2026

Conference sessions

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

Josh Windsor, Murray’s Cheese

Practical Science: Cheese Microbe Identification

Professor Benjamin Wolfe, Tufts University

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

Research: The Ins and Outs of Extended Goat Lactation

Hannah Sessions, Blue Ledge Farm

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

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

Reimagining the Future of Cheese

Trevor Warmedahl, MilkTrekker and The Sour Milk School

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

Zoe Brickley, Cellars at Jasper Hill