Fancy Food Show Cancelled: What’s Next for Industry Gatherings?
With Delta variant cases rising and the pace of vaccination slowing, the US is experiencing an era of the ongoing pandemic that feels a bit like limbo.
Weathering the Storm: The cheese industry looks back at its pandemic year
Looking back at COVID’s major impact on the cheese world throughout 2020.
Cheesemongering in the Time of COVID: New England Shops
Check out how these businesses in New England have been coping with the pandemic and using their innate persistence to bounce back.
Cheesemongering in the Time of COVID: Wisconsin Small Shop Spotlight
COVID-19 has turned the world upside down, upending life as we know it for small businesses. But these Wisconsin shops have found creative ways to thrive.
Cheesemongering in the Time of COVID: Small Shop Spotlight (NJ + PA)
Check out how these businesses in New Jersey and Pennsylvania have been coping with the pandemic and using their innate persistence to bounce back.
Lively Run Dairy Bridges Gap Between Surplus Milk and Food Banks in Need
Three weeks ago a photo appeared at the top of social media feeds featuring cascades of milk spilling from the back of a truck, pooling in the grass, underneath the headline, “Help make cheese with surplus milk for Food Banks.” The attached GoFundMe link was quickly shared to hundreds throughout the Finger Lakes community, and […]
Personal Touch
Massage therapist. Tattoo artist. Hairdresser. These are a few of the professions that require physical human interaction, if not constant human touch. In recent months, we’ve seen previously contact-centric businesses pivot to meet the needs of their clients without putting themselves and others at risk of infection. In the most unfortunate cases, we’ve seen these […]
Borrowed Dime
There’s a general rule of thumb when shopping for cheese: Estimate that each of your guests will consume about a quarter pound of cheese in total, and buy accordingly (the arbiters of this rule have clearly never visited our office). This ensures that everyone gets at least a taste of each type of cheese, and […]
You Can Count on Mongers
The necessity of sustenance affords mongers a guaranteed income amid COVID-19-related shutdowns, even if that payoff comes with a price.
Nowhere To Go
Schools, office cafeterias, and many restaurants have shuttered in an effort to halt the spread of COVID-19. There’s almost nowhere for new milk to go.
