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When Milkmaids Meet: The Power of Women-Only Spaces


The hunger to connect with other women is strong. So strong that it pulled 40 women from around the world to a small cattle farm in Accord, New York on a sunny Saturday in May to attend the first annual Meeting of the Milkmaids.

Celebrating Women in Cheese, 2023


To celebrate Women’s History Month, culture and Murray’s Cheese collaborated on an exciting project to spotlight the amazing women in cheese.

This Rare Pig-Rennet Cheese is Made Exclusively by Women


Photo credit: © Archivio Slow Food The prized cheese from Italy’s Abruzzo region is made exclusively by women I first encountered the unique sheep’s milk cheese Pecorino di Farindola while browsing at the Eataly cheese counter in Florence, Italy. I noticed a sign for a pecorino made with caglio suino (pig rennet), something I’d never […]

Shop Talk: Women Wheeling Forward


These female-run cheese shops around the country are making waves in their communities…and they’re loving every second of it.

Cheese Icons to Celebrate this Women’s History Month


This month (and every month) we’re celebrating the women in cheese who produce, sell, serve, and educate about the wedges and wheels we love.

In Queso You Missed It: February 21st


Here’s what you might have missed this week in cheese news! Our February 21st edition of IQYMI includes cheese releases, industry headlines, and more.

Behind the Label: Dorothy’s Comeback Cow


With its apricot color and old-fashioned illustration, the design of the label on Dorothy’s Comeback Cow makes this cheese hard to ignore.

Voicings: Rachel Fritz Schaal


We asked Schaal to name some of her essentials, the can’t-live-without-’em items that bring her joy and make this “the best job I’ve ever had.”

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