Provisions International
Food Safety Plan Workshop
Provisions International 42 N. Main Street, White River Junction, United StatesVermont Cheese Council Board Meeting
Provisions International 42 N. Main Street, White River Junction, United StatesCheese Cultures Workshop
Provisions International 42 N. Main Street, White River Junction, United StatesWe all know that cheese is a living entity with a continuous cycle of microbiotic life assisting in the transformation of milk into great cheeses. The Vermont Cheese Council is proud to present Dave Potter of Dairy Connection and Margaret Peters-Morris of Glengarry Fine Cheese in a winter workshop focused on Cheese Cultures. The workshop will provide a greater understanding of the role of cultures in the development of cheese flavors, textures, aroma and rind throughout its aging process. Attendees should leave the workshop with enhanced skills in working with cultures to create distinctive cheeses.
Annual Vermont Cheese Council Board Meeting
Provisions International 42 N. Main Street, White River Junction, United StatesThe Annual Board Meeting of the Vermont Cheese Council will be held on January 30, 2015 from 9 AM to 4 PM at Provisions International in White River Junction, VT. The Annual Board Meeting is a requirement of the bylaws of the Vermont Cheese Council charter. It allows the membership the opportunity to influence the direction of the organization, vote on important business matters, and insures the executive committee is fulfilling the mission of the organization. This year the meeting will include speakers from GreenAmerica and the New England Dairy Project to discuss developing a viable and cost effective non-GMO grain procurement system, and representatives from the Vermont Agency of Agriculture to discuss new food safety regulations for the cheese and dairy industry. Annual Business will include the election of officers, voting on a 2016 budget, and looking at the work plan for the organization in 2016.
Building a Practical Food Safety Operational Plan for Small Cheesemakers
Provisions International 42 N. Main Street, White River Junction, United StatesThis workshop, sponsored by the Vermont Cheese Council, will share information, forms and tools from the Center for Food Safety & Regulatory Solutions (CFSRS) and Allen Sayler that will allow small cheesemakers to work in teams and build their own food safety plans. The workshop will be made up of short presentations followed by working projects that will provide an opportunity for attendees to immediately apply the presentation information and build their own written operational sanitation programs, product descriptions, flow diagrams, risk-based hazard analyses for their cheeses. Written and implemented food safety plans are a basic requirement for cheesemakers trying to expand market for their cheeses outside of Vermont and are a public health requirement of the State of Vermont and the US Food & Drug Administration as well as many cheese buyers and cheese mongers. Get your food safety plan operational and functional so your company can grow, while minimizing the risk of food-borne outbreaks from your cheese. Instructor: Allen Sayler
Vermont Cheese Council Board Meeting
Provisions International 42 N. Main Street, White River Junction, United StatesPublic board meeting for the board members of the Vermont Cheese Council. All principal members are invited to attend