Buy Local: Rigby, ID's Manwaring Cheese

February 28, 2012 Caleb James, KIFI-TV

It's time to take a trip to Rigby, and Manwaring Cheese — a handmade, locally produced, artisan cheese brand with a little shop and factory in one. It's just barely visible from the Highway 20 corridor, and there's no way around it — owner Blake Manwaring is admittedly, "cheesy."

World Championship Cheese Contest Keeps Growing

What once took place in a walk-in butter cooler in Green Bay with no spectators is now going prime time. When the winners of the World Championship Cheese Contest are announced next week, it will occur in front of 400 people sipping wine and tasting cheese in a ballroom in Downtown Madison.

Cashel Blue Holds Its Place On The Cheese Board

February 28, 2012 Joanne Hunt, The Irish Times

Once exported via the UK and grouped with British products, Irish Dairy Board support means Cashel Blue now travels directly from Ireland with other Irish products and uses dairy board marketing support on the ground to reinforce relationships. “We’ve now got a target to sell 60 tonnes of cheese to the US this year; that’s nearly doubling our sales,” she says.

Governments Of Canada & British Columbia Help Advance Beef Industry

British Columbia beef producers will benefit from an investment in three projects that will increase the industry's profitability through consumer education and improved market information. Member of Parliament Cathy McLeod (Kamloops – Thompson – Cariboo), on behalf of federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, and Member of the Legislative Assembly Kevin Krueger (Kamloops-South Thompson), on behalf of British Columbia Agriculture Minister Don McRae, announced the investment today in Kamloops.

Turkey Industry Pioneer Vance Larson Of S&K Turkeys Receives NTF Lifetime Achievement Award

February 28, 2012 National Turkey Federation

The National Turkey Federation (NTF) honored Vance Larson, S&K Turkeys, who served as NTF chairman in 1986, with the NTF Lifetime Achievement Award. Presented in Tampa, Fla., recently during the NTF Annual Convention, Larson received the award for being a leader and innovator in the turkey industry.