Happenings at Grafton Cheese

Happy Holidays! From Adam
I cannot believe that this year is already coming to a
close. Time flies when you’re having fun making
hand-crafted cheddar and winning awards. We have
won 9 awards this year with our two year old
“Classic” and “Duet” leading the way. The recognition
of “Duet” over the past 12 months has already
made it a staple seasonal offering in cheese shops
around the nation. We also had a wonderful time
teaching customers and guests how to make cheddar
through our Vat Sale and Team Building Programs.
My oldest son even had the opportunity to flip cheddar
this year.
Now that my family and I have been in Vermont
for nearly two years, we feel like Vermonters– I even
got my first deer! The children also had many firsts
this year; Alec (12) won a 5K race, is now taller than
his mom, and learned how cold Vermont can be
when you forget to pack your jacket on a skiing trip.
Ethan (8) learned how to build and maintain our
wood burner, and that the pile of wood in the yard is
also his responsibility to stack! Orrin (6) has grown
into a fine young man this year, and now eats some
foods without asking for ketchup...there is hope for
him yet. Cleo (4) is the first to tell us when someone
else is doing something wrong, and even tells the
other children to call her MOM. Xander (3) pouts so
often he will get his bottom lip stuck to his chin and
we remind him to put his lip back, or else it stays
there throughout dinner. Jessica (mom) has finished
her English degree after 12 years of part time schooling
while raising the children.
Grafton Village Cheese, as a Windham Foundation
Company, continues to be visible promoting Vermont’s
rural communities with programs like our
own GVC Milk Premiums, Annual Ice Fishing Tournament,
Food Bank contributions, support of the
Strolling of the Heifers, the Farm Bureau, school
lunch programs, and many other projects. We also
look forward to our first year of the GVC/4 H Dairy
Awareness Program which kicks off this spring in
Windham County.
Special recognition goes out to our packaging team
in Grafton who were able to meet the unprecedented
number of orders this year without delaying a single
shipment. Quite an achievement especially as the
company’s volume has outgrown the limited space in
Grafton. We look forward to moving that team into
our new packaging space in Brattleboro later this
winter. I should also mention the Consumer Mail
Order staff who gracefully handled the 45% increase
in volume this year.
I would also like to thank all of the longtime Grafton
fans, big and small, for eating our fabulous
cheese which in turn helps to support the mission of
the Windham Foundation. Without all of you, none
of this would be possible! Adam Mueller