{"id":16979,"date":"2014-12-23T15:55:28","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T20:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/?p=16979"},"modified":"2014-12-23T16:53:23","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T21:53:23","slug":"will-studd-cheese-master-pioneer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/will-studd-cheese-master-pioneer\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Studd: Cheese Master and Pioneer"},"content":{"rendered":"

This blog post is brought to you by the Cheese of Choice Coalition<\/a>, a program of the nonprofit organization Oldways that supports the production of artisan, raw-milk, and traditional cheese. Through a combination of advocacy, education, consumer outreach, and community engagement, the CCC works to preserve long-honored cheesemaking traditions and to ensure people everywhere continue to have the freedom to choose their cheese of choice.<\/em><\/p>\n

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On a dreary day a decade ago, 200 pounds of Roquefort cheese sat in the back of a black hearse. It was on its way to meet its maker. Draped in the tricolor flag of France, the benchmark blue cheese was ceremoniously interred six feet under Australian soil while the French national anthem played patriotically in the background. \u201cLiberty, beloved Liberty,\u201d the words of La Marseillaise<\/i> rightfully lamented. The cheese had fought valiantly against formidable odds; it was a martyr to a righteous cause.<\/p>\n

The fromage funeral was the disappointing outcome of a drawn-out battle to allow raw-milk cheese into Australia. The protagonist behind this remarkable event was Will Studd, one of the world\u2019s most adamant defenders of traditional cheese.<\/p>\n