{"id":37692,"date":"2019-12-10T15:34:20","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T20:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/?p=37692"},"modified":"2020-09-29T11:00:13","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T15:00:13","slug":"comeback-kids-consider-bardwell-farm-finds-a-new-whey-following-recall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/comeback-kids-consider-bardwell-farm-finds-a-new-whey-following-recall\/","title":{"rendered":"Comeback Kids: Consider Bardwell Farm Finds a New Whey Following Recall"},"content":{"rendered":"
Photo via considerbardwellfarm.com<\/a><\/em><\/h6>\n

Nothing strikes ice-cold fear into the hearts of dairy manufacturers quite like the L-word\u2014we\u2019re talking <\/span>Listeria monocytogenes<\/span><\/i>. An independent cheesemaker\u2019s worst nightmare erupted in late September 2019 for <\/span>Consider Bardwell Farm<\/span><\/a>, when a routine inspection of the Vermont-based farm\u2019s processing facilities yielded a positive test for listeria<\/span> in a wheel of the dairy\u2019s signature raw-milk cheese. The finding resulted in an immediate, FDA-mandated product recall and a full overhaul of the cheesemaker\u2019s processing plant and equipment. Though listeria had only been detected in a wheel of their raw cow\u2019s milk Dorset cheese, Consider Bardwell also recalled its entire stock of two other cow\u2019s and goat\u2019s milk cheeses from Whole Foods and smaller retailers throughout New England, totalling around $200,000 in losses. <\/span><\/p>\n

Listeria monocytogenes <\/span><\/i>is <\/span>an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in children, pregnant individuals, the elderly, and people with weakened immune systems. Even otherwise healthy people can be affected by short-term symptoms like fever, headaches, nausea, and diarrhea. At the time of the September 30th recall order, no infections had been reported as a result of Consider Bardwell cheese consumption. However, the recall forced the owners of Consider Bardwell to face perhaps the harshest reality a cheesemaker can experience. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>We simply do not have the cash flow and resources to recover from the recall and sustain our business to move forward,\u201d wrote Consider Bardwell owner Angela Miller on the company\u2019s Facebook page. \u201cCurrent funds do not allow us to continue manufacturing and selling our cheeses.\u201d One of Consider Bardwell\u2019s milk producers, the nearby Wayward Goose Farm, felt the sting of the recall, too. The farm could not find enough buyers for its milk when Consider Bardwell closed, and set up a GoFundMe page while dumping gallons of unused milk down the drain.<\/span><\/p>\n

culture<\/b>\u2019s <\/span>2019 Best Cheeses issue<\/span><\/a> features Consider Bardwell\u2019s Goatlet on the cover, which went to press following the shuttering of the farm\u2019s operations. \u201cThank you, Consider Bardwell,\u201d we wrote next to the photo credit on the first page, \u201cfor paving the way for American farmstead cheesemakers.\u201d We mourned the loss of a bold trailblazer in the world of raw milk cheese. <\/span><\/p>\n

Listeria contamination is not limited to dairy, but is more likely to appear in unpasteurized, raw-milk products, which Consider Bardwell primarily makes. The contamination was thought to stem from the washed-rind aging cave at the farm, so any cheese that had had contact with the cave\u2014including Dorset, Slyboro, and pasteurized Experience\u2014was suspect. Pasteurization can kill listeria, but forgoing pasteurization is a risk raw cheese producers are willing to take in favor of creating bolder, terroir-forward cheeses.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vermont hasn\u2019t seen a recall due to listeria in 35 years, though \u201cit\u2019s probably closer to 50 years,\u201d says E.B. Flory, <\/span>the dairy section chief at the state Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets. Staff at the dairy section can\u2019t remember such a recall ever happening in recent memory.<\/span><\/p>\n

But Consider Bardwell\u2019s story isn\u2019t over. <\/span><\/p>\n

On December 3rd, Consider Bardwell announced its campaign for funding to re-open their facility in the spring and resume production. In a website post titled \u201cWith New Shoots Comes New Growth,\u201d the farm stated that the recall and subsequent closure \u201cresulted in our inability to make the necessary changes to the facility to be able to do this on our own.\u201d The Vermont cheesemaking community rallied around Consider Bardwell, with Woodstock-based Vermont Farmstead Cheese offering the team space in their processing facility, Grafton Village Cheese buying their unused goat\u2019s milk, and other goat dairies putting in bids for their herd. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWith the help of those who have enjoyed our cheeses and support our dedication to sustainable farming, we can reopen!\u201d the farm wrote. Angela Miller hopes to continue milking her herd and begin making new cheese by spring of 2020, and may receive additional support from a \u201ctop-notch\u201d Vermont cheesemaker who has shown interest in leasing space on the farm. Going forward, Miller is hesitant to revisit washed-rind, raw-milk cheese, as that combination is akin to playing with fire when it comes to contamination risk. \u201cMinimizing that risk would mean pasteurizing, and that\u2019s what I would do if I ever decided to get back into the washed-rind cheeses,\u201d Miller said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other dairy producers to suffer listeria-induced setbacks in recent years include Jeni\u2019s Splendid Ice Creams in Columbus, OH, Miller\u2019s Organic Farm in Bird-In-Hand, PA, and Vulto Creamery in Walton, NY. Of that list, only Vulto could not bounce back. We hope Consider Bardwell Farm joins the list of comeback kids in 2020, and will be keeping our ears open for good news! <\/span><\/p>\n

If you would like to donate to Consider Bardwell Farm, please visit their <\/span>GoFundMe<\/span><\/a> page.<\/span><\/p>\n

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