Mark Newbold & Todd Pontius Named Cheese Makers For Coach Farm

Pine Plains, NY – Coach Farm, producer of farmstead goat cheese and yogurt in New York's Hudson Valley, announced today two new cheese makers, Mark Newbold and Todd Pontius, to oversee cheese and yogurt making at Coach Farm.

“We are all truly excited to have Mark and Todd joining our team” explains Coach Farm President, Steven Margarites. “Each of them has experience and knowledge of a wide range of artisanal style cheeses, which will help us to expand our product offerings.”

Since 2004, Mark had been working at Cornell University in the Food Science Department as member of the university’s research group. His work included setting up and conducting experiments that supported the research of his employer and Cornell’s graduate students, many of which included research in milk filtration and Cheddar and mozzarella cheese making. Prior to working at Cornell University, Mark and his family owned and operated a cow dairy farm in upstate New York. The farm was also home to a small herd of goats where Mark began his cheese making career using the fresh milk to create a line of fresh goat cheese’s sold under the Hunt’s Pond Farm Goat Cheese name.

Todd joins Coach Farm from Jasper Hill Farms where he worked as a cheese maker gaining expertise and knowledge of working with cow’s milk cheeses. Todd’s focus included working with lactic-set, blue and camembert-style cheeses as well as perfecting the care and maintenance of aged cheeses. Prior to his experience with Jasper Hill Farms Todd worked with Goat Lady Dairy in North Carolina where he worked with both fresh and aged goat’s milk cheeses including cave aged raw milk cheeses.

About Coach Farm

Located in the Hudson Valley of New York, Coach Farm is a farmstead operation that has been hand making award winning goat cheeses, drinkable yogurt and fresh goat milk for over 25 years. To learn more about Coach Farm visit coachfarm.com

Source: Coach Farm