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From Textbooks to Triple Crème
By Jena McGregor
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Cheese maker comes of age with energy-smart dairy
by Naomi Carniol, Special to Globe and Mail Update
Published on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010
The windmill is the first clue. The eight solar panels on the roof are another. A visitor to Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Co. in Prince Edward County, Ont., quickly realizes this is no ordinary dairy. read more
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2008-09 Wood Design Awards book
Investing in a creative economy
Yolande E. Chan And Jeff A. Dixon, Financial Post
Published: 2/2/2010 12:00:00 AM
In 2007, Petra Cooper left a big-city job in the publishing industry to start up Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Co., a niche cheese producer near small-town Picton, Ont. While networking with local sheep and goat farmers to discuss new farming techniques and negotiate milk prices may sound like an antiquated way to spend the work day, her investment may reflect the future of rural Canada’s prosperity.
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You Can Integrate “Doing Well by Doing Good” in a Business Model
Excerpt from Dan Corbett’s interview with the Petra Cooper, the founder of Fifth Town.
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The Importance of Being Defined
Whether it is a cheese tasting event or a group of cheese makers having a beer after work, the subject of how “artisan” cheese is defined or “what makes a cheese artisan” can make for a spirited debate.
Fifth Town wins Premier’s Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence!
Fifth Town is delighted to announce that we have won the 2009 Premier’s Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence. More details will be coming soon, but we believe that the award was given in large part because of our “green” philosophy and our support for local small-scale farming. UPDATE: Video now available from the OMAFRA link above…
Daily Commercial News article about FT LEED Platinum!
The Daily Commercial News carried a story about Fifth Town’s LEED platinum award - at the time of writing FT is the only commercial building to achieve platinum status!
Globe and Mail’s Sue Riedl digs Cape Vessey
Sue Riedl described Fifth Town’s Cape Vessey as “a goat cheese made for naysayers”! The full version of the story is here…
Fifth Town wins another prize for its building - this time it’s concrete!
The Daily Commercial News carried a report about Fifth Town which was the winner in the architectural merit category in the 2008 Ontario Concrete Awards.