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[News from FACE] Two day meetings in Brussels for the Hygiene group

Lobbying for artisan milk transformation

Five members of the Hygiene group Face network gathered in Brussels Wednesday 11th of December for the first meeting with DG Health in the last two years. On the Agenda, sharing our feedback regarding the application of the Guide … Read more

[News from FACE] FACEnetwork Congress 2024 was a great success

FACEnetwork Congress has ended. Many thanks to everyone who has been a part of it all.

We have had wonderful days with cheese factory visits, varied and educational lectures, a magnificent cheese buffet, annual meeting and visits to some of the very best cheese shops in Oslo. So what have we done this year? On Monday, … Read more

[News from FACE] The European Cheese Buffet!

Report of a Cheese lover

Oslo recently set the stage for the 14th meeting of the Farmhouse and Artisan Cheese & Dairy Producers European Network (FACE Network). Attendees were treated to a grand cheese buffet featuring more than 80 cheeses from 15 countries, representing the … Read more

[News from FACE] Reports of the Tours

FACE Congress in Norway

Tour 1 : Water buffaloes and Organic Cheese Report by Gellért Király, Hungary Farm visits on the first day of the annual meetings are a great way to get up close and personal with the host country’s farming and cheese culture. … Read more

[News from the members] Are you interested to participe in Research?

Testing new blue and white mould cheese strains

Myconeos would like to offer some bottles of their range of current products (roqueforti) gratis to some cheesemakers in the FACE network. They are also on the look out for some cheesemakers to trial some new strains (again gratis) both … Read more

[News from FACE] General Assembly FACEnetwork in Oslo

Within the Conference in Norway about Taste

The annual meeting is the moment of the General Assembly of our association. This time, we met at Mathallen in Oslo. This is a food market, including cheese shops, so very appropriate. During the General Assembly we spoke about … Read more

[News from FACE] FACEnetwork Photo Contest

The winners

During the FACEnetwork Congress in Oslo an exhibition was set up with the pictures participating at the 1st edition of the FACEnetwork Photo Contest. In that occasion the numerous attendees of the Congress voted for their favorite picture expressing … Read more

[News from the members] A Thumbs up for Raw Milk Products

A Scientific synthesis of the 2023 Conference of the FACEnetwork

The knowledge and skills needed to produce safe, high-quality raw milk products already exists. A new Agroscope publication explains how. It summarises the key findings of last year’s conference of the FACEnetwork, a European network of farmhouse and artisan … Read more

[News from FACE] Welcome to our new full member from Denmark!

FACE Network is very happy to welcome Dansk Forening for Gård- og Håndværksmejerier from Denmark as new full member!

Dansk Forening for Gård- og Håndværksmejerier is a new association, just founded in July 2024. With its six members it represents right now about the 50% of the small-scale cheesemakers of the country. The president Claudia Nielsen, farmer and … Read more

[News from Members] Advocating for raw milk benefits in France:

“Le Livre Blanc”, a scientific review of benefits and risks of cheese consumption highlighting the role of microbiodiversity

This project launched by the Raw Milk Foundation two years ago finally comes to an end and a prestigious one. Indeed, the results of this 150 pages review of around 2 500 scientific publications will be presented officially in … Read more