Say Cheese! Marin French Cheese Celebrates 150 Years

Post By Positively Petaluma Journalist, Ashley Collingwood:

This year Marin French Cheese, also known as the Cheese Factory, is celebrating their 150thyear anniversary. As the longest continually operating cheese company in the United States, they have an extensive history with the community and the land.

To commemorate this long history, Marin French Cheese hosted a 150th Anniversary Celebration at the farm on June 14 to thank the community of friends, neighbors, employees, and customers that have supported them throughout the years. With many vendors’ products to sample, music from

Dixie Giants, Photo By Ashley Collingwood

The Dixie Giants, and free food from Fabrique Delices, there was a strong sense of community at the event. Families gathered around picnic tables and sat on blankets to eat in the sun, others sat on bales of hay to listen to people’s stories and memories of Marin French Cheese.

Attendees heard the compelling history of the Cheese Factory beginning in 1865 with the original founder, Jefferson Thompson, who began selling breakfast cheeses as a protein replacement for eggs during an egg shortage.

Click here the highlight video reel and more info and photos of this historic event.

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