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March 2026 · Aging
Why we switched back to pine shelves
Plastic boards are easier to sanitise. They also make a duller rind and a flatter flavour. After two experimental batches on HDPE we went back to pine and documented what changed.
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January 2026 · Regulations
Getting (and keeping) a raw-milk permit in 2025
The paperwork takes about three months. The NVWA inspections never really stop. Here is what we learned after our second permit renewal cycle.
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November 2025 · Fermentation
Keeping a back-slop culture alive for fifteen years
Commercial starter cultures are reliable and boring. Our own back-slop, derived from the original herd milk in 2011, produces something no catalogue can replicate — if you keep it fed.
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August 2025 · Certification
What the boerenkaasmerk actually certifies
The mark is not just a stamp of quality — it is a legal description of a specific production method tied to the farm where the milk was collected. Most buyers have never read the regulation.