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Spring 2008

• Oakvale Farmstead Cheese will introduce a variety of smoked gouda this Summer. 
• Make sure you check out “Autumn” our new employee of the month.

Winter 2008

• Summer 2008 we will introduce new variety to our Gouda collection. Please stay tuned.

Fall/Winter 2007

• Please join us at our cheese making facility (1285 State Route 29, London, Ohio 43140, Phone: 740-857-0000) for our Holiday Open House, November 30th and December 1, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. During this special occasion, we our offering 10% off our gift baskets and 20% off our gouda collection. Please stop by; we’d love to see you! Directions to store are given HERE.

• In addition to being listed in the Williams-Sonoma Catalog, Oakvale Cheese is also listed on the Williams-Sonoma web site. Please visit www.williams-sonoma.com and click on Food & Books, then click Cheese & Accompaniments, then click on Pastoral American Cheese Collection. Oakvale Cheese is listed as part of the Starter Collection.

• There are some new pictures on the Oakvale Staff page. Brown Velvet Broke Priss ET is shown. Also a picture of Baby Red and Olivia. Check it out.

Summer 2007

• We are proud to announce the 2007 American Cheese Society Conference in Burlington, Vermont, awarded our Oakvale Farmstead Aged Gouda third place in the Farmstead Cheese competition. This year they had over 1200 entries competing in various cheese categories compared to 900 entries last year. The Society judges the cheese on an aesthetic evaluation, which entails the quality of the flavor, aroma and texture.

• In addition, we are proud to announce the 2007 Ohio State Fair was an exciting event for Oakvale Farm. We showed five Holsteins, and placed second in two large heifer classes with “Mary Jane” in the Fall Yearling class and “Patty” in the Winter Heifer class. “Patty was also named Best Bred and Owned in class. “Dolce Vita” and “Cha Cha” placed fourth and fifth in the Winter Yearling class, and our heifers won second place in the Jr. Best Three Females competition.

• As far as the Brown Swiss Competion, “Priss” was awarded first Fall Yearling Heifer, and was named named Junior Champion.

• This year for the first time, the Holstein Association recognized the Ohio State Fair as a national competition with their strict adherence to the rules and regulations of the Pure Bred Dairy Cattle Association.

• We were very pleased at the end of the day to receive the honor and award of “Premier Breeder” of the 2007 Ohio State Fair and The Mid-West Summer National Holstein Show.

• We are very excited to announce our cheese will be in the 2007 Fall/Holiday Williams-Sonoma Catalog. You can find our gouda, along with other family farm cheeses as part of the ‘Pastoral American Family Farm Collection’.

Spring 2007

• “Big Red”, our employee of the month, won her class at the Spring Dairy Expo competition, held in Columbus, Ohio.

• We will be participating as a “fine food” exhibitor at the Cincinnati Flower Show this April 21 & 22 .The Cincinnati Horticultural Society hosts the prestigious event every spring. The show is the only North American Flower/Garden show endorsed by the Royal Horticulture Society of Great Britain.
   
• There’s a great new Potato Soup recipe added on the Recipes & Tips page.

Winter 2007

• Oakvale Cheese has a new addition to the sales team. Dena King-Nossokoff is the eldest daughter of Dale and Jean King. She has recently moved back to Ohio from Naples, Florida. Dena will introduce and sell our gouda cheese to chefs and specialty markets throughout the Midwest and Eastern regions of the United States.
   

Fall 2006

• We are having an Open House at the farm Nov. 25 through Dec. 3, 2006 from 10 am - 6 pm. During this time, enjoy 10% off all Gift Baskets ordered and 20% off all wheels and wedges. Please stop in and sample some Oakvale Gouda hors d’oevours and Maries Candies from West Liberty, Ohio. We also carry various Robert Rothschild’s products.

• Our Jalapeno Gouda took Third Place at the 2006 American Cheese Society competition held in Portland, Oregon.

• Cola, a Brown Swiss we own with our friends from Ackley Farms in East Liberty, was named 1st place Five Year Old at World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin. Pictured are Randy, Cola, John Erlosen, Lillian, and Elizabeth.

• Also, Priss, a Brown Swiss calf born last year, won the Fall Heifer Calf Class. This was the largest Brown Swiss show in the history of the World Dairy Expo, which was started in the late 60s. Pictured include Randy, Priss, and Chris Lahmers, and two others (unnamed).

• There is a new addition to our family, Lillian Jean Finke was born Aug. 17 2006, weighing 7 lb. 8 oz., and measuring 21 and 1/2 inches. She is doing well along with sister, Olivia.

• Roz, our favorite Brown Swiss, is pregnant and due in May 2007. She is eight years old. Roz has one daughter in the herd, Regina, and a new grand daughter, Rebecca.