00pm unless otherwise noted
- December 14, 2009 at 12pm – 4pm – Christmas Party, Liberty Fields Farm, Saco
- January 12, 10am to Noon - at Agricultural Trade Show in Augusta
- February 15- University of Maine, Orono
- April 5 – Edible Rind, Scarborough
- May 10 – Sunset Acres, Brooksville
- June 21 – Appleton Creamery, Appleton
- August 16 – Olde Oak Farm, Maxfield
- October 4 – Monroe Cheese Studio, Monroe
- November 2 – Annual Meeting at State of Maine Cheese Co., Rockport
- December 13 at 12pm – 4pm – Hahn’s End Creamery, Phippsburg
Download a Maine Cheese Guild Brochure of Producing Members
Contact Information:
(send general inquires to)
The Maine Cheese Guild
c/o State of Maine Cheese Co.
461 Commercial Street
Rockport, ME 04846
Phone- (207) 323-2664, please leave message
Fax- (207) 236-9591
(please send invoice or account statements directly to the Treasurer)
Email
Guild Information -
email guild for information
Maine Cheese Guild Newsletter Editor -
email the editor
Membership Inquiries -
email membership
To add your name to our cheese buyers mailing list
email about cheese
To get on a notification list and be the first to know when our sampler goes on sale at the holiday season, send an email with cheese_buyer in the subject field. See Privacy Policy.
Correspondence relating to the web site
email webmaster
Officers and Board of Directors
Officers:
Eric Rector, President (2008), Board (2008)
Monroe Cheese Studio, Monroe
Cathe Morril, Vice President (2008), Board (2007)
State of Maine Cheese Co., Rockport
Mark Whitney, Treasurer (2009), Board (2008)
Pineland Farms, New Gloucester
Caitlin Hunter, Secretary (2009), Board (2009)
Appleton Creamy, Appleton
Board:
Anne Bossi, Sunset Acres, Brooksville (2006)
Deb Hahn, Hahn’s End Creamery (2006)
Heidi Kingelhofer, Five Islands Farm (2008)
Beth Whitman, Townhouse Farm (2006)
Anne Tripp, Liberty Fields Farm (2008)
Jennifer Betancourt, Silvery Moon Creamery at Smiling Hill Farm (2009)
Mary Belding, Little Falls Farm (2006)
Guild Membership & Application
ABOUT MEMBERSHIP:
The Guild welcomes any individual who is a friend of the Maine cheese trade including all farmstead and artisanal cheesemakers, small dairy producers, sellers, suppliers, chefs, consumers and researchers with an interest in cheesemaking, dairying and cultured milk products.
MEMBERSHIP LEVELS:
Principal Members: Any individual, organization or other entity that is producing cheese or milk products in Maine, milking dairy animals in Maine, or involved with getting Maine made cheese, milk, or milk products to the consumer.
Associate Members: Any other individual, organization or other entity with an active interest in the Maine cheesemaking, dairy or agricultural communities.
DUES:
Membership dues have been set for $25 a year and are come due in October. This includes newsletters, reduced workshop fees, Guild product stickers, listing and links on the web site, inclusion in promotional materials about Maine cheeses (if a cheese producer), and access to the members only section of the web site.
APPLICATION:
To become a member please visit and print Maine Cheese Guild Application. You may also email or call the Guild and request an application via snail mail.
Print out and complete the application and send it along with $25 check payable to The Maine Cheese Guild
Mail to: The Maine Cheese Guild
c/o Mark Whitney, Treasurer
Pineland Farms
32 Farm View Drive
New Gloucester, Maine 04260
Email membership inquiries:
