Showcasing Vermont’s many cheesemakers in Shelburne

SHELBURNE, Vt. (WCAX) – There are many sights to see at Shelburne Farms, however Sunday for these of you exploring, there have been some issues that Vermont is well-known for, and one in every of them is cheese!

Shelburne Farms hosted what they used to name their Vermont Cheesemakers Pageant, however Saturday, the organizers from the Vermont Cheese Council are calling this gathering a cheese summit. This occasion has not been hosted as a consequence of Covid since 2019 and due to security, Shelburne Farms and the Cheese Council determined to make this occasion a little bit smaller than traditional. They pulled all native Vermont cheese makers to point out their merchandise. The objective was to make connections and bond over making cheese. One native vendor says she’s by no means been to the occasion earlier than, and it was good to get away from the farm to be a part of the enjoyable.

“Nicely I had come years and years in the past as an attendee… however I by no means got here as a cheese maker. I’m the cheese maker at my farm and its form of laborious to get away. So its troublesome to take a complete time off from cheese making with a purpose to come,” stated Rebecca Velazquez of Barn First Creamery.

The Vermont Cheese Council often take as much as a yr to plan this occasion, and so they say possibly subsequent yr there will probably be extra distributors.

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