About the California Artisan Cheese Guild

MISSION

The California Artisan Cheese Guild is an organization designed to support and encourage the California cheesemaking community. This is accomplished by supporting the on-going education of cheesemakers and consumers, sharing resources, and celebrating the art and dedication to quality cheese.

Membership is open to any individual with an interest in California cheese, including, farmstead, artisan and specialty cheesemakers, small dairy producers, retailers, suppliers, chefs, and cheese enthusiasts.

To this end, the Guild:

Celebrates Cheese

• Aromas rich in the essence of California's carefully tended fields and farms.
• Textures created in the finest cheese, made from the finest milk.
• Tastes so complex and unique, they can only come from California:
  • The tangy brightness of goat-milk cheese
  • The sweet fullness of cow-milk cheese
  • The nutty, buttery richness of sheep-milk cheese
  • The sweet creaminess of water buffalo-milk cheese

Educates People

• Educating people enthralled with the production and preparation of unique, artisan cheeses.

Promotes Cheesemakers and Cheese

• California Artisan and Farmstead Cheesemakers
• California Artisan and Farmstead Cheese

Fosters Collaboration

• Among our enthusiastic community of cheesemakers, cheese connoisseurs, chefs, dairy scientists, specialty food retailers, and writers we share ideas, techniques, practices, recipes, and of course, cheese.