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Established over 100 years ago, Valley View Cheese Co-Op is still in business today at the same original location. Current cheesemaker Hans Lehner has been in business since 1979. After learning the art of cheesemaking from his father, Billi, a Swiss immigrant, together they went on to win numerous awards at the state, national and international level, including U.S. and World Championships! Valley View specializes in high-quality and very tasteful cheeses. Two cheesemakers on staff have won the coveted H.P. Mulloy Award, a top honor, and today a 3rd generation cheesemaker has joined the team, Lehner's own son Hansi Lehner Jr., who has won awards at the U.S. Cheese Championship himself!

Agropur, Inc. is a worldwide supplier of award-winning cheeses. With more than 300 employees across Weyauwega, Little Chute, and Luxemburg, Wisconsin, Agropur's rich tradition is the gold standard by which so many other cheesemakers measure their products. In fact, five cheesemakers at Agropur have earned the prestigious Wisconsin Master Cheesemaker certification. Since 1938, Agropur has remained an organization with humble roots and the highest expectations for cheese.

Burnett Dairy Cooperative is a place where farm families work side-by-side with crop and dairy experts to produce the highest quality products from the ground up. They've been proudly farmer-owned since 1896 and great things have been happening ever since. In 1988, they won the distinction of World Champion Cheesemaker with an entry of their now famous string cheese. If you visit their retail cheese store and bistro in the beauty of Alpha, Wisconsin, the folks at Burnett will be happy to fry up some cheese curds (a true Wisconsin delicacy), bake you a pizza, grill you a gourmet panini, or make you an ice cream cone. Treat yourself!