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Serious Cheese: Counting Money? No, Counting Sheep

Every Tuesday, Jamie Forrest drops by with Serious Cheese. Photograph courtesy of Hidden Springs Creamery Yesterday's Wall Street Journal ran an interesting article about folks who have given up the corporate life for a life on the farm making cheese. It profiles Wisconsinite Brenda Jensen, whose Hidden Springs Creamery burst on the scene last year with a first place finish in the fresh sheep's milk cheese category at the American Cheese Society annual competition. Crafting small batches of hand-made sheep's milk cheeses, Jensen is beating a new path in a state with an entrenched dairy industry that is decidedly non-artisanal and heavily cow-focused. I (and probably most cheese lovers) have at least fantasized about leaving their urban existence behind to...

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4 Comments | Posted by Jamie Forrest, November 11, 2008 at 4:30 PM
Tagged: cheese, cheese farming, cheesemaking, farming