Buying Cheese When buying cheese, it’s best to find a reliable source, such as a specialty market, cheese shop, or gourmet foods store that specializes in cheeses. Often, your local farmer’s market and a cheesemaker’s Web site are excellent resources, as you will often … Continue reading
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Cheese Reads
We love to read about cheese! Here are some of our favorite publications. Looking for more about how to buy and serve cheese? Contact Us! Looking for more about how to buy and serve cheese? Read our Tips for Cheese Lovers. … Continue reading
Member Profile: Surfing Goat Dairy
While the majority of us are in the depths of the cold, dark winter, and dreaming of warm, sunny escapes, ACS’s only Hawaiian member is enjoying the season. Surfing Goat Dairy, located in Kula, HI, continues to be as busy … Continue reading
Cheese Profile: Rogue River Blue
By Marcella Wright, ACS Certified Cheese Professional It’s fall and for blue cheese fans, that means it’s Rogue River Blue time… I’ll just say it at the top of this profile, David Gremmels and Cary Bryant are two of my … Continue reading
Oregon Cheese Festival
Taste and buy cheese, drinks, and accompaniments from artisan and specialty producers from Oregon and beyond. Treat yourself to beverages by the glass and food carts. Celebrate cheese together again!
Support Our Cheesemakers: Share a Cheeseboard
JOIN APRIL 25TH 4 PM MST AND SHARE A CHEESEBOARD FOR DINNER! Live stream via Instagram (@support_our _cheesemakers) and Facebook (@supportourcheesemakers) Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of our American artisan cheesemakers have been negatively impacted by the closure of … Continue reading
American Cheese Society Resources
The American Cheese Society is dedicated to providing its members, industry professionals, and cheese enthusiasts with educational resources. Whether you are seeking information about best practices in cheesemaking, hoping to get a better understanding of the terms used in the … Continue reading
Di Bruno Brothers Cheddar & Horseradish with Bacon
Profile By: Marcella Wright, ACS CCP™ With the Super Bowl right around the corner, I thought I would profile a Cheese Spread that I found on Hilton Head Island when I was there last month. In the early 1930’s Danny … Continue reading
Award-Winning Tania Toscana
This past August in Madison, I had the pleasure of being introduced to Tania Toscana, an aged sheep milk cheese from Ontario, Canada’s Mariposa Dairy. It was love at first bite. In 1989, Bruce and Sharon Vandeberg, longing to work … Continue reading
Featured Cheese: Sartori’s Cognac BellaVitano
Just in time for the holidays, Sartori Company is releasing its Limited Edition Cognac BellaVitano, Winner of The Super Gold (Best US Cheese) at the 2012 World Cheese Awards. Each wheel is hand-inspected and signed by one of the Master Cheesemakers … Continue reading
Montréal Fromagiers
by Liz Campbell For many North Americans, meat comes on a Styrofoam tray, bread comes from a plastic bag and cheese comes in a pretty plastic package – and all of these come from a giant building called a supermarket. … Continue reading
Media Room
General Media Inquiries and Interview Requests 720-328-2788 | Contact Us Recent Releases & Updates 7/19/2023: “St. Malachi,” an Alpine-Style Cheese from Pennslyvania, Named First Place Best of Show at 2023 American Cheese Society Judging & Competition 7/17/2023: Cheese Pros Descend … Continue reading
Education & Opportunities
Find ways to get involved with ACS and the cheese industry here! Check out our educational programming, post your own events to the Industry Events Calendar, search for employment opportunities, explore our directories and Classifieds listings, and learn about volunteer … Continue reading
Connecting Buyers and Suppliers: The Small Business Perspective
Connecting Buyers and Suppliers: The Small Business Perspective with Evelyn Ignatow and Andrew Ignatow, Hyde Park Gourmet Join Evelyn and Andrew Ignatow of Hyde Park Gourmet Food and Wine as they provide their thoughts and insights as a small … Continue reading
ACS Member Profiles
Faces and Stories of Our Community We love our members at ACS and want to share their stories far and wide. Keep checking back for more of their stories! If you’re an ACS member who’d like to be featured, contact … Continue reading
Featured Cheese: Zingerman’s Lincoln Log
By: Marcella Wright, ACS CCP This winter has been brutal in many parts of the country, with Michigan receiving record snowfalls. A few weeks ago, I found myself driving in a snow storm from Kalamazoo to Detroit looking forward to … Continue reading
Classified Ads
Do you have equipment for sale? Land, a farm, or a creamery to sell or lease? Submit an ACS Classified Listing by emailing [email protected] with your ad and photos. Ads are free for ACS members, and $25 for non-members. Do … Continue reading
Third-Party Audits Training
Learn everything you need to know about third-party audits from a long-time auditor, a retailer requiring audits, and distributors and cheesemakers who have gone through them. Though intended for cheesemakers, anyone who engages in third-party audits is welcome to attend. … Continue reading
Working with Brokers: Staying Productive during the Pandemic with Michael Reich, Hanson Faso and Dianne Keeler Bruce, DKB Sales & Marketing, Inc.
Specialty food brokers are an important conduit between makers and buyers. Learn how the pandemic has affected the day-to-day work of brokers and how they perceive that role will change in the future. Join Michael Reich, Hanson Faso and Dianne … Continue reading
Impact of COVID-19 on the American Cheese Industry
ACS SURVEY KEY FINDINGS: How Is the COVID-19 Pandemic Impacting Your Business and the American Cheese Industry? In May 2020, the American Cheese Society (ACS) surveyed 980 artisan cheese community members including cheesemakers, cheesemongers, retailers, buyers, and other industry … Continue reading
Supply Chain, Staffing and Customer Challenges
Join Emilio Mignucci, VP of Culinary Pioneering, DiBruno Bros. as he provides perspective on retail and online sales, the supply chain, importing issues, managing staff during a crisis, and how his customers are buying right now. NOTE: This is the … Continue reading
Communications During A Crisis
The coronavirus is having an impact on the way that everyone does business. As companies adapt to new circumstances, it’s important to communicate business information with accuracy and empathy. Join Ed Tagliaferri, Executive Vice President, DKC, as he addresses key … Continue reading
Insurance Considerations Related to the Pandemic, Heffernan Insurance
Specialty food companies of all sizes have questions about insurance coverage during this challenging time of the coronavirus pandemic. Join Peter Picetti. Senior Vice President, Heffernan Insurance Brokers, as he addresses considerations including worker’s compensation, property and business income, cyber … Continue reading
Addressing COVID-19
We value and respect the investment and confidence you place in the American Cheese Society (ACS). We know during this pandemic many in our community are facing tough choices for their families, their businesses, and their future. Our team is … Continue reading
Industry Data
The American artisan, farmstead, and specialty cheese industry has been growing for decades, with more producers venturing into cheesemaking to meet growing consumer demand for unique, local, natural cheeses made using traditional methods. State of the U.S. Artisan/Specialty Cheese Industry … Continue reading
Cheese Profile: River’s Edge Chevre
By Marcella Wright, ACS CCP™ While opening cheese counters for Murray’s Cheese, I fell in love with the award-winning cheeses made by Pat Morford and her daughters at River’s Edge Chevre in Oregon. Pat has owned goats most of her … Continue reading
2024 Meet the Cheesemaker
Meet the Cheesemaker takes place during the ACS Annual Conference. The event enables producers of cheese and cultured dairy products to meet with and sample products to hundreds of key industry distributors, retailers, buyers, and food writers from throughout … Continue reading