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\u201cW<\/span>e believe cheesemaking is an art as much as a science,\u201d says Mike Koch, co-founder and president of Maryland-based FireFly Farms<\/a>. \u201c[We] have been committed to support for community arts since our beginning.\u201d For proof, take a look at FireFly\u2019s eye-catching cheeses.<\/p>\n

Washed-rind Cabra LaMancha<\/a>\u2019s label features a goatherd washing his milk vessel in a stream, while one of his goats looks directly at the viewer with a cheeky grin. The artwork has the distinct look of Art Nouveau, which rose to popularity in the mid-19th century and is recognizable by its sense of fluidity and movement, with curves inspired by forms found in nature.<\/p>\n

The scene on this label comes from a much larger mural commissioned by Koch and co-founder Pablo Solanet from illustrator Mark Stutzman, in which the milk flowing from the goatherd\u2019s urn transforms into the skirt of a milkmaid\u2019s dress in the adjacent panel. Stutzman\u2019s work seemed perfectly suited to the cheesemakers\u2019 mission of paying tribute to Old World traditions.\u201cCabra LaMancha is an homage to the washed rind cheeses produced high in the Pyrenees mountains of northern Spain\u2019s Basque region,\u201d says Koch. \u201cThe label art was intended to evoke the pastoral nature of that environment as well as communicate the intimate nature of the relationship between the goat herder and his animals.\u201d That sly little goat smile is particularly evocative of the bond humans have with dairy animals\u2014as conscious caretakers of these creatures that sustain us\u2014reminding us of their part in the cheesemaking process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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