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Sustainable gastronomy and artisan cheese & dairy products go well together!

June 18 is the international Sustainable Gastronomy Day (United Nations)

Sustainable gastronomy means a cuisine that takes into account where the ingredients are from, how the food is grown and how it gets to our markets and eventually to our plates. All done in a way that is not … Read more

FACE Newsletter

May 2021

Here you find the latest newsletter about the association’s activities: Conclusions of FACE’s latest Council meetings Update on FACE’s membership in 2021 Little “panorama” of FACE’s activities News from Croatia: Education of cheesemakers about the European Guide (GGHP) News from Slovenia: Presentation … Read more

The booklet of good practices in the sustainable management of mountain pastures is out

In April 2021, OREKA MENDIAN published a booklet of good practices showcasing 31 inspiring examples for the sustainable management of mountain grasslands gathered across 18 European countries. OREKA MENDIAN is a project to support sustainable pasture in the French and Spanish … Read more

European Farmhouse Dairy Solidarity needed

The earthquake in Croatia at the end of December also affected members of our Croatian member organisation SirCro. Now they are preparing to rebuild and repair one heavily damaged farmhouse dairy. For this particularly hard-hit cheese dairy, we share here … Read more

FACE in itinere

Third newsletter

Improving the access of farmhouse and artisanal cheese and dairy producers and sellers to training programmes adapted to their specific needs, using networking and mobility around Europe. The funded part of the project FACE in itinere is over, but now, we … Read more

FACE Newsletter

February 2021

Here you find the latest newsletter about the association’s activities: Welcome to the association of Hungarian cheesemakers! FACE published its strategic plan for 2021 –2022 Conclusions of FACE’s Council meeting of 28.01.2021 Presentation of Norsk Gardsost, FACE’s Norwegian full member We are … Read more

Kulning: The Swedish Herding Calls of the North

A hypnotic singing tradition

“We were born into labor and responsibility. And it has followed us our entire lives. It’s in our blood.” These words struck me deeply. This was 2017, and I was listening to recordings in Dalarnas museum’s sound archive. The … Read more

FACE in itinere Info Days

Report of the first tour

The FACE in itinere project ended in December 2020. The project dedicated to facilitate for future and current cheesemakers or sellers gaining experience and exchanging in Europe. The website www.itinere.eu built with the support of Erasmus+, offers from now on: possibilities … Read more

FACE in itinere

Second newsletter

Improving the access of farmhouse and artisanal cheese and dairy producers and sellers to training programmes adapted to their specific needs, using networking and mobility around Europe. FACEnetwork created the FACE in itinere project to make it easier for future cheesemakers … Read more

FACEnetwork had its annual General Assembly

online on 20 and 21 October 2020

Between 30 and 35 members were present online to attend parts or the totality of this unusual General Assembly. In addition to the classical points membership evolution, Council’s and workgroups’ activity and financial statements, the participants did exchange in … Read more