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Find out more about the cheese artisans that Wisconsinmade.com represents:
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- The Babcock Hall Dairy Store was built in 1951.
- Master Cheesemaker Gary Grossen creates award winning cheese for Babcock Hall.
- Gary is specializes in Muenster, Brick, and Cheddar and is currently working on becoming a master in Gouda and Havarti.
- Gary placed 2nd in the Brick cheese category at the 2011 US Championship Cheese contest.
- University of Wisconsin students work hard to fill Babcock Hall Dairy orders for Wisconsinmade.com.
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- The Carr Family has been making cheese for over 100 years.
- Owned and operated by Master Cheesemaker Sid Cook who has over 15 years of advanced training in cheesemaking.
- Sid received his cheesemaking license at the mild age of 16.
- Carr Valley cheeses have won over 60 national and international awards.
- Carr Valley produces over 100 different varieties of cheese including Cocoa Cardona- a one of a kind cheese rubbed with cocoa powder.
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- Cedar Grove was the first cheese producer to pledge that all products would be free of Bovine Growth Hormone.
- Cedar Grove offers several certified organic cheese varieties include Mild Cheddar, Monterey Jack and Muenster. 376
- Cedar Grove cares about the environment and cleans waste water leftover from the cheesemaking process.
- Six certified cheesemakers supervise the cheesemaking process at Cedar Grove.
- Cheesemaking at Cedar Grove begins at 11pm, and the process isn't finished until 9pm the next night.
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- Decatur Dairy is a co-op with more than 70 members.
- Master Cheesemaker Steve Stettler creates unique cheeses at Decatur Dairy.
- Steve specializes in Brick, Farmer's, Havarti and Muenster cheese.
- In the 2011 US Championship Cheese Contest Decatur Dairy won first place in Havarti.
- Cheese curds usually come in the cheddar variety, but Decatur Dairy makes a unique Muenster cheese curd.
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- The Carr Cheese Factory was purchased by the Gile family in 1946.
- Owner Tim Gile is a third generation cheesemaker.
- Gile Cheese has won over 200 awards.
- 75% of these awards are first place awards.
- Tim's daughters assist in the cheesemaking, making Gile cheese a real family affair.
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- Owned and operated by the Penterman Family who emigrated from the Netherlands in 2002.
- Holland's Family Cheese is made using traditional Dutch methods.
- Cheeses age for up to 60 days in a cellar with wooden shelves that came from Holland.
- The dairy cows that produce the milk for Holland's Family cheese are pampered! They sleep on soft bedding and are cooled with fans in the summer.
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- Mt. Sterling is a member owned and operated cooperative.
- The Co-Op is made up of over 40 family operated goat dairies.
- Mt. Sterling has been making goat cheese since 1976.
- Mt. Sterling goat cheese is 100% natural with no colorings or additives.
- Each time milk is picked up from a Mt. Sterling goat dairy, it is sampled and tested for quality.
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- Pasture Pride uses milk from cows provided by Amish Farmers.
- Pasture Pride specializes in baked cheeses called Juusto.
- Pasture Pride's Juusto comes in several varieties including Italian, Chipotle, Jalapeno and Guusto- a juusto made with goat's milk.
- Master Cheesemaker Tom Torkelson oversees cheesemaking at Pasture Pride.
- Tom is a master in Brick and Muenster Cheese varieties.
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- Roth Kase makes artisan cheese in both American and European traditions.
- Kase is the German word for cheese.
- The Kase family began making cheese in Switzerland in 1863.
- In 1991 Felix and Ulrich Roth and Fermo Jaeckle came to Wisconsin to start Roth Kase USA.
- Won over 100 regional, national, and international awards.
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- Seymour Dairy was established in 2005.
- Cheesemakers uses European methods to make a variety of Blue cheese.
- President Mike Brennenstuhl has over 32 years of cheesemaking experience.
- Their Ader Kase Blue Cheese won Best in Class in the 2008 World Cheese Championships.
- Ader Kase is German for "veined cheese".
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- The Zimmerman family has been making cheese in Wisconsin since the 1930s.
- The passion for cheesemaking has been carried on through 3 generations of Zimmermans.
- The plant produces over 40,000 pounds of cheese per day.
- 60 local dairies provide milk for Zimmerman Cheese.
- Zimmerman Cheese won multiple awards at the 2010 World Cheese Championship.
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