Since it’s beginning in 2011,* the MA Cheese Guild has hosted a wide variety of cheese tastings, classes and the very popular Massachusetts Cheese Festival, held the first weekend in November in Somerville. The festival was sold out whey in advance in 2017, so be sure to get your tickets early this year at http://macheeseguild.org/. (We’ll let you know when the tickets become available.) The
Launching the Massachusetts Cheese Guild
Barbara Hanley, President of the Guild welcomed us warmly. We’re looking forward to getting to know her better. The word “guild” comes from medieval times when craftsmen and merchants formed associations to maintain standards and to protect themselves in the marketplace. There is an aspiration of political power with a guild (unlike a club), so they are usually state-wide (at least). There are currently