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Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company is an artisanal cheese company located in
Official website
{{portal bar, Companies, Food Cheesemakers Dairy products companies in California Companies based in Marin County, California West Marin Food and drink companies established in 2000 2000 establishments in California Food and drink in the San Francisco Bay Area
Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company is an artisanal cheese company located in Point Reyes Station
Point Reyes Station (formerly, Marin and Olema Station) is a small unincorporated town in western Marin County, California, United States. Point Reyes Station is located south-southeast of Tomales, at an elevation of . Point Reyes Station is loc ...
in Marin County, California
Marin County is a County (United States), county located in the northwestern part of the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 262,231. Its county seat and ...
with dairy farmland located in the Point Reyes
Point Reyes (, meaning "Point of the Kings") is a prominent cape and popular Northern California tourist destination on the Pacific coast. Located in Marin County, it is approximately west-northwest of San Francisco. The term is often applied ...
area. The company received the 2013 California Leopold Conservation Award, and has been featured on the Today Show
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. The company was founded by Bob Giacomini and his four daughters, Karen Howard, Diana Hagan, Lynn Stray and Jill Basch. Co-founder Dean Mae Giacomini, Mr. Giacomini's wife, died in 2012. The company is now WBENC-certified Women-Owned and led by Co-CEOs Jill, Lynn and Diana. The Point Reyes dairy's operations began in 1959. The cheese company was founded in 2000. The family also operates The Fork, a culinary education center. Their flagship, award-winning cheese, the raw milk
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Proponents of raw milk have asserted numerous supposed benefits to consu ...
Point Reyes Original Blue was the only blue cheese produced in California when it was introduced.
See also
*List of cheesemakers
This is a list of notable cheesemakers. Cheesemakers are people or companies that make cheese, who have developed the knowledge and skills required to convert milk into cheese. Cheesemaking involves controlling precisely the types and amounts of ...
References
External links
Official website
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