Grafton Village Cheese Company is a
cheesemaker
Cheesemaking (or caseiculture) is the craft of making cheese. The production of cheese, like many other food preservation processes, allows the nutritional and economic value of a food material, in this case milk, to be preserved in concentrat ...
in the town of
Grafton in the U.S. state of
Vermont
Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...
. The company produces hand-crafted aged
cheddar cheese.
History
The company is the successor to the 1892 Grafton Cooperative Cheese Company, which was founded to handle surplus local milk.
The original company went out of business due to a fire.
It was restored in the mid-1960s with help from the Windham Foundation, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to "preserve the vitality of Vermont's rural communities".
[Zachary P. Stephen]
The Grafton Village Cheese Company
April 18, 2008 Brattleboro Reformer (VT) Grafton's cheddar is synthetic-hormone-free and made mostly from
Jersey cow
The Jersey is a British breed of small dairy cattle from Jersey, in the British Channel Islands. It is one of three Channel Island cattle breeds, the others being the Alderney – now extinct – and the Guernsey. It is highly productive – co ...
milk from Vermont family farms.
The most common cheese offered by the Grafton Cheese is their block cheddar, made in 40 pound blocks and then cut to different sales sizes.
In July 2008 the company celebrated the opening of a new production plant and retail store in
Brattleboro.
The shop is "a 2,500-square-foot classic barn-like structure encompassing a full-service artisanal cheese shop" offering "more than 70 types of cheeses, wine, Vermont microbrews, fresh bread, maple products and other gourmet food items and accompaniments."
[Grafton Village Cheese Opens New Facility, Store]
July 22, 2008 Gourmet Retailer
In 2014, the Grafton Spring Brook milk Cheese won the "Best USA Cheese trophy" at the 2014
International Cheese Awards
The International Cheese Awards is an annual cheese show and competition. Until 2019, it was held at Dorfold Park near Nantwich, England. Held since 1897, the show attracts entries from around the world.
In Nantwich, day one of the two-day eve ...
.
See also
*
List of food companies
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References
External links
Official Site
Dairy products companies of the United States
Food and drink companies based in Vermont
Buildings and structures in Grafton, Vermont
Cheesemakers
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