which encouraged farmers to make their own gouda, in the early 1980s. He'd been farming on the land that would eventually become Smith's Country Cheese since 1969, starting with just 20 heifers.

Smith's Country Cheese in Winchendon lives on as a family-run dairy farm making cheddar, gouda and havarti cheeses thanks to ...

The traditional-style Gouda, aged for 13 months ... “It was an experience to witness that and be in the room trying to make cheese with sound crews, lighting guys, and three cameras.

For the second consecutive contest, an aged gouda called Arethusa Europa from Arethusa Farm Dairy in Bantam, Connecticut, received the top score of 2,414 entries in the U.S. Championship Cheese ...