2026

Conference sessions

saturday, January 31

9:00 Opening

9:15 Reimagining the Future of Cheese

Trevor Warmedahl, MilkTrekker and The Sour Milk School

11:00 Grass Farming for Cheese Milk Panel: Small Ruminants

Hannah Sessions, Blue Ledge Farm

Laini Fondiller, Lazy Lady Farm

Yesenia Ielpi Major, Vermont Shepherd

Moderator: Gianaclis Caldwell, Pholia Farm

12:30 Lunch

1:30 Research: The Ins and Outs of Extended Goat Lactation

Hannah Sessions, Blue Ledge Farm

2:30 Practical Science: Cheese Microbe Identification

Professor Benjamin Wolfe, Tufts University

4:30 Meet the Maker

sunday, february 1

9:00 Two Sides of The Same Coin - The Lost Art of Multi-Curd Cheeses

Brian Civitello, Mystic Cheese, & Peter Dixon, Parish Hill Creamery

10:30 Beyond the Recipe: Building a Sensory Program for Artisan Cheese Makers

Josh Windsor, Murray’s Cheese

12:00 Lunch & Round Table

2:00 Keynote: Cheese: A Manifestation of the Human Relationship with Nature

Zoe Brickley, Cellars at Jasper Hill