Chris Bradley from Gramercy Tavern comes by and talks about his involvement in the cheese community. Also on the show, Mateo Kehler.

Sarah Kaufmann, aka "The Cheese Lady", is this week's guest on Cutting the Curd with Anne Saxelby & Sophie Slesinger. Learn about her massive cheese sculptures and the tradition of cheese carving. Sarah has contributed to the largest cheese sculpture in the world according to Guiness, and has also created dairy versions of everybody from Peyton Manning to James Beard! If you've ever wondered how to combine cheese and art, this episode is a must-listen. This episode was sponsored by Hearst Ranch.

Julia Olmstead is a senior associate in the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy’s Rural Communities Program. She works on domestic biofuel policy, climate change, and Mississippi River navigation policy. For the last decade Julia has worked on issues related to agriculture and biofuels as a researcher and journalist. She serves on the Organizational Council of the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and was formerly a graduate fellow with the Land Institute in Salina, KS. She holds an M.S. in plant breeding and sustainable agriculture from Iowa State University, an M.J. in journalism from the University of California-Berkeley and a B.A. in botany and Spanish from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Julia hails from St. Paul, MN and is excited to be transitioning to a new position soon with working to create farmer-led watershed councils in western Wisconsin with University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension. This episode has been sponsored by Hearst Ranch.

"I think that we right now are sort of in a status quo. Corn prices are so high, that I don't think farmers can think about growing something else." [16:00] -- Julia Olmstead on Greenhorn Radio