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The current state of health monitoring in France: a look back at the Raw Milk 2023 conference

[News from the members] ANPLF, France

Following the FaceNetwork 2023 congress held in Switzerland on the theme of raw milk, an opportunity to discuss microbiology and risk management, we’d like to focus on the case of France, and more specifically on two presentations given at … Read more

Exploring Latin American cheeses: A trip to Argentina to visit artisan dairies and attend the debut of the ALQA association

[News from the members] Leartiker, Spain

Recently we had the opportunity to travel to Argentina and learn more about the reality of artisanal dairies in several Latin American countries. This trip coincided with the first meeting of the newly established Latin American Association of Artisan … Read more

Raw milk can have health benefits

[News from the members] Hungary and Switzerland

At the beginning of October, we attended a scientific conference in Switzerland, organised by the Farmhouse and Artisan Cheese & Dairy Producers European Network (FACEnetwork). Here, among other topics, nutritional issues were highlighted in one of the sessions, with … Read more

Presentation of the swedish organisation Sveriges Gårdsmejerister

[News from the members] Sweden

Until the 1990s, Sweden’s small-scale cheese production consisted mainly of goat’s milk processing in the more traditional way and mainly in the north of Sweden. Later, more and more farm dairies came to establish themselves in the south with … Read more

[News from FACE] Winner of the Video Contest 2023

Visions of farmhouse and artisanal cheesemaking

Here we are proudly presenting the winner of this year’s contest: The first price goes to Hungary. For her video “A little farm in Hungary” Szilvia Deák received a package of international artisan and farmhouse cheese made by dairies … Read more

Curious about the Congress

[News from FACE] Annual Meeting 2023

You want to get an idea of what all these scientific presentations will be about? And what all these has to do with our farming and cheesemaking? We invite you to take a look behind the curtain. Have a look at … Read more

Small producers under attack

[News from the members] Italy

The Slow Food Cheese festival is undoubtedly a moment of celebration, for the public of visitors, but above all for the professionals, for whom it is the opportunity to meet distant friends and colleagues gathered for 4 days in … Read more

11th Hungarian Cheese Awards

[News from the members] Hungary

On 29 September, the 11th Hungarian Cheese Awards, the biggest showcase of Hungarian artisanal and farmhouse cheeses, was held in Etyek. The “Cheese of the Year” award was won by the Hegedűs Dairy with its traditional Hegedűs cheese made … Read more

FACEnetwork at Slow Food Cheese Event

[News from FACE]

In September a council meeting of FACEnetwork was organised in Bra (Italy), preceding the Slow Food Cheese Event. Our council meeting took place in the House of Biodiversity, where we were hosted by Slow Food. We also had a … Read more

This is now the most expensive cheese in the world

[News from the members] Spain

In an annual competition in Spain, the most expensive cheese in the world to date was sold. The Cabrales PDO blue Cheese produced by Queseria Los Puertos of Poo de Cabrales (Asturias-Spain) went to a restaurant owner also from … Read more