“Blakesville Proves Something Good Came of 2020” by Culture Magazine
Culture Cheese magazine
“I wanted the cheese to reflect its home, and people definitely know Wisconsin for New Glarus beer,” Pedraza says.
by Monica Petrucci
April 2021
“The folks at Wisconsin-based Blakesville Dairy Farm have had a cheesemaking dream for years but were waiting for the right time and resources to make it work. Ironically, it didn’t all come to fruition until March 2020—right at the start of the pandemic. But luckily, head cheesemaker Veronica Pedraza says that COVID-19 hasn’t impacted the new business as much as she expected. “I was certainly nervous that I had just built a four-million-dollar creamery, and no one was going to want to buy cheese,” she says. “Especially because our business plan was built around soft-ripened cheese—which took a huge hit in March. But lots of people in the industry have rallied around us. It feels really good to have a dream that people want to succeed as much as you do.” Read full article
Image courtesy of Murray’s Cheese.