Farmer and cheesemaker Jessica Dowling ’03 聽started her own business, , in 2011 with her two favorite hand-stretched mozzarella cheeses made from buttery jersey cow milk and sheep’s milk yogurt. The 51猎奇入口 anthropology major, who also earned her master’s in food policy from City University in London, worked at a number of food and farming non-profits before deciding to become a small farmer herself. 聽She bought the former home of Townhouse Creamery in Whitefield Maine, which included successfully raising funds via Indiegogo, the online crowdfunding site. With her activist background, Dowling founded Fuzzy Udder with a commitment聽to the highest standards of animal welfare and environmentally sound, socially just practices. Dowling was recently featured in the as she takes the helm of the which supports and promotes the burgeoning regional cheesemaking community and fellow entrepreneurs.
