The Maine Cheese Guild

Recent Articles About The Guild or Maine Cheese

Cheese Guild Members Willing To Teach 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

Maine Cheese Guild Schedule
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

Regional Councils and Guilds

http://www.mainemicrodairy.org/ - Maine MicroDairy Cooperative ***they exist to answer the questions of how to get licensed on a small scale!!!
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

Cheese and Milk - General Interest

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

Maine Public Services

www.maine.gov/agriculture - Maine Department of Agriculture

www.state.me.us/agriculture/ahi/dip.htm - Maine Dept of Agriculture, Dairy Inspections

www.state.me.us/agriculture/ahi/ahisr.htm - Maine rules governing milk production and milk products

To page top Gary Anderson, Extension Animal and Bio-Sciences Specialist
E-mail: garya@umext.maine.edu
http://www.umext.maine.edu/topics/dairy.htm

Beth Calder, Extension Food Science Specialist
Email: beth.calder@umit.maine.edu
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.org - Maine Gourmet and Specialty Foods Producer

Photos of Guild Member's Cheese
courtesy of:
Russell French Studio
46 Romasco Lane
Portland, Maine 04101
207-874-0011
© 2004 Russell French