A Vegan Cheese Beat Dairy in a Big Competition. Then the Plot Curdled.

The Good Food Foundation that oversees the awards at first offered a compromise solution: If, in fact, the Climax cheese was a winner, it announced, the foundation would name a co-winner. Then the foundation would reevaluate for next year, perhaps creating a new category or moving them into the broader snacks cohort.

US Artisanal Cheese Boosts Dairy and Goes Green

August 22, 2023 Hannah Howard, The Guardian

Even with a gutted dairy sector and financial precarity, American artisanal cheese has never been so prolific, creative and delicious.

Family Creamery Bellwether Farms Shows Just How Much ‘Whole is Better’

December 1, 2020 Bellwether Farms

Nestled in the rolling hills of the Sonoma County coast, Bellwether Farms lovingly crafts dairy products including yogurts and cheeses using full-fat sheep’s milk and cow’s milk and traditional, artisanal techniques.

Artisanal American Cheese Was Finally on Top of the World, and Then the World Fell Apart

October 7, 2020 Jaya Saxena, Eater

Talking to Joe Berkowitz, author of “American Cheese,” about the United States’ blossoming artisanal cheese scene, and the challenges it faces amid wildfires and a pandemics it faces amid wildfires and a pandemic.