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This is a list of notable cheesemakers. Cheesemakers are people or companies that make cheese, who have developed the knowledge and skills required to convert milk into cheese. Cheesemaking involves controlling precisely the types and amounts of ingredients used and the parameters of the cheesemaking process, to make specific types and qualities of cheese. The milk may be from a cow, goat, sheep or buffalo, although worldwide cow's milk is most commonly used. Cheesemakers also need to be skilled in grading cheese to assess quality, assessing defects and suitability for release, and cheese ripening. The craft of making cheese dates back at least 5,000 years. Archaeological evidence exists of Egyptian cheese being made in the ancient Egyptian civilizations.

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  • American Cheese Society – nonprofit organization that promotes the United States cheese industry and represents artisan cheesemakers{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=l-gLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gVkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6674,360666&dq=american+cheese+society&hl=en | title=American cheese: More than just bland spread | newspaper=The Evening Independent | date=July 17, 1985 | access-date=20 November 2013 | author=O'Reilly, David}}
  • Amul is an Indian dairy cooperative, based at Anand in the state of Gujarat, India.
  • Arla Foods is a Danish dairy cooperative, based in Aarhus, Denmark. It is the 6th largest dairy producer globally and the largest in terms of organic milk volume. Formed in 2000, by a merger with Danish MD Foods and Swedish Arla, the company now is owned by more than 12.000 farmers in more than six countries. Most famous brands are Castello, Puck, Lurpak, Kaergaarden.

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  • Cabot Creamery – American dairy agricultural marketing cooperative, wholly owned by the Agri-Mark Cooperative. Wine Spectator magazine listed Cabot cloth-bound cheddar as one of "100 great cheeses" of the world in 2008.{{cite web | title=The World of Cheese: 100 Great Cheeses | url=http://www.winespectator.com/Wine/Archives/Show_Article/0,1275,6709,00.html | work=Wine Spectator | date=September 30, 2008 | access-date=2009-06-10 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081119053617/http://www.winespectator.com/Wine/Archives/Show_Article/0,1275,6709,00.html | archive-date=November 19, 2008 | url-status=dead }}
  • Capriole Goat Cheese – artisan goat cheese producer in Greenville, Indiana, United States.
  • Laura Chenel – cheesemaker who was America's first commercial producer of goat cheese, and helped to popularize goat cheese in America.
  • Chèvréchard – French cheese manufacturer specializing in goat cheeses, located in the goat-cheese producing region of Poitou-Charentes. It produces Clochette{{cite news|title=France's Clochette rings a chevre lover's bell|first=Janet|last=Fletcher|date=August 1, 2008|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/31/WIGV11RMIE.DTL|access-date=January 29, 2010}} and Aperichevre{{cite news|title=Top Party Picks: Cheese, Cookies, Sparkler|first1=Karola|last1=Saekel|first2=Kim|last2=Severson|date=November 29, 2000|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2000/11/29/FD26122.DTL|access-date=January 29, 2010}} cheeses.
  • Cooleeney Farmhouse Cheese – produces a number of cheeses from both cow's milk and goat's milk from their premises near Thurles in County Tipperary, Ireland.[http://www.cooleeney.com Cooleeney Cheese Home Page]
  • Edward Coon, 20th century US cheesemaker and entrepreneur
  • Cowgirl Creamery – producer of artisanal cheeses located in Point Reyes Station, California, it produces several varieties of cheese.
  • Cypress Grove Chevre – located in Arcata, California, they specialize in goat cheeses, including Humboldt Fog.

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  • Darigold—farmer-owned co-op that produces cheese and other high quality dairy products that are available in the United States and several countries around the world.
  • DCI Cheese Company
  • Sheana Davis – maker of Delice de la Vallee and other fresh cheeses and owner of the Epicurean Connection.

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  • Glyde Farm Produce – established in 1996 at a family farm at Mansfieldtown in County Louth, Ireland in 2000.,{{Cite web |url=http://www.bordbia.ie/aboutfood/farmhouseCheese/FarmhouseCheesesGuides/FarmhouseCheeseBooklet.pdf |title=Irish Food Board guide to Irish Farmhouse Cheeses PDF |access-date=2013-11-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927083930/http://www.bordbia.ie/aboutfood/farmhouseCheese/FarmhouseCheesesGuides/FarmhouseCheeseBooklet.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-27 |url-status=dead }} the company produces Bellingham Blue and Boyne Valley Blue cheeses.
  • Gossner Foods – based in Logan, Utah, it is one of the largest cheese manufacturers in the United States.
  • Groupe Bel – multinational cheese marketer centered in France. The Laughing Cow, Babybel, Kiri, Leerdammer, Boursin are its five core brands, and are distributed on five continents.

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  • Joseph Harding – responsible for the introduction of modern cheese making techniques and has been described as the "father of Cheddar cheese".Joseph Harding, Cheddar Cheese-Maker written by Ann Heeley and Mary Vidal. Published by the Friends of the Abbey Barn, Glastonbury 1996 He is credited with having invented the "definite formula" for the production of cheddar cheese.The Evolution of the English Farm, Mabel Elizabeth Christie, Allen and Unwin, 1952, page 316

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  • Jasper Hill Farm – artisan cheesemaker in Greensboro, Vermont.[http://www.stowetoday.com/stowe_reporter/opinion/article_bbd3c8aa-2147-11e3-b833-0019bb2963f4.html Alchemy yields magical cheeses] September 19, 2013 Stowe Reporter

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  • Kraft Foods, an American grocery manufacturing and processing conglomerate{{cite web |url=https://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Kraft-Foods-Inc-Company-History.html |title=Kraft Foods Inc. |access-date=March 10, 2008 |year=2002 |publisher=Funding Universe |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017224010/http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Kraft-Foods-Inc-Company-History.html |archive-date=October 17, 2006 |url-status=dead }} headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, part of the Kraft Heinz Company.{{cite news |title=Kraft Heinz moving Illinois headquarters from Northfield to Chicago |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2015/07/16/kraft-heinz-moving-illinois-headquarters-from.html |access-date=16 September 2018 |work=www.bizjournals.com}}

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  • Margaret of Mar, 31st Countess of Mar – crossbench member of the House of Lords, a farmer and former specialist goats cheesemaker in Great Witley, Worcestershire.
  • Maytag Dairy Farms produces Maytag Blue cheese from homogenized cow's milk instead of the traditional sheep's milk.
  • Noella Marcellino – American Benedictine nun with a doctorate in microbiology, she concentrates on the positive effects of decay and putrefaction as well as the odors and flavors of cheese.{{cite book |title=Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Guide to Your Physical and Spiritual Well-being |last=Weil |first=Andrew |year=2005 |publisher= Fitness In No Time |isbn=978-0-375-40755-0 |page=108; 293 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DF9jM1gt2bQC&q=Noella+Marcellino}}
  • Marin French Cheese Company – founded in 1865, it is a manufacturer of artisan cheese located in rural west Marin County, California, and the oldest cheese manufacturer still in operation in the United States.{{cite web|url=http://www.sonomauncorked.com/wine-country-food/specialty-food-shops/marin-french-cheese-co/|title=Sonoma Wine Country: Marin French Cheese Co.|publisher=SonomaUncorked.com|access-date=March 26, 2010}} It produces cheeses under the Rouge et Noir brand name.{{cite book|last=Arrigoni|first=Patricia|others=photography by Michael Bry|title=Making the Most of Marin: A California Guide|publisher=Presidio Press|location=Novato, California|year=1981|pages=[https://archive.org/details/makingmostofmari0000arri/page/202 202–203]|isbn=0-89141-108-9|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/makingmostofmari0000arri/page/202}}
  • Catherine Mathieson – (December 11, 1818 – September 14, 1883) New Zealand cheese and butter maker and community leader.
  • Murray's Cheese – artisan cheese in Manhattan, owned by Kroger

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  • Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company – artisanal cheese company located in Point Reyes Station in Marin County, California, with dairy farmland located in the Point Reyes area. Their flagship cheese, the raw milk Point Reyes Original Blue was the only blue cheese produced in California when it was introduced.[http://www.cuesa.org/seller/pt-reyes-farmstead-cheese-co Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture website]{{cite web|last=Fletcher |first=Janet |url=http://www.sfgate.com/food/cheesecourse/article/Point-Reyes-Farmstead-Bay-Blue-right-on-4340163.php |title=Point Reyes Farmstead Bay Blue right-on |publisher=SFGate |date=2013-03-08 |access-date=2013-11-17}}
  • Polly-O – known for ricotta, mozzarella, and string cheeses

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  • Rogue Creamery – artisanal cheese operation located in Oregon, since 2003, winner of 30 international and over 50 national cheese-making awards.{{cite web

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  • Lino Saputo – founder and chairman of the Canadian-based cheese manufacturer Saputo, Inc.
  • Sargento – American food producer best known for its cheese, it was the first company to sell packaged shredded cheese, and the first to develop zippered packaging for its cheeses.[https://books.google.com/books?id=Ckx-w7yuvTUC&dq=sargento+cheese&pg=PT483 Plunketts Food Industry Almanac 2008: The Only Comprehensive Guide to Food ...][https://books.google.com/books?id=HNUTAQAAIAAJ&q=sargento+cheese+1953 Hoover's MasterList of Major U.S. Companies - Gary Hoover, Hoover's]
  • Will Studd – Australian cheese specialist, Studd has been working with artisan and farmhouse cheeses for more than three decades
  • Sweet Grass Dairy – artisan cheese producer located in Thomasville, Georgia.

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  • Uplands Cheese Company – whose Pleasant Ridge Reserve was chosen by Simon Majumdar as one of the 10 best foods in the U.S.{{Cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/food/the-10-best-american-eats-according-to-food-115662061421.html|title=The 10 Best American Eats According to Food Network's Simon Majumdar|date=7 April 2015 }}

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  • Valio – Finnish manufacturer of dairy products including cheese, powdered ingredients, butter, yogurt and milk.
  • Valley Shepherd Creamery – artisan cheese making farm in Long Valley, New Jersey, the creamery produces 20 varieties of cheese, including Dutch farmstead, Alpine cheese, a Basque shepherd cheese similar to Idiazábal cheese, farmer cheese, ricotta, and a blue cheese.
  • Ignazio Vella – American businessman and cheese maker, his father owned Vella Cheese Company, Inc. in California and the Rogue Creamery in Oregon, which he turned over to his children.{{Cite web|url=http://www.vellacheese.com/pages/company.html|access-date=June 15, 2011|title=Our Company|publisher=Vella Cheese Company|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811171924/http://www.vellacheese.com/pages/company.html|archive-date=August 11, 2011}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.roguecreamery.com/pilot.asp?pg=History|access-date=June 15, 2011|title=History|publisher=Rogue Creamery|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314104220/http://www.roguecreamery.com/pilot.asp?pg=History|archive-date=March 14, 2012}} He took control of both companies and served as their general manager and chief executive officer. He sold Rogue Creamery in 2002.
  • Vermont Creamery (formerly Vermont Butter and Cheese Company) – Websterville, Vermont.
  • Von Mühlenen of Switzerland

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  • Markey Wallace – (1893–1984) notable New Zealand cheesemaker, farmer, community leader and local politician. He was born in Waiho, West Coast, New Zealand, in 1893.{{DNZB|title=Markey Wallace|first= Trish|last= McCormack|id=5w4}}
  • Washington State University Creamery – in Pullman, Washington produces cheeses including Cougar Gold, a sharp white Cheddar cheese that is packaged in tin cans.[http://public.wsu.edu/~creamery/history.htm WSU Creamery – History of the WSU Creamey and Cougar Gold] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513182518/http://public.wsu.edu/~creamery/history.htm |date=2012-05-13 }}
  • Warrnambool Cheese and Butter – Australian producer of cheese, butter, cream and dairy ingredients, it is based in Victoria and is the oldest dairy processor in Australia, having been established in 1888.{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/05/27/1085641649187.html |title=New culture for former dairy co-op |work=The Age |first=Philip |last=Hopkins |date=2004-05-28 |access-date=2013-11-07}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2013/s3847657.htm |title=Bega Cheese launches $319 million takover (sic) bid for Warrnambool Cheese and Butter |publisher=ABC |date=2013-05-04 |access-date=2013-11-07 |first=Will |last=Ockenden}}
  • Whitestone Cheese - New Zealand South Island, established in 1987
  • Winchester Cheese Company – was an artisan cheese producer in the town of Winchester, California, in Riverside County, Southern California.{{cite news |last=Marriott |first=Karin |title=Winchester, Calif., Dairy Makes Successful Conversion to Cheese-Making |publisher=Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News |date=2000-03-17}} and Gouda cheeses of various ages.[http://www.sunset.com/food-wine/flavors-of-the-west/cheese-from-the-farm-00400000024324/ Cheese from the farm - Sunset.com]
  • Wyke Farms – a cheese producer located in Somerset, United Kingdom.

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