Our Members
WASCA is a community of like-minded companies and individuals gathered in support of locally made cheese.
Licensed Cheesemakers
Industry Partners
Dairy Connection
Dairy ingredient supplier Dairy Connection, is one of WASCA’s founding sponsors and is the preferred supplier of cultures, enzymes, other ingredients and technical expertise to a growing list of excellent cheesemakers.
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DPI Specialty Foods / KeHE
DPI Specialty Foods is now KeHE.
At KeHE Distributors, we’re all about goodness. Our mission to Serve and feed America is fueled by an obsession with natural & organic, specialty, and fresh products. These delight consumers and deliver stellar growth for our customers and suppliers. At KeHE, we’re not content with just plain good; we aspire to next-level goodness, in all aspects of our operations, because where KeHE goes, goodness follows.
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ePackage Supply
At ePackage Supply, we understand the importance of reliable packaging for businesses both big and small, and in industries ranging from food service to manufacturing and everything in between. That’s why we specialize in providing top-notch food-grade buckets, containers, cups, lids, and more in a range of sizes and vibrant colors to suit your specific needs. With our extensive selection of products as well as expert sourcing staff, we aim to be your one-stop destination for all your packaging requirements.
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Ferndale Farmstead
Within the heart of the Pacific Northwest, in Washington state, three generations of the Wavrin family are proud to present artisan cheese crafted in the Italian tradition. This happens on our farm in Ferndale. We use only milk we produce from cows we raise, fed from the crops that we grow.
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Merlino Foods
Merlino Foods is a local, family owned restaurant-foodservice-bakery purveyor. We were established in Seattle in 1900. We have built our reputation on providing the highest quality product with a superlative level of service.
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Peterson Cheese
We are a family-owned and operated direct importer, converter, and full-service distributor based in the Pacific Northwest since 1947. We are also people who love to connect with other people over a shared passion for great food! We offer reliable food distribution service to retail and foodservice businesses across the Northwest region and uphold a firm commitment to provide the best products and service at the best possible prices.
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Bates Consulting LLC is a food industry consultant specializing in cheese and cheesemaking. Offers both public and private classes.
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Our mission is to bring people together through culinary experiences and have a lot of fun doing it. We produce experiences that celebrate, educate and promote the artisan food and beverage community.
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The Cheese Connection is a family of Swiss and German dairy farmers and cheesemakers from Buffalo County, Wisconsin. Our family came from the mountains of Switzerland and Germany in 1854 to Wisconsin and carried forward to America 17 generations of old-world tradition. In January 2010, we opened a cheesemaking supply business in Seattle, WA to meet the distribution needs of cheesemaking clients. Our practice today still includes these old-world traditions, but with today’s innovations.
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Fromagex is a team of 35 people dedicated to serving cheese makers in North America. Our expertise guides you through all your challenges, to ensure your success with solutions tailored to your production. Understanding your reality and your production in order to better help you move towards efficiency and consistency while maintaining quality.
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The Skagit Valley has been supplying the region, state, and world with nearly every crop imaginable since the first commercial harvest of potatoes in 1853. Today, the region cultivates over 80 crops. Genuine Skagit Valley supports the growers and producers of the Skagit Valley. By promoting our distinctive farm-raised flavors, culture, and heritage to the region and the world, we aim to sustain farming for generations to come.
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Girl Meets Dirt Heritage Preserves are inspired by the long history of orchard keeping on Orcas Island… and a craving for the highest quality, locally sourced, organic fruit preserves nature and careful craft can provide.
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Hygiena knows that with dairy products popular in every region of the world, product safety and quality are paramount. To support dairy manufacturers, Hygiena’s rapid in-house testing products are easy to use, fast, and affordable for operations of all sizes.
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For more than 60 years, Reiser has been a leading supplier of processing and packaging equipment solutions for the sausage, meat, poultry, seafood, prepared food, bakery, cheese and pet food industries. During that time, the company has gained recognition for its high-quality equipment, innovative engineering, and outstanding service and support. Today, this total commitment to its customers positions Reiser as the one supplier that processors can trust for better, smarter solutions.
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Specialty Foods Sherpa knows placement is all about finding the right venues to bring the greatest level of exposure and value-enhancing long term growth for our clients, locally, regionally and nationally. This requires strategic thinking, opting sometimes for the less immediate return in favor of a longer term trajectory worthy of legacy brand building.
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Street Cheese is a mobile cheese shop offering cheese plates and platters, cheese by the wedge or wheel, accompaniments for cheese, and cheese education classes for cheese lovers and cheesemongers.
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Vinbero offers wine, cheese, charcuterie, lunchtime fare, and evening small plates. Enjoy a relaxed yet vibrant atmosphere and a carefully curated selection of delights featuring small, craft vendors with a focus on sustainability. We welcome all ages, colors, and kinds.
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Founded in 2017 on the site of the former world-famous Clarke Rhododendron Nursery, Willapa Bay Heritage Farm is a hobby farm demonstration project nurturing sustainable living, animal welfare, and organic farming practices.
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Zupan’s Markets has been the #1 destination for the food and wine lovers of Portland, and beyond, for over 40 years.
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Courtney Johnson
Liz David
Wendy Johnson
Julia Hlavacik
Robert Kohrt
Wendy G. Johnson
Jeremy Howick
Sienna Apis
Wendy Westby
Joey Haban
Suzanne Paterson
Regina Johnson
Joyce Snook
Teryl Wood
Julia Powers
Thomas Rose