Download MP3 (Full Episode)
Cutting the Curd: Penny Sagawa of Spring Gap Mountain Creamery (15:12)
Tags:
Cutting the Curd, Anne Saxelby, Heritage Radio Network, State of Cheese, West Virgina Cheese, Penny Sagawa, Spring Gap Mountain Creamery, paw paws, cow's chese, Jersey Gold cheese, washed rind cheese, raw millk cheese, building a cheese plant, cheesemaking advice, cheese equipment, humidity and temperature control, farmer's market, Whole Foods, cheese distribution, Three Shepherds, Linda Faillaice,Terry Clap of TLC Farm Goat Dairy (19:18)
Tags:
Terry Clap, TLC Farm Goat Dairy, Ripley, West Virginia, healthier ways to eat, goat milk products, Grade A goat dairy, commercial rafters, stainless steel boilers, FDA certified, USDA Certified, birthing goats, plain farmers cheese, cold smoking, firm cheeses, Glengarry, Thermo-Clean, Andrew Heller, pasteurizers,Download MP3 (Full Episode)
Photo 1: Grayson cheese from Meadow Creek Dairy, Photo 2: Virginia map
Cutting the Curd: The State of Cheese - Virginia (14:51)
Tags:
Anne Saxelby, Cutting the Curd, Hearst Ranch, Helen Feete, Virginia, Meadow Creek Dairy, Appalachian Mountains, off the Blue Ridge parkway, Grayson County, old time and bluegrass music, the music started in the mountains of Virginia and North Carolina, is Southwestern Virginia traditionally a dairy area?, up through the 60's and 70's there were many dairy farms, small processing plants, Helen has always had a food passion, she wanted to make cheese from the beginning but stuck to dairy at first, American farmstead cheese, people start with an idea of a cheese and develop it into a new unique creature, expressive of the farm it comes from, The Mountaineer, Jessa Gill, washed rine cheeses, Tallegio, Meadow Creek Dairy won 2nd place American Cheese Society,Helen Feete of Meadow Creek Dairy (15:19)
Tags:
dealing with regulations in Virginia, influencing policy and regulation, Helen is one of the biggest raw milk producers in the state, testing levels, bacteria levels, Grayson, keeping everything within a 2 day range, UPS, mail order cheese, a few distributors pick up at the farm, mountainous regions in Europe, seasonal dairy, they don't make cheese until cows are at pasture in April, they make cheese until December, the marketplace is the best situation for educating people about cheese and selling it, 9 month dairy season, cheese marketing, raw milk consortium for Slow Food, raw milk cheese makers are consistently ahead of the game, quality and integrity of production, more education means more cheese and better cheese!, self sufficiancy for small farms, www.meadowcreekdairy.com, they take season long iterns,Download MP3 (Full Episode)
"The U.S. and Mexico are neighbors, and we think we know a lot about each other, but there are other things that we are so ignorant about." [8:30]
"The Mexico in America is growing, diverse, and beautiful!" [12:40]
-- Pati Jinich on Hot Grease






