- Cabot Creamery
The Cabot Creamery Cooperative is an American
dairy marketing cooperative started in 1919 by farmers in Cabot,Vermont .History
The original plant had an investment of $3,700 in total, which was paid by 94 farmers in proportion to the number of cattle which each owned. The cooperative started out making butter with the excess milk produced, and began shipping its products south. In 1930 they started making cheese. By 1960, the cooperative had 600 member farmers. In 1992, the cooperative merged with
Agri-Mark , another largeNew England farmers' cooperative.In 2008, the Cabot Creamery had facilities in various locations, including Cabot, Route 100 in Waterbury, and a store in Quechee, Vermont. The cheese-making facilities in Cabot offer tours and information, and sell souvenirs.
There are,
as of 2004 , about 1,350 members in Vermont and the nearby part ofupstate New York . The cooperative still uses theRochdale Principles .
thumb|left|The Cabot village creamery was built in 1893 [">Cite web
url=http://www.cabotcheese.com/history.html
title=History
publisher=Cabot Creamery]The cheese making process has evolved for the Cabot cooperative. In 2007, they started marketing cheese internationally. They make and sell
dairy product s, andcheddar cheese , which has won awards.Fact|date=July 2008 In 2006, Cabot won for the best sharp cheddar at the World Championship Cheese Contest.Fact|date=July 2008A magazine selected a cloth-bound cheese as one of the 32 top cheeses in the world in 2008. ["
Wine Spectator ". See reference following] That same year the American Cheese Society selected Cabot Monterrey Jack as to receive one of the 33 national awards. [cite book | author = Pasanen, Melissa |title = Vermont cheesemakers win a variety of honors | publisher = Burlington Free Press | date = August 20, 2008]Pollution violations
Cabot Creamery incurred two major pollution incidents resulted in penalties from the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources. In 2000 Cabot Creamery was cited for "indirect discharge permit and land use permit." [ [http://www.anr.state.vt.us/site/html/enf/EnfActions/Jan00.htm State site] ]
In 2007 Cabot Creamery paid a $50,000 fine with an additional $50,000 funding of a Supplemental Environmental Projects. [ [http://www.anr.state.vt.us/enforcement/index.htm State Enforcement] ] On November 27, 2007, Cabot Creamery agreed to plead guilty to violating the Clean Water Act after an ammonia spill killed thousands of fish in the Winooski River, in July 2005. The spill destroyed all aquatic life for five and a half miles. [ [http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071128/NEWS01/711280346 Times Argus] ]
Footnotes
External links
* [http://www.cabotcheese.com www.cabotcheese.com] – official website
* [http://www.agrimark.net/public/cabotcheese.php Cabot Cheese] – at website of AgrimMark parent co-operative
* [http://www.wischeesemakersassn.org/uscontest/2007/index.html World Championship Cheese Contest]
* [http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/78325/ Pollution Violations]
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