Cascadia Creamery (Trout Lake) and Girl Meets Dirt (Eastsound) are finalists in the 2022 Good Food Awards. Cascadia Creamery is a finalist for their cheese Glacier Blue, a natural-rind, raw-milk,…
read moreWASCA licensed cheesemaker member Lost Peacock Creamery was featured on the Tilth Alliance’s Farm Walks Podcast (season 2, episode 10). In the podcast, Rachael Taylor-Tuller shares her story of transitioning…
read moreWASCA’s executive director, Courtney Johnson, was interviewed on the July 28 episode of The Mobile Monger Podcast. The podcast is a series developed by veteran cheese professional and Washington resident,…
read moreWASCA Board Member Rachael Lucas can now add the title Certified Specialist of Wine to her credentials. Lucas, who was already an American Cheese Society Certified Cheese Professional and Certified…
read moreWASCA’s Executive Director, Courtney Johnson, was on the American Cheese Society’s May 20 Cheese Chat with ACS President Jeremy Stephenson & Vice President Lynn Giacomini Stray. Courtney joined Oregon Cheese…
read moreHarmony Fields (Bow) is currently taking part in a STEM project for 3rd-5th graders created by Skagitonians to Preserve Farmland. They created this short video about the farm to help…
read moreOn May 4 and 5, WASCA is taking part in its first-ever GiveBig WA! Campaign. GiveBig WA! allows non-profit organizations to fundraise through the GiveBig platform. The donation drive takes…
read moreGreetings WASCA Members! Newsletter Contents Message from the Executive DirectorFDA Sampling AssignmentComment on Additional Traceability RequirementsThe Cheese Map is Live!Membership Benefits – Help Us Get Them to YouAnother New Benefit:…
read moreCascadia Creamery, Ferndale Farmstead, and Samish Bay Cheese were featured in an article in Cheese Reporter published on March 19, 2021. The cover story, titled, “Washington State Cheese Community Growing,…
read moreThe Tilth Alliance just shared a Valentine’s Day story with local cheese-pairing tips from WASCA’s Executive Director, Courtney Johnson. Johnson shared three basic principles for creating pairings that last well…
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