Congratulations! Here are the latest (some returning) New PCC Grantees!
Round 6 Awards Announced!
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California: Coney Island Creamery (San Dimas)
Oregon: Lady Lane Farms (Mulino); Salt & Straw (Portland)
Washington: Doelman Farm (Elma); Eastern Washington Creamery (Chewelah); Fantello Farmstead Creamery
(Enumclaw); Lum Farms (Orcas Island, East Sound)
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During this busy holiday season, dairies are rolling out new products, campaigns, and consumer products. For instance, Cottage Hill Creamery’s store offers gift sets, DIY cheesemaking kits, and goats as well as products of goat milk, soap, lotions, and more. Stepladder Creamery also offers holiday cheese packs, including cheese club memberships and curated collections of artisan cheeses.
Lum Farms is selling hundreds of Noble, Frasier, Douglas Fir and Nordman trees, in addition to staple shop products and gifts.. And Point Reyes Cheese declares “Cheese the Season” with gift packs, cheeses, and gift packs for a cause.
Check out our list of grantees to find more goodies and we wish you a festive holiday season!
Spotlight: Tround 6 Grants Awarded!
We received FIFTY EIGHT applications totaling nearly $6.2 million dollars in requests.
The PCC-DBII, hosted by California State University, Fresno, is announcing seven winners of the sixth round of grant funding which ranged from $10,000-$50,000. Dairy processors in the Pacific Coast region are receiving funds to strengthen the industry and small creameries.
“Such funding changes lives, gives hope, and builds community,” said PCC Project Director and “Cowkeeper” Susan Pheasant, Ph.D. “Dairy processors benefit from new equipment, enhanced university pilot plants for troubleshooting/product development, and more tools for dairy success stories.”
Awardees range from generational farms and women-owned producers to new artisans of cheese, ice cream, and more. Applications focus on:
- Products and methods connected to value-added product development
- Product line expansion
- Alternative processing technologies or sustainability enhancement methods that increase profitability across an entire milkshed
“Thanks to such resources, the West Coast region is building a stronger dairy presence,” said PCC-DBII Project Director Carmen Licon, Ph.D., “These awardees will now receive time-saving equipment, strategies to expand regional approaches to milk sheds, and additional resources.”
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