Canal Junction Farmstead Cheese is looking for dependable, responsible and trustworthy individuals interested in setting up and selling our farmstead cheeses at the following farmers markets:

• Thursdays  – New Albany Market (Columbus)
• Saturdays – Clintonville, Granville and North Union markets (Cleveland)
• Sundays – Hyde Park Market (Cincinnati)

Who we’re looking for:

Person(s) must be very organized, detailed oriented, be able to work independently, be able to sell and engage customers, and have good communication skills. Must have reliable transportation and seek to help grow our business!

*It would be a bonus if this person has ties to a restaurant or warehouse, where our cheese can be shipped and stored during the week. This person can then pick up needed cheeses from the commercial refrigerator and take to the farmers markets as needed.

Compensation:

Farmers market representatives will be paid $25.00 per market + 5% commission (or 10% commission when sales are over $300). An additional 2% year-end bonus (on the total sum of each market that brings at least $300.00) will be included.

Do you love cheese? This job is for you!

This is a very fun job if you love cheese and are passionate about making a difference -- introducing wonderful cheeses to people who love cheese!  :)  It is also not an easy job and will require the person to be very organized and in good physical health. This could be a job share if you know of someone willing to do a few of the markets and you would like to do a few of the markets (you'd need to share supplies).

To apply or for more information contact:

Brian Schlatter

cjcheese07@yahoo.com or (419)399-7162

We are starting off the Affineur’s Limited Editions with a double hit - cows milk cheese and goats milk cheese.

The cows milk cheese is an aged cheese. It has a smooth mouth feel with a fruity tang that finishes with Brazil nuts.

The goat milk cheese, Oakwood, is a full bodied, perfect cooking cheese for the goat lover; especially suited for Italian style dishes.  

Order the cheese, scroll through the page and look for the Affineur's Limited Edition Cheese options.

Sorry, none of the Affineur’s Limited Editions are available for wholesale

12 Spring form style cheese hoops. These are custom made. They are 14" in diameter and 7" tall (make cheeses that are slightly over 20 lbs. They are screen on the side. These are heavy duty hoops that can be used for many different cheeses. These make nice big cheeses and are very heavy duty, they come with a bottom plate and followers. You may purchase them with or without the bottom plate and followers. With $3000.00 or without $1500.00 for the lot.

A Kelvinator Ice Cream Dipping Cabinet. Inside dimensions are 22"wide by 63" long, hold 12, 3 gallon tubs of ice cream This unit runs and works fine. There are no ice cream tub holders with this unit. $700.00

8-20lb daisy(round) hoops, with or without followers. With $1000.00 without $700.00

25-Reblochon hoops, come with plastic followers for them. Used very little. Lot for $200.00

 4 head pneumatic press. On wheels, compact and easy to operate, heavy duty unit. $4000.00

All items are sold as is where is. Shipping is available ($3.75 per loaded mile. Will deliver 10 hours from zip 43512). Email if you are intersted or have any questions.

Defiance Farmers Market - Nothing But Nature, Phil Sherry

Clintonville Farmers Market -http://www.clintonvillefarmersmarket.org/

New Albany Farmers Market

Hyde Park Farmers Market

Toledo Farmers Market - http://www.toledofarmersmarket.org/ 

Perrysburg Farmers Market - http://www.visitperrysburg.com/farmers.html 

2nd Street Market - E.A.T. Food for Life - Dayton, OH - http://www.metroparks.org/Parks/SecondStreetMarket/FoodBeverage_Shopping.aspx  

Local Roots - Wooster, OH - www.localrootswooster.com

Local Roots - Ashland, OH - www.localrootsashland.com

Stores that carry Canal Junction Farmstead Cheese

In Ohio

E.A.T Food for Life - Yorkshire, OH - www.eatfoodforlife.com

Sautter's Food Center - Sylvania, OH

The Food Store - Bluffton, OH

West Point Market - Akron, OH

Lucky Penny Creamery - Kent, OH - www.luckypennyfarm.com

Katzinger's Deli - Columbus, OH - www.katzingers.com

Curds & Whey - Columbus, OH - www.curdsandwheycolumbus.com

The Hill's Market - Columbus, OH - www.thehillsmarket.com

Wielands Gourmet Market - Columbus, OH

Sweet Meadows - Zanesville, OH

In Michigan

People Food Co-op - Ann Arbor, MI - www.peoplefood.coop

Pellston Market - Pellston, MI

In Indiana

3 Rivers Food Co-op - Ft. Wayne, IN - www.3riversfood.coop

In Illionis

Great American Cheese Collection - Chicago, IL - www.greatamericancheese.com

In Iowa

The Cheese Shop of Des Moines - Des Moines, IA - http://thecheeseshopdsm.com/

In Texas

Molto Formaggio - Dallas, TX - http://www.moltoformaggio.com/

In Colorado

The Truffle Cheese Shop - Denver, CO - http://denvertruffle.com/

In Oregon

Cheese Bar - Portland, OR - http://cheese-bar.com/

Restaurants using Canal Junction Farmstead Cheese

Alana's Food & Wine - Columbus, OH - www.alanas.com

Downtown 140 - Hudson, OH - http://www.downtown140.com/

Zingo's Mediterranean - Perrysburg, OH

Black Creek Bistro - Columbus, OH - www.blackcreekbistro.com

Granville Inn - Granville, OH - www.granvilleinn.com

Harvest Pizzeria - Columbus, OH - harvestpizzeria.com

Hilton Polaris - Columbus, OH - www1.hilton.com

The Refectory - Columbus, OH - www.refectoryrestaurant.com

Sage American Bistro - Columbus, OH - www.sageamericanbistro.com

Winerys offering Canal Junciton Farmstead Cheese

Troutman Winery - Wooster, OH - www.troutmanvineyards.com

Winery at Wolf Creek - Norton, OH - www.wineryatwolfcreek.com

Distributors carrying Canal Junction Farmstead Cheese

Cleveland area: Summit Select Provisions, contact: Dave Sharp - 330-606-9250

Columbus area: Insantwhip Foods, contact: Rusty Tuggle - 1-800-544-9447

Chicago area: Great American Cheese Collection, contact: Giles Schnierle - 773-779-5055

First the remodel. As we have continued to grow and with the ever present presence of FDA into all food producers lives we decided to remodel the plant to make the process more efficent and hopefully meet expectations. We're trying to proactive not reactive here. We covered in the walk behind the creamery and attached that to the covered walk infront of the aging rooms. This room will become the utility room, where the boiler will live. Hopefully this will help keep some of the heat out of the creamery and also will free up the current utility room to be turned into a packing room and allow for more lab/paper work area. We are down to moving the boiler at the current moment. This entails cutting a hole into the wall of the creamery to move the boiler. The hole will then be filled in as a doublehinged door. After that is done then it's moving some tables around, putting some washboard on the wall and cleaning up everything, walls, ceiling, equipment, etc. All this had to be done before the beginning of March. Things are progressing right on schedule and we should be ready to go when the calves hit the ground sometime around the middle of March.

Now for the big news! Canal Junction Cheese has recieved a 2012 Good Food Award for their Charloe cheese. We here are very humbled by this. I took the oppurtuinty to go out to San Francisco to recieve the award. While out there I got the grand tour of Cowgirl Creamery thanks to a wonderful Debra Dickerson, whom I met almost 3 years ago at the American Cheese Society annual conference when it was in Seattle. I took a day extra from the award ceremony and market place to see the area. I spent a day out at Point Reyes and surrounding areas. Then on Firday evening the Good Food Award ceremony took place and afterwards there was a winners tasting. On Saturday all the winners were offered the chance to participate in the marketplace. It was 8 hours of nonstop sampling, talking, and selling cheese, and that was just one kind of cheese! That evening I was invited to the Cowgirls Creamerys annual pre Fancy Food Show cheesemakers, mongers, lovers party. During which I had the oppurtunity to meet great cheesemakers, mongers, and general all around great people. From that weekend Canal Junction cheese is now available in 3 new locations, all of which are west of the Mississippi.

Well I better keep moving. I need to get ready for a talk tomorrow with Edible Columbus and then for The Hills Markets, Ohio's Sweet Hearts tasting.

Hope to see you around,

Brian

Originals - These cheeses were created right here on the farm; interweaving old practices and techniques with new ideas for a clean unique tasting experience.

Lock 21

 Type patterned after: Cheesemakers own creation

 Aged: 60 days - 4 months

 Price per Pound: $16.00

 Description: Slight mushroomy taste with a wonderful earthly overtone.

 Available: Yes

 On any canal there is a series of locks that makes the canal work. Just 2 1/2 miles from the farm there is Lock #21. This cheese was a creation of the cheesemaker one day. What resulted was a white rinded cheese, that has a slight mushroom taste with a wonderful earthly overtone. This is a seasonal cheese that is made only when the cows are on pasture.

Charloe - 2012 Good Food Award Winner

        Type patterned after: Cheesemakers own creation

 Aged: 60 - 120 days

 Price per Pound: $16.00

 Description: This cheese is a washed rind cheese thats aroma is earthy along with toasted peanuts. Smooth  and creamy with hints of toasted peanuts.

 Available: Yes

 Named for the little town of Charloe. This town was a boom town during the canal era. It was also home to the Charloe Indians and housed the counties first court house.

 Burr Oak

 Type patterned after: Hard Grating Cheese

         Aged: at least 1 year

  Price per Pound: $16.00

  Description: Nutty, Wild grapes, Yeasty, with a little sweet to the finish

          Available: May 2012, reserve yours today!

 Grate this over any dish and enjoy. We are now producing two batches a year of this wonderful cheese. One in May and the other in September. Reserve yours today as it goes fast.

Standards - These cheeses are modeled after another cheese, typically of European origin.

Miami Erie Canal

Type patterned after: Emmentaler or Swiss

Aged: 4-6 months

Price per Pound: $14.60

Description: Nutty with a sweet note

Available: Yes

Named after one of the two canals which run just a couple of miles from the farm running north and south and following the eastern boundary of the farm.

Wabash Erie Canal

Type patterned after: Gruyere

Aged: 4-6 months

Price per Pound: $14.60

Description: Nutty with a complex finish

Available: Yes

Named for one of the two canals which run just a couple of miles from the farm running east and west.

Flat Rock

Type patterened after: Abondance ( a French mountain cheese)

Price per Pound: $14.60

        Description:

        Available: Yes

mmBossie Cheddar - not availabe for wholesale

Type patterned after: Bandaged stirr curd cheddar

Aged: 60 days - 6 months

Price per Pound: $13.00

Description: Creamy and gets sharper and more complex as it ages

Available: Yes

mmboss, mmboss, brings the cows into the barn when it is time for milking.

Black Swamp Gouda

Type patterened after: Gouda or Edam

Aged: 60 days - 6 months

Price per Pound: $14.60

Available: Yes

Description: Ranges from creamy and mild to harder and sharper depending upon when it is made during the year. Changes much more drastically than any of the other cheeses.

Named after the Great Black Swamp in northwest Ohio. This swamp at one time covered approximately 3 million acres.

We are west of Defiance and east of the state line. Look for County Road 143. Head south on rd 143. You will be heading into Paulding County. That is correct. Continue on rd 143, do not turn off of rd 143. This will turn into State Highway 637. Head south on St. Rt. 637 to County Road 168. Turn east onto rd 168. Go a half mile, we are on the north side of the road. There is a sign (C/J Natural Meats) at the end of the driveway. The store is the brown building with the pine tree in front of it.

From the South (U.S. 30)

Take the Middle Point exit and head north. You will be on a country road. The first stop sign that you come to is State Highway 224. Turn and head west on St. Rt. 224 to St. Rt. 637. Turn and head north on St. Rt. 637. You will go through a small town called Grover Hill. From there you will then cross a Rail Road track. At that point you have about 5 miles to county road 168. Turn and head east on rd 168. Go a half mile and we are on the north side of the road. There is a sign (C/J Natural Meats) at the bottom of the drive. The store is the brown building with the pine tree in front of it.

There is a white sign on St. Rt. 637 that reads, C/J Natural Meats, thats us. 

If lost call us at 419-399-2350. We live in Paulding County but have a Defiance address. If you are using GPS or internet directions. You will type in Defiance, OH 43512,  DO NOT use Paulding, OH 45879. It does not recognize 18637 Rd 168, Paulding, OH.

www.cjgrassfed.com - The farm where it all takes place. (where Canal Junction Farmstead Cheese is located) If you are looking for any of the meat info look here.

www.cheezsorce.com - Cheesemaking resource from Farm to Market. Great People to work with, who know the craft and business of cheesemaking.

www.smalldairy.com - a wealth of information for both the consumer and producer. There is a listing of producers who make a variety of dairy products along with listings of equipment dealers and equipment for sale.

http://hoeggerfarmyard.com/ - a great place to find high quality equipment for both making cheese and anything goat.

http://www.cheesemaking.com/ - New England Cheesemaking Supply Company, anything and everything cheesemaking. Also a wealth of information.