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GREEN BAY — Marieke Penterman’s fancy footwork took center stage at the United States Championship Cheese Contest.
Penterman flashed a smile, held her arms overhead and danced near the podium as her Thorp-based business, Marieke Gouda, clinched first- and second-runners up honors at the national championship on March 7.
“We are super stoked to have two of our cheeses in the top three,” she said, adding that the secret to her success are “happy cows here in Wisconsin. Dairy farmers here in the United States are putting so much passion in their product. They give us such a great quality of milk.”
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