Spring Brook Farm: Raising a New Generation of Cheese Lovers With Raclette

January 24, 2023

Located in Reading, Vermont, Spring Brook Farm has been making delicious raw milk Alpine style cheeses since 2008. That cheese is a natural extension of their primary mission: a self-sustaining non-profit outdoor agrarian classroom for schoolchildren from urban backgrounds.

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January 2023 Cheese of the Month Club Selections

December 26, 2022

Our first cheese club shipment of 2023 features three cheeses particularly rooted in European cheesemaking traditions, but could only have been made in America.

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Ploughgate Creamery's Cultured Butter Starts a New Chapter

December 09, 2022

A young, intrepid cheesemaker named Marisa Mauro churns some of the country's best butter. Here's what comes next.

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December 2022 Cheese of the Month Club Selections

November 23, 2022

The December shipment of our monthly cheese club features a beer-washed wheel, a square-shaped bloomy rind goat cheese, and a grass-fed taste of Appalachia. Read on to learn about this month's selections and sign up to have this month's club shipped straight to your door!

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Sustainable Cheese—and Cheesemaking—on the von Trapp Farmstead

November 15, 2022

Sebastian von Trapp is the third generation to tend the land on this Vermont farmstead, and the first to turn to cheesemaking as a way to preserve a family legacy.

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November 2022 Cheese of the Month Club Selections

November 01, 2022

The November shipment of our monthly cheese club features three beloved cheeses made in three very different ways. Read on to learn about this month's selections and sign up to have this month's club shipped straight to your door!

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Old Chatham Creamery: Shepherd of New York

October 26, 2022

In the world of American cheesemaking, sheep milk is a rarity. But Old Chatham Creamery isn't just surviving as a sheep milk dairy; it's thriving.

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How to Pair Cheese and Cider

October 07, 2022

Sure you've heard of pairing cheese with wine, but have you tried pairing with cider? Here in the United States we're in a golden age of cidermaking, which is just winemaking by another name. In some cider producing parts of Europe that double as notable cheesemaking regions, cider and cheese are thick as thieves.

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What is an Alpine style Cheese?

September 30, 2022

Alpine cheese refers to any cheese that is made using methods similar to those made in the Alps. Think of the "Swiss" cheeses: Gruyere, Emmenthale...

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October 2022 Cheese of the Month Club Selections

September 27, 2022

The October shipment of our monthly cheese club is all about big flavors from big families. All three cheeses come from family-owned creameries, including the famous Von Trapp homestead and one run by 14 (count 'em) siblings! Read on to learn about this month's selections and sign up to have this month's club shipped straight to your door!

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September 2022 Cheese of the Month Club Selections

September 01, 2022

The September shipment of our monthly cheese club features two raw milk cheeses and a special bloomy rind with a touch of blue cheese funk! Read on to learn about this month's selections and sign up to have this month's club shipped straight to your door!

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August 2022 Cheese of the Month Club Selections

August 02, 2022

The August shipment of our monthly cheese club is a summery variety pack of young and aged cheeses. Read on to learn about this month's selections and sign up to have this month's club shipped straight to your door!

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