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Partner Organizations
Many agencies and organizations provide support to Wisconsin ’s artisan and farmstead dairy producers. Click on the title of each partner to visit its website for more information.
Dairy Business Innovation Center
The DBIC offers technical assistance to dairy producers and processors in developing value-added dairy products, business planning and market development.
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection
The Department partners with the Dairy Business Innovation Center in assisting clients with financial analysis, technical knowledge, communications and overall client services.
University of Wisconsin Center for Dairy Profitability
This Center develops, coordinates, and conducts effective interdisciplinary educational and applied research programs emphasizing business management, human resource management, production systems, finance and marketing systems that enhance dairy profitability.
UW Center for Dairy Research
The Center serves as a national leader in strategic research to improve the competitive position of the dairy industry by linking Center/University faculty, staff, students and the dairy/food industries in order to address key issues resulting in the transfer of technology and communication of information.
Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board
The Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board provides resources to help you learn more about artisan cheeses and get current dairy news and events.
Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association
This Association gives voice to Wisconsin dairy processors on national and state issues that impact its businesses.
University of Wisconsin College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
CALS mission is to improve the quality of life by discovering, critically analyzing and sharing knowledge in food and agriculture, the life sciences, natural resource and environmental stewardship, and rural community development and to offer strong, research-based education.
Wisconsin Specialty Cheese Institute
WSCI works to further develop Wisconsin 's specialty cheese industry, recognized as producing the best quality and largest variety of specialty cheese in the world.
University of Wisconsin - River Falls
Providing exceptional undergraduate education and related programs in agriculture, food and environmental sciences to serve the people of Wisconsin , the Midwest and the world.
The American Cheese Society
The Society's 800-strong membership includes farmstead, artisanal and specialty cheesemakers; academicians and enthusiasts; marketing and distribution specialists; food writers and cookbook authors; and specialty foods retailers from all 50 United States, Canada, and Europe. The Society works with the federal government and the FDA concerning issues that involve accepted standards and practices in the production of cheese and fermented dairy products. Each year the Society hosts an annual conference and a world-renowned cheese competition, which culminates in the Festival of Cheeses.
