Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery Explained

Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery is a producer of cheese curds located in Ellsworth, Wisconsin.^{[1] [2]} It has retail locations in Ellsworth and Menomonie, Wi. The cooperative ships throughout the United States and Ellsworth Cheese Curds are found in grocery store chains in the upper Midwest. Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery is also a milk processing and whey drying plant.^[3]

History

The cooperative was started in 1910 to manufacture and sell butter. In 1966 the cooperative began making cheese. Two years later, it began to sell packaged curds. In 1984 Ellsworth was named the State's Cheese Curd Capital because of the Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery.^[4] The Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery opened a store in 2010 in Rochester, Minnesota called "The Country Creamery". Similar to the co-op in Ellsworth, the Rochester store sells milk, butter, cheese, and cheese curds.^[5] Blaser's Premium Cheeses of Comstock, Wisconsin was purchased by the Ellsworth Cooperative in June, 2011.^[6] Today the creamery produces 160,000 pounds of cheese curds daily. It is a supplier of cheese curds for state fairs in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Alaska.^[1]

The Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery sponsors the annual Cheese Curd Festival in Ellsworth. Begun in 2001, the festival features vendor booths, a beer garden, live auctions, parades, activities for children, and cheese curd eating contests.^[7]

See also

• List of dairy product companies in the United States

Further reading

• Web site: Creamery gets Manufacturer of Year Award nomination . Pierce County Herald . February 2, 2015 . September 2, 2015.
• Web site: Ngo . Nancy . When it comes to cheese curds, simplicity wins . TwinCities.com . April 29, 2015 . September 2, 2015.
• Web site: Kirk . Bill . Creamery wins statewide award . River Towns . March 6, 2015 . September 2, 2015.
• Web site: Held . Tom . Husco International, General Plastics among Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce award winners - Milwaukee . Milwaukee Business Journal . February 26, 2015 . September 2, 2015.
• Web site: Porter . Caroline . Extreme Cheeseheads Choke It Down in the Curd Capital of Wisconsin . The Wall Street Journal . July 10, 2012 . September 2, 2015.

External links

• Official website
• Listing at SavorWisconsin.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Anderson . Jim . For State Fair, 60 tons of cheese curds from 1 dairy . Star Tribune . August 23, 2011 . September 2, 2015.
2. Web site: The Ellsworth Cooperative reamery. Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery. 18 October 2013.
3. Web site: SavorWisconsin.com. SavorWisconsin.com. 18 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131019120218/http://www.savorwisconsin.com/AllListings/detail.asp?recordid=320&table=producer. 19 October 2013. dead.
4. Clarkson. Aileen. Cheese Curd Festival in Ellsworth, Wisconsin. USA Today. 18 October 2013.
5. Web site: Clausen. Heidi. Ellsworth Co-op Creamery buys Barron County cheese factory. The Country Today. 30 October 2013.
6. http://www.thecountrytoday.com/farm/dairy/article_c0fb9fba-e9db-11e0-b5f2-001cc4c03286.html "Ellsworth Co-op Creamery buys Barron County cheese factory"
7. Web site: Culture The Word On Cheese . CheeseToast Inc. . 18 October 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131019092517/http://www.culturecheesemag.com/events/2013-cheese-curd-festival-ellsworth-wi . 19 October 2013 .