Month: October 2012

Vincent Petrovsky Wins 45th Annual Sylvia Cup Competition

October 3, 2012 Society of American Florists

Nearly 100 people, including industry professionals and consumers alike, packed into a ballroom-turned-design-room Sept. 22, to watch 19 of the country’s top designers vie for the coveted Sylvia Cup in the nation’s longest-running live floral design competition, held at The Breakers for the final day of SAF Palm Beach 2012, SAF's 128th annual convention. Vincent Petrovsky, AAF, AIFD, owner of Heaven and Earth Floral in West Palm Beach, Fla., won the grand prize — a silver cup, $3,000 cash prize and a complimentary registration to SAF Phoenix 2013. …

Farmstead Cheese Takes Root In Georgia

October 3, 2012 Brad Kaplan, Creative Loafing Atlanta

Turning milk into cheese may not be as miraculous as water into wine, but the transformation in taste bud impact can be almost as intoxicating. At least water and wine are both liquids – cheese is a whole other state of being. Now think about turning Georgia grass into cheese. If you're a farmstead cheesemaker like Rebecca Williams at Many Fold Farms, that's exactly what you do every day, with major contributions from a herd of sheep.

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Meet Your Favorite Wisconsin Cheesemaker

October 3, 2012 Wisconsin Cheese Originals

Tickets to Fourth Annual Wisconsin Cheese Originals Festival are now on sale, offering attendees the chance to meet more than 40 cheesemakers through two days of tours, seminars, dinners, and the ever popular Meet the Cheesemaker Gala at Monona Terrace. …

Sartori's Extra-Aged Goat Cheese Wins Top Honors At Global Cheese Awards

October 3, 2012 Sartori Company

Sartori Company is pleased to announce their Limited Edition Extra-Aged Goat Cheese has received a Gold Medal at this year's Global Cheese Awards in Somerset, U.K.  This is the second year the competition has been opened to non-European countries.  Last year, Sartori's SarVecchio® Parmesan was named "Best Parmesan." …

The Great Cheese Divide

October 3, 2012 Ray Spiteri, Niagara Falls Review

Cheesemakers like Alfredo Varalli are fighting a three-headed monster. The first is the Dairy Farmers of Ontario, a marketing board that regulates the price of dairy products like milk, cheese and yogurt. The second is the United States, which unlike Canada has no quota on dairy production, and where milk prices are determined by the open market. The third is a high Canadian dollar, nearly two cents above parity. …