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2022 Annual Member Meeting

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WASCA General Membership Meeting Meeting Agenda:  *All renewing or potential members are encouraged to pay their 2022 membership dues prior to the meeting. Members may renew online using Square or…

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Annual Member Meeting is Friday, January 21

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Mark your calendars! WASCA’s Annual Membership Meeting will be held online again this year–on Friday, January 21, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.We are excited to announce that our guest…

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Cheese Reporter, Culture Magazine, Call out WASCA Grant

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WASCA’s 2021 USDA Farmers Market Promotion Program grant award has made it into the news twice. Cheese Reporter announced the award in the November 26 issue of the long-running industry…

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Local Creameries Featured in Food & Wine Magazine

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Beecher’s Handmade Cheese and Cascadia Creamery were featured in an article in Food & Wine Magazine. The article, titled, “The Best Cheese in America: These Are the Top 50 U.S.…

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WASCA Awarded 2021 USDA FMPP Grant

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The Washington State Cheesemakers Association is proud to announce that it has been selected as a 2021 recipient of the USDA Agriculture Marketing Service’s Farmers Market Promotion Program grant. Washington…

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Autumn 2021 Newsletter

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Greetings, WASCA Members and Friends!  Newsletter Contents Message From the Executive DirectorWASCA BusinessWanted: Board MembersStickers are Coming!A Shiny, New SiteGiving Tuesday is Nov. 30Save the Date for Jan. 21Thank You…

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WASCA Members are Finalists in 2022 Good Food Awards

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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,…

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Lost Peacock Creamery is a Grade A Goat Dairy in Olympia, Washington. We specialize in fresh and aged goat cheese. Also, goat yoga! At Lost Peacock Creamery the goats have wings, the pigs have polka dots, and the trees hug us back. Everyone has a place at our table. And no, we don’t milk the peacocks

Lost Peacock Creamery Featured in Tilth Podcast

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WASCA 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…

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WASCA Director Interviewed on Cheese Podcast

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WASCA’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,…

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WASCA BOD Member Passes Wine Specialist Exam

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WASCA 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…

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