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[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

Pastoralism saves the meadows

guarantees regeneration

Development and regeneration: these are the key words of the 14th edition of Cheese, which came to a close on Monday, September 18. These concepts resonated through the streets of Bra, the Piedmontese town where exhibitors from across Italy … Read more

[News from FACE] Technology Workgroup

Histamine

In FACEnetwork’s technology group histamine has been topic of exchanges in the last months. We would like to share a short summary and give some suggestions for further reading. What is histamine? Histamine is a biogenic amine, a component that … Read more

[News from the members] Norway

World Cheese Awards 2023

The 35th edition of the World Cheese Awards will take place from 27-28 October at Trondheim Spektrum in Norway, supported by HANEN, the national organisation for rural tourism and farm produce in Norway. A truly global event, the World … Read more

[News from FACE] Annual Meeting 2023

Website and registration is online now!

Follow the link and discover all the information useful to plan your trip in Switzerland! 13th European Farmhouse and Artisan Cheese & Dairy Meeting 2023 Date: 11 – 13 October 2023 Place: Grangeneuve (Switzerland) You will find a rich programme full of interesting topics … Read more