The New York State Farmstead and Artisan Cheese Makers Guild was organized in November 2003 to foster a strong and vibrant farmstead artisan cheese-making sector in the state and to support its growth. The Guild was incorporated in 2007. Our goals include:

• Encouraging excellence in New York State farmstead and artisanal cheeses resulting from appropriate continuing education and technical assistance to cheese makers at all levels of competence;
  
• Assisting in the development and adoption of procedures that will ensure public health safety with regard to production and processing of milk;
• Advocating the continuation and preservation of family farms while promoting farmstead-scale cheese making as a craft and livelihood in the State;
  
• Seeking out and using farm management practices that nourish and sustain the soil and the soul of the surrounding landscape and community.
  

Read about the Guild's accomplishments.

View the By-Laws.