Manhattan cheesemonger Anne Saxelby has famously proclaimed that the future of cheese is female. If so, three Pennsylvania women may be the forerunners that define that future.
Standing amid the sloped acres of Birchrun Hills Farm in Chester Springs, the ground heavy from rain, farmstead cheesemaker Sue Miller is in her element. Her herd of Holstein and Jersey cows is near, grazing or strolling to their robotic milker. Also at the farm are her cofounding members of Collective Creamery: Stefanie Angstadt of Valley Milkhouse in Oley, and Philadelphia food writer and cheesemonger Alexandra Jones.
Stefanie Angstadt of Valley Milkhouse in Oley, Sue Miller of Birchrun Hills Farm in Chester Springs, and Philadelphia food writer and cheesemonger Alexandra Jones.
Most Collective Creamery meetings begin and end with cheese.
Jenn Hall 